Happy Friday everyone, thought you might like to read this lovely review of our Edinburgh Gin infused with Perthshire Raspberries from the purveyor.com  which is a really good magazine and website dedicated to drinks!

“A Great Gin For those of you who adore the raspberry liqueur Chambord, then keep reading. Edinburgh Gin have launched a raspberry edition. Perthshire raspberries, pure cane sugar and the company’s juniper gin is used to create this gorgeous 20% abv liqueur. The packaging is beautifully minimalistic and sold in both 50cl and 20cl bottles. Reminiscent of Sloe Gins, this Gin can be used very much like Chambord in Cocktails. The Gin is slightly tart in taste allowing it to compliment a great Champagne. Just add an ample dash of Raspberry Edinburgh Gin to a flute glass and top up with Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque.”"

Read the full article here http://fun.ly/1hi1b

Last week Spencerfield Spirit provided an Edinburgh Gin cocktail at the UK Farm Retail Awards from FARMA (The National Farmers’ Retail and Markets’ Association) which took place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

We created a dazzling new cocktail  called the Edinburgh Gin Rhuberry which combined our award winning Edinburgh Gin and our new Raspberry infused Edinburgh Gin along with some of Cawston’s Apple and Rhubarb juice. Please see below for the recipe to enable you to recreate this tasty cocktail in your very own home….

The Edinburgh Rhuberry

25ml Edinburgh Gin

12.5ml Edin Raspberry Gin

75ml Cawstons Apple & Rhubarb Juice

15ml Elderflower Cordial

12.5ml Lemon Juice

140ml total liquid, served in Collins Glass

A stick of Rhubarb to garnish

The Awards, known collectively as the ‘FARMA’s’, recognise those farm shops, farmers’ markets, pick-your own and farm attraction sites, which are leading the way in 2012. They exemplify a passion for local food, a commitment to the farming and the environment, a talent for retail, and the fruits of a lot of hard work.  Our products can be found in many of these farm shops throughout the UK, hence why we thought that it would be  perfect for us to provide the cocktails for this exciting evening. The winners of the awards can be found here.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, watch this space for some lovely Raspberry Infused Edinburgh Gin cocktail recipes……

Love from all the Spencerfield Team

Xx

Old Heb Review

We will be on our stand FH76 at the Speciality Food Show at SECC Glasgow from Sunday 22 January until Tuesday 24 January. Worth dropping by to try our new Raspberry infused Edinburgh Gin and be among the first to try our new whisky – Oloroso Amoroso.

Drop off a business card and enter our free prize draw for joining our mailing list.

Further information and details on the show at www.scotlandsspecialityfoodshow.com

Hopefully see you there.

The Spencerfield Spirit Team

With the last post just about away, things are finally calming down in the office and we are all looking forward to a cosy Christmas. We’d like to thank everyone for all the support in 2011 – which has certainly been a busy year for us. December saw Waitrose stocking our Edinburgh Gin. Read more on this story.

It has been a big year for our gin. Edinburgh Gin won two awards this year. Scotland Food and Drink best drink 2011 and two gold stars from the Taste Awards. We have also sold Edinburgh Gin into America, Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden.

Love for our whiskies continues to grow with Pig’s Nose and Sheep Dip Whisky being sold throughout the UK and by many new distributors

Our new Perthshire Raspberry Infused Edinburgh Gin has proved extremely popular and we are delighted at the response from our customers.

We have been present at most food/trade/agricultural shows throughout the year and have even started going to Farmers markets, which are going extremely well.

2012 will bring new variations of Edinburgh Gin similar to our new Raspberry infused Edinburgh Gin which has been flying off the shelves. We will also be bringing out a new vintage whisky and expanding into further world markets.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of our customers – without your support Spencerfield would be lost!

We wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Spencerfield Spirit Co.

Xxxxxx

Tasting Panel Magazine

We have just launched all our products in the US and we are already starting to get some great press!

Check out the the fabulous Christmas cake recipe on Real Food Festivals website.

http://www.realfoodfestival.co.uk/recipes/real-food-cook-book-preview/197-spencerfield-spirits-christmas-cake

I may seem a little old-fashioned in that I don’t use a mixer but
make my cake in a big mixing bowl – most modern mixers aren’t
big enough to accommodate the ingredients of a big Christmas
cake anyway, and it’s such a pain washing them. Our children
have always liked to be included in any cake-making – it’s the
thrill of taking lots of different things and creating something
else. And indeed how else will they learn to cook? I use an Aga,
so I just pop the cake in the bottom oven and leave it to cook
for 2½ or 3 hours. Then I take it out and test it by sticking
a knitting needle into the cake.

Delicious!!

Sheep Dip

Cut to 2 minutes 30 to see Alex and our whisky stall !

We are about to launch a brand new whisky and would like some assistance picking the product name. The winner will receive the first ever bottle we produce of this exclusive whisky

Background of the Whisky:

• This whisky was distilled and blended in 1999 in Scotland, in 2002 it was then shipped to Sanchez Romate in Jerez, Spain
• Once in Spain the whisky was racked into Olorosso (Sherry Butts) and left for nine years (this is a 12 year old Whisky)
• We will produce 1500x6pack cases and this batch is unique and irreplaceable
• The whisky smells distinctly of chocolate, raisins, cream soda and oranges
• The name of the whisky should begin with Sheep Dip’s  __________

So please get your thinking caps on and you could be in with a chance to win an exclusive and limited edition whisky.

All comments/ideas to be posted below or emailed to jennifer@spencerfieldspirit.com

We will give you the weekend to think about it and take all ideas in on Monday. Good Luck!

From

The Spencerfield Crew

Here in the office at Spencerfield Spirit Company we are really excited about our recent delivery from Bertie Girl. She has sent us an outstanding collection of scrumptious mobile phone cases – made from the impossibly beautiful Harris Tweed.  Unique, quirky and totally original – the only way to describe these little beauties.

We will be selling these perfect gifts at some of the forthcoming Christmas fairs dotted about the UK, they’ll be coming with a little miniature whisky all for the bargain price of £15.95

Bag yourself a treat or an original gift before they run out!  Even Sid the office cat was impressed.

About Spencerfield Spirit Company

Here at Spencerfield we pride ourselves on being a close-knit, family run business. We are whole-heartedly dedicated to providing a quality niche alternative whisky to the more conventional mainstream brands. The flagship product, the irreverently named, yet seriously flavoursome Sheep Dip, with its stablemate, the seductively smooth Pig’s Nose. It is your choice of miniature! Our whiskies have been joined by the refreshingly indulgent Edinburgh Gin, available in a 20cl bottle. Check out the latest at www.spencerfieldspirit.com

About Bertie Girl

Bertie Girl makes these brilliant phone cases lovingly by hand. There is no compromise on design or quality and these are of limited edition. All her products are robust, practical and stylish beyond doubt. Her ethos is to ethically source and promote low impact, environmentally friendly local products. See her designs at www.bertiegirl.co.uk

About Harris Tweed

For centuries the islanders of Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra have woven the magical cloth the world knows as Harris Tweed, Clo Mhor in the original Gaelic – ‘the big cloth’. For more information on Harris Tweed go to www.harristweed.org

Email us for details at info@spencerfieldspirit.com – don’t leave it too late…..