Booze

This white vermouth from the Australia-based Regal Rogue range is "Fearlessly Handcrafted" and evidently rather lively! If you like your vermouth to be zesty and vibrant with fruit at the fore, thisll be for you.

The Wild Rose Vermouth from the Regal Rogue range is a fruit-forwards expression, featuring native Australian Illawarra plums, strawberry gum and rosella, giving notes of red fruit and earthy anise.

It starts with fruity sweetness, quickly followed by a bitter taste. The aroma of bitter orange peel is in the foreground, completed by spicy flavors of cardamom, caraway, and nutmeg.

An aromatic harmony of powerful elegance with notes of vanilla, dried apricot and candied pear. A balance of aromatic dried fruits and delicate liquorice give a complex flavour experience. Structured and layered. A rounded harmony of dried fruits, a satisfying mouthfeel and silky texture.

An opulent progression through the palate: from ripe plum and candied orange, to spices and hazelnuts, finishing with gourmet notes of roasted cocoa beans and honeyed gingerbread.

Slightly caramel, vanilla sweet palate with spicy (cinnamon), chargrilled peppers, a light peppery tingle and rounded, balanced vegetal earthiness.

Reverend Hubert Summer Cup contains a balanced quartet of natural real fruit. Sweetness from luscious Cotswold plums and bursting pomegranates is balanced with tart rhubarb and sharp cranberries.

Reyka is an Icelandic vodka, distilled from wheat and barley. It is also the world s first "green" vodka, it being made from glacial water and distilled using sustainable energy from geothermal heat.

Ricard Pastis is a French anise-flavoured liqueur that is often enjoyed as an after-dinner drink. It is made with a blend of herbs and spices, including anise, liquorice, and fennel.

Intense peach flesh with a subtle vegetal note. Zesty lemon and fresh sweet peaches with a hint of thyme. The lively fruit notes give way to a candied sweetness. Vibrant peach flavours backed up by a lovely floral fragrance.

Rittenhouse Rye starts sweet and herbal then transitions to dark, roasted, and bitter (but only slightly) after a few seconds. Many of the same notes carry over into the finish. Overall its quite dry with honey, licorice, and oak.

Rock Rose has a heady, floral aroma that leaves you longing for a taste. And when you taste it, you are hit by the complexity of the flavour: a perfect blend of sweetness, fruity-ness, floral notes and nice, gin-ny earthiness. Complex, yes, but wonderfully balanced.

The aroma of Roku is fleeting, competing with the ethanol base of the gin. You'll catch notes of cherry blossom, fruit, lemon, and notes of pepper, but it fades quickly and is overwhelmed by the base of the spirit.

Good helpings of thick, rich caramel and sweet fruits - think orange segments and dried cherry. Quite nutty at first, though the fruit notes swiftly return (more tropical than before). Burnt sugar and a touch of banana.

Clean and elegant with subtle leafy, grassy notes and tropical fruit. Quite light, with some cooking spice warmth to it. Still rather grassy and herbal. Sweet on the finish, with some warmth remaining.

Ripe banana and dark brown sugar, tropical wafts of pineapple, zesty orange peel with gentle wafts of oaken vanilla, and smooth caramel.

Tropical fruit with wafts of banana and heaps of pineapple, good smoky notes of charred, caramelised fruit and toasted oak, wafts of vanilla, and agave minerality.

Vanilla fudge and coffee rise through well-roasted agave and fragrant tobacco. A little milk chocolate lingers below. Palate In a rich and creamy mouth feel comes mixed peels, honey-dipped apricot and dark chocolate. Earthy, toasty agave and a little wood spice are present throughout.

A Reposado Tequila from Rooster Rojo that has been aged for at least two months in French oak barrels before bottling, creating aromas of roasted agave, lively ripe fruits and peppery oak fill the nose, complemented by notes of vanilla, caramel, aromatic agave and soft spice throughout the palate.

Lightly fortified wine made from neutral grape alcohol, including herbs and spices such as sage, thyme, elder, rhubarb, china bark and rosemary. Serve over ice.

Russet in color, with rich oaky aromas. The taste is exceptionally smooth, with hints of vanilla, honey, and spice. Finish is crisp and clean, with long, lingering flavors.

Dry for a "spiced rum" with young sappy woody notes, green pepper, gingerbread, almond, vanilla and plump dried fruit.

Clear golden amber in colour with inviting aromas of toasted almond, dried apricot, vanilla and a hint of orange zest. The taste is slightly syrupy with marzipan, macaroon, toasted almonds and vanilla, hints of chocolate and orange zest.

Classic White Sambuca is infused with coriander, sweet orange, iris and star anise and then mixed with pure white sugar to produce a pleasant anise aroma and sweet flavour. This sambuca is crystal clear in appearance and has the perfect balance of sweet and sour flavours on the palate.

Made from star anise seeds, sugar, herbs and rather fine and precious spices. It s premium quality has allowed it to be declared "Extra" under Italian law a ranking only Molinari has attained. Sweet and persistent, with an unmistakable flavor of star anise.