Wednesday, 24 March 2010

The world's first wormwood vodka Babicka and Karlsson's Gold Potato Vodka at www.drinkon.com


We have 2 interesting new vodkas to introduce this week. The first is Babicka, hailing from the Czech Republic, which is a wormwood vodka infused, obviously with wormwood and herbs. Wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium) has long been said to have medicinal properties, and this vodka is creamy, smooth and luxurious with notes of vanilla, caramel and aniseed. Recommended as an aperitif for its digestive qualities, it's also great on the rocks or in cocktails. View Babicka Wormwood Vodka
The second is Karlssons Gold, a luxury potato vodka from Sweden. The brainchild of the father of Absolut, Borje Karlsson, Karlssons is made from the very finest virgin new potatoes and is distilled only once, preserving the rich character of it's origin and giving it a natural, balanced flavour. Aside from the smoothness of potato vodkas, they are also suitable for Coeliacs and those intolerant to gluten. View Karlssons Gold Potato Vodka

Wednesday, 17 March 2010


We are currently giving away a FREE T-shirt with each order of Fernet Branca, while stocks last!!* Fernet Branca was created in 1845 by Bernardino Branca, who used his secret formula infusing blossoms, rare aromatic herbs and spices. His recipe has been passed down through 5 generations, giving us the unique, complex and intense flavours of this classic Italian bitters still enjoyed all over the world today. Although usually served as a digestif, Fernet Branca can be served on the rocks, with a splash of mineral water or in cocktails such as the Dr Zeus or the Hanky Panky Martini, shown below.
*(please specify medium or large size t-shirt when ordering)
HANKY PANKY MARTINI
1 3/4 shots gin
1 3/4 shots sweet vermouth
1/8 shot Fernet Branca
METHOD: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange zest twist. This drink was created in the early 1900s at the Savoy's American Bar for actor Charles Hawtrey. When he first tasted it, he exclaimed 'By Jove! That is the real hanky-panky!' Hence the name... Don't you love a cocktail with a story.
A long awaited welcome to our latest spirit this week: Bossa Cachaca. Cachaca is a Brazilian spirit made from sugar cane, used as the base for a Caipirinha cocktail and Bossa is a brand new arrival in the UK. It's a top quality spirit, made using only the freshest cuts of sugar cane on the south Atlantaic coast of Brazil. It is named after Bossanova, the music born in Ipanema in Rio de Janeroand the bottle design echoes the design of the sidewalk at Ipanema beach. Find a bit of Brazilian sunshine!

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

BRAND NEW GERANIUM GIN AND FREE CHOCOLATES WITH TEQUILA ROSE AT WWW.DRINKON.COM

New this week, we proudly present Geranium Gin. Geranuim Gin is the result of a powerful combination of passion and know-how. A chemist father and a son who was a judge at Gin Tastings had a vision to create the ultimate Premium London Dry Gin and thus the recipe for Geranium Gin was born. The mixture of 10 botanicals is matured for 48 hours before being distilled in a copper pot still that is over 100 years old. The result is an outstandingly smooth, balanced gin with the crisp but subtle citrus-rosy aroma of Geranium.

View New Geranium Gin

As a special gift for Valentine’s Day, we’re giving you FREE Tequila Rose chocolates with each bottle of our best-selling cream liqueur!* Tequila Rose is a deliciously indulgent strawberry flavoured cream liqueur with a hint of tequila. It’s great over ice, used in cocktails or as a dessert sauce. You can even add a shot to your cappuccino or latte for an after dinner treat. The perfect present for the 14th.
View Tequila Rose Valentine’s Offer

Wednesday, 27 January 2010


Stroh Rum is known as the ‘spirit of Austria’, and although very strong, it has a complex aroma and unique flavour which bring it many devoted fans! We’re giving away a FREE branded Stroh shot glass with each bottle sold, while stocks last. Founded in 1832 in Klagenfurt by Sebastian Stroh, the spirit has a strong tradition in Austria and is used there to make Jagertee and punch and is often used as an ingredient in cakes and pastries. In this country, devotees say it’s unbeatable with coke!
View Stroh Rum

Get in the mood for February’s romantic bits with a:

PURPLE FLIRT

1.5 shots vodka
3/4 shot black sambuca
2 shots cranberry juice

Shake all the ingredients with ice and fine strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with an orange zest twist. With a lovely purple hue, the aniseed flavour isn’t overpowering in this drink.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

FABULOUS CHAMPAGNE GIFTS AND LOTS OF FREEBIES AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


How can something so gorgeous be useful too? The ingenious Moet & Chandon Chill Box acts as beautiful gift packaging for a bottle of Moet Brut Imperial NV and is also a chiller which can keep your bottle cool for up to two hours. Be gorgeous this Christmas and give a great champagne. We also have the wonderful Dom Perignon 2000 Flutes Gift set comprising of 1 bottle of Dom Perignon Vintage 2000 Champagne and 2 stylish champagne flutes.

Also at www.drinkon.com for Xmas we have lots of little extras to make your gifts that wee bit more special, we have free Absinthe Spoons to give away with Rodnik’s Absinthe, free tattoos and pourers with Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, Coole Swan Irish Cream Liqueur Cooler Bags, free mini cocktail shaker and glow sticks with Blavod Black Vodka and much more.

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

EXCLUSIVE MOET PRIZES IN OUR CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


Enter our NEW CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW and win Moet & Chandon Champagne for Christmas! Just enter your details and you could be the lucky recipient of a bottle of Moet encrusted with genuine Swarovski crystals, a Moet ice bucket and six special edition gold glasses

Click here to enter

Take a look at our beautiful new Moet and Dom Perignon sets for Christmas! There’s a Dom Perignon 2000 Flutes Gift Box, a Moet Festive Ice Bucket Set and a gold Moet Chill box which is very ingenious. There is something luxurious and gorgeous for everyone here!

View new Moet and Dom Perignon Gifts

Our Christmas gift to you is a great deal on our best-selling Moondarra wine range. Save 10% on every bottle and receive 4 FREE Moondarra tealights in holders* when you buy any six bottles! Moondarra wines hail from South Eastern Australia and the 5 wines (Shiraz, Shiraz/Cabernet, Chardonnay, Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc and Rosé) capture the sunshine flavours we’ve come to associate with Australia and are packed full of fruit. Perfect for Christmas entertaining.

View Moondarra Offer

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

FREE LIQUEUR WITH CHASE VODKA AND FREE ABSINTHE SPOON WITH RODNIK'S ABSINTHE AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


Receive your FREE bottle of Chase Blackcurrant (Cassis) Liqueur worth £9.99 with NEW Naked Chase English Vodka!* Naked Chase is a brand new vodka from Chase Distillers in Herefordshire, which is lovingly made entirely from organic cider apples. The vodka is very pure and is delicious enjoyed on its own, but we think it works very well in this lovely Christmas cocktail idea, mixed with cranberry juice and some blackcurrant liqueur. Chase Distillery just happens to produce its own range of English fruit liqueurs, so we’re giving away a FREE 20cl bottle of the blackcurrant variety when you purchase a bottle of Naked Chase or regular Chase Vodka. A cocktail (partially) on us!
Here at www.drinkon .com we have a wide selection of little extras that will make your gifts extra special. We currently have FREE Absinthe spoons to give away with the Rodnik's Absinthe Range, FREE mini cocktail shakers and glow sticks with Blavod Vodka, FREE T-shirts with Woods 100 Rum as well as FREE chocolates with Tequila Rose. Don't say we are not good to you.

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

CHRISTMAS CHAMPAGNE FOR UNDER £20 AND A REFRESHING RUSSIAN PUNCH RECIPE!


Save £4 per bottle on Reynier Brut, a great quality champagne without the price tag! Reynier is rich, full-bodied and elegant and is the perfect bubbly for Christmas celebrations. Or why not try Reynier Rosé, a gorgeous rosé champagne with soft, summer fruit flavours?

View Reynier Champagne Offer

After you have purchased your bargain Champagne why not try something different and mix yourself a Russian Spring Punch:


RUSSIAN SPRING PUNCH

2 shots Naked Chase Vodka


1 shot freshly squeezed lemon juice


Top up with Reynier Brut Champagne

Shake first four ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Top up with Champagne, stir and serve with straws.


Adapted from Sauceguide to Cocktails Vol.4

Polish vodka fans will be delighted to know that we’ve just taken delivery of Poland’s top selling vodkas, Czysta de Luxe and Zoladkowa Gorzka. Czysta is a clear and extremely pure vodka, great for drinking as it is or as a base for cocktails, and Zoladkowa Gorzka is an aromatic digestif vodka, highly prized in Warsaw for its medicinal properties. Great Christmas gifts for anyone who appreciates the ‘real thing’!

View Gorska Vodkas

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

BRAND NEW CRESTA SWISS CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR AND FREE COCKTAIL GLASSES WITH RUSSIAN STANDARD AT WWW.DRINKON.COM



A gorgeous cream liqueur always goes down a treat at Christmas, and we’re delighted to introduce a brand new chocolate liqueur from Switzerland: CRESTA. Cresta, named after the famous bobsled run in St Moritz, is a heavenly blend of finest Swiss chocolate and smooth, fresh cream. As you would expect, it’s best served chilled, or over ice and is ideal for chocolatey cocktails.


Why not try a Tropical Chocolate Cocktail?2 cl Cresta Swiss chocolate Liqueur2 cl Grand Marnier2 cl Coconut Cream
Shake well in a shaker with some ice, then strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with Physalis


The offer of the week has to be the FREE cocktail glasses we’re giving away with each bottle of Russian Standard Vodka. Russian Standard, which has been officially recognised as one of the coolest brands of 2009/10, is an authentic Russian vodka with an impeccable pedigree and is the number 1 vodka in its homeland. It sets the benchmark for Russian vodka and is perfect sipped neat or used in cocktails.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

NEW PORSCHE DESIGNED VEUVE CLICQUOT ICE CUBE AND AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS COCKTAIL AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


Take a look at our beautiful new Porsche designed Veuve Yellow Label Ice Cube with Flutes. It contains a 75cl bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow label, 4 Champagne Flutes and a cube to keep everything 'chilled'
View New Veuve Clicquot Ice Cube

The cocktail of the week here at Drinkon is the Absolutely Fabulous, named after the iconic TV show we are sure that you will love it darling:

Absolutely Fabulous

1 shot Stolichnaya Vodka
2 Shots Cranberry Juice
Top up with Bollinger Champagne
Shake vodka and cranberry juice with ice and strain into glass, then top up with Champagne. Garnish with a strawberry on the rim of the glass. Created in 1999 at Monte's Club, London, and name named after the TV series where Patsy consumed copious amounts of Stoli ans Bolly, darling how could you fail to love this. (Taken from Sauceguides to Cocktails Vol.4)

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

NEW SOUTH AFRICAN WINES FOR UNDER £6 AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


South African wines are offering better value for money than ever in this country at the moment, and we’re delighted to introduce the new Still Bay range of wines fresh from the Western Cape. Imagine yourself enjoying a perfect African sunset or watching scores of whales resting in the protective bays around the beautiful Cape coastline, while you sample the vibrant fruit flavours of this range of 4 varietals – Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot and Pinotage. These are great wines for all sorts of occasions and perfect for drinking now.
View Still Bay Wines


New at Drinkon is Benromach 10 y.o. Single Malt, made at Speyside’s smallest distillery, just outside Forres. The Benromach distillery was virtually derelict in 1993, when it was rescued and restored by malt whisky specialists Gordon & Macphail and was officially re-opened by Prince Charles in 1998. Just two distillers create the whisky, using the finest Scottish barley and pure spring water from the Romach Hills. Patiently matured for at least 10 years in high quality casks, Benromach 10 yo has rich fruit, sweet chocolate and delicate spicy armas. With a rich sherry influence, the palate shows exotic fruit flavours and toasted malt with a hint of smoke. David and Michael Urquart, of Gordon & Macphail commented: ‘We think that Benromach 10 Years Old displays a big taste from a tiny distillery and we hiope that people will enjoy our whisky as much as we do – and share the secret of Benromach with fellow whisky-lovers’ If you’re looking for an early Christmas gift, here it is!
View Benromach 10 Year Old

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

FREE CHOCOLATES WITH TEQUILA ROSE AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


This week we have bags of scrumptious Tequila Rose chocolates to give away FREE with every bottle of your favourite Tequila Rose Liqueur. With the nights drawing in we at Drinkon think there is no better way to relax than with a Tequila Rose latte or hot chocolate and a bag of FREE chocolates. Tequila Rose Liqueur is very versatile and is the ideal ingredient in cocktails or simply served over ice. Hurry and get them before they are gone. **While stocks last**

View Tequila Rose Offer


With Hallowe'en fast approaching thoughts are turning to fancy dress parties and spooky cocktails. We thought we would give you a couple of simple ideas to wow your friends with:

Black Cat
1 shot Vodka 666
2 shots Cranberry Juice
2 shos Coke
Put all ingredients into Highball glass with ice and stir well

Black Shadow
Shake the first 2 ingredients in a cocktail shaker with Ice, pour into a flute glass and top up with Champagne.

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

WIN AN EXCLUSIVE BELVEDERE VODKA BLOODY MARY KIT AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


Enjoy the perfect Autumn cocktail in style, courtesy of Belvedere Vodka! Six lucky winners will each receive a very stylish Belvedere Bloody Mary Cocktail Kit, complete with wooden tray, juice carafe, brushed steel garnish holder and bar spoon – not forgetting the essential ingredient: a 70cl bottle of Belvedere Vodka!

Belvedere is a true luxury vodka, made in Poland, the home of vodka. It is distilled from Dankowskie Gold rye and pure water from the Polmos Zydardow distillery’s own artesian well, to create a vodka with real character and purity. It has a creamy texture and soft, clean finish – perfect for sipping on its own or making a truly outstanding Bloody Mary. For more information, visit www.drinkon.com

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

FREE DESIGNER BAG WITH NEW BELVEDERE IX AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


Snap up your FREE designer bag with Belvedere IX, a luxury spirit from Belvedere Vodka that blends 9 natural, individually distilled ingredients with Belvedere Vodka to create a new and unique taste. We are giving away a FREE JONATHAN KELSEY BAG with every vodka in the Belvedere range, while stocks last! Belvedere IX represents a breakthrough in vodka innovation in the sense that it uses a similar methodology to that of gin. Its higher strength (50% abv) allows for the ingredients and botanical to be held at a specific concentration, which makes the flavours more pronounced. The bottle design is funky, having been created by graffiti artist Andre Saraiva, and the drink can be enjoyed frozen and neat, in longs drinks with mixers such as grapefruit juice or tonic and it can also be mixed with Coke or Red, without losing the aromatic quality of the vodka. View Belvedere Vodka
Still on the trail of the unusual this week, we’re showcasing Fernet Branca, iconic Italian bitters that’s been made to a secret family recipe since 1845. The drink contains 27 herbs from around the world, including saffron, gentian root, camomile and myrrh and is matured in oak barrels for 12 months. It is complex and intense, with rich notes of bitterness and a delicately spicy finish. Although Fernet Branca is generally enjoyed as a digestif, served at room temperature, it can also be mixed really effectively in cocktails, particulary this one, which is pretty damn good:
DR ZEUS
20 raisins2 shots cognac
¼ shot Gomme syrup
Method: Pour Fernet Branca into an ice-filled Old-fashioned glass (short tumbler). Top with chilled mineral water and leave to stand. Separately muddle raisins in the base of a shaker, add other ingredients and shake with ice. Discard the contents of the glass and strain the contents of the shaker into the Fernet Branca coated glass. (from Diffordsguide to Cocktails #7)

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Belvedere IX Vodka - Available online now at www.drinkon.com with FREE JONATHAN KELSEY BAG


We are delighted to introduce new Belvedere IX, a luxury spirit from Belvedere Vodka that blends 9 natural, individually distilled ingredients with Belvedere Vodka to create a new and unique taste. We are giving away a FREE JONATHAN KELSEY BAG with every vodka in the Belvedere range, while stocks last! Belvedere IX represents a breakthrough in vodka innovation in the sense that it uses a similar methodology to that of gin. Its higher strength (50% abv) allows for the ingredients and botanical to be held at a specific concentration, which makes the flavours more pronounced. The bottle design is funky, having been created by graffiti artist Andre Saraiva, and the drink can be enjoyed frozen and neat, in longs drinks with mixers such as grapefruit juice or tonic and it can also be mixed with Coke or Red, without losing the aromatic quality of the vodka.

Buy Belvedere 1X Vodka Online now at www.drinkon.com

Wednesday, 16 September 2009

NEW KOSHER RIMON POMEGRANATE WINES AT WWW.DRINKON.COM




Drinkon are proud to introduce the Rimon range of wines made from pomegranates, from Upper Galilee in Israel. Rimon Winery is owned and operated by the Nachmias family and the father and son winemaking team of Gaby and Avi, a farmer and a businessman respectively, were inspired by a love of their land and wine, to create a unique style of wine—made from special pomegranates grown in their own orchards. These are now award-winning wines recognized for their excellence throughout the wine world. All the wines are certified Kosher and vegan.
You can buy Rimon wines online now at www.drinkon.com


Cocktail of the week this week is:


APPLE MARTINI


1 shot vodka


1 shot Chambord liqueur


¾ shot apple schnapps


Splash of Tuaca


Method: shake the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a thin slice of apple.

You can buy all of your cocktail ingredients online now at www.drinkon.com


Wednesday, 26 August 2009

30% TAITTINGER CHAMPAGNE AT WWW.DRINKON.COM


Champagne Taittinger is one of the most elegant and delicate of big brand champagnes and the good news is we're offering 30% off the usual price until the end of August! We also have 20% off Laurent Perrier and Lanson Black Label, and 10% off Mercier (which also comes with a FREE branded apron). These offers are valid for a limited time only, so snap up a couple of bottles and celebrate the Bank Holiday properly!

View Taittinger Champagne Offer

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

FREE FLIP FLOPS WITH TEQUILA ROSE AT www.drinkon.com


Just in time to hit the beach, we’re offering a FREE pair of perfect pink flip flops with every bottle of Tequila Rose strawberry cream liqueur! Also included are 10 TR coasters and a poster. Tequila Rose is a deliciously indulgent strawberry flavoured cream liqueur with a hint of tequila. It’s great over ice, used in cocktails or as a dessert sauce. You can even add a shot to your cappuccino or latte for an after dinner treat.
Buy Tequila Rose Online Now at www.drinkon.com

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

MAKE SURE THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING GOING ON WITH OUR FREE XANTE COCKTAIL SHAKER AT www.drinkon.com


Xante Pear Liqueur is a gorgeous blend of ripe pears and fine cognac that, even if you swear you don’t like cognac, is a delicious drink. It can be served chilled in a martini glass (intriguingly called ‘Whipcracker’) , as a shot or used in cocktails. We are giving away a FREE Xante branded Boston shaker with every 2 bottles you buy to give your cocktail making that professional edge!
Buy Xante online now at www.drinkon.com and pick up your FREE cocktail shaker!!
Xanté Caipirinha
4 parts Xanté Liqueur
5 – 7 lime wedges
½ tsp sugar
Method: muddle lime with sugar, add Xanté and crushed ice. Serve in a rocks glass.
BLACKWOODS IS BACK! For the many fans of Blackwood’s Vintage Gin, Blackwoods 60 Gin and Blackwoods Vodka, we thought you’d be glad to know your favourite spirits are alive and well and available at Drinkon. Distinctive and unique, these are truly memorable drinks with a Shetland heritage.View Blackwoods Range online now at www.drinkon.com

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

FOUR ROSES INGLE BARREL FOR FATHER'S DAY £16.99 AT www.drinkon.com


Our deal of the week comes in the form of Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon, at just £16.99 per bottle – this is a saving of over 50% on the original price of £36.25. This complex, full bodied and surprisingly smooth small batch bourbon would make a fantastic Father’s Day gift which we can gift wrap for you and send with a personalised message. Please note, there is limited stock of this item, so make haste!



We’re giving away a FREE Blavod black zip-up cooler jacket when you buy a bottle of Blavod Black vodka, while stocks last! Blavod is triple-distilled to achieve a pure vodka coloured with black catechu to give its distinctive colour. Black catechu is a herb extract from a tree native to Burma and East India. The vodka is ‘outrageously smooth’ and floats on top of most mixers, giving a really impressive visual effect when creating cocktails.

View Blavod Black Vodka Offer


For whiskey aficionados we have some exciting new bottles listed this week. Firstly, Mackmyra Swedish Single Malt Whiskey, Sweden’s first ever single malt – lovely and spicy with lots of fruit. Then there’s Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey, a small batch specialty dram and also Corner Creek Kentucky Bourbon, a full-bodied selection from the distillery’s finest barrels. Not to be outdone, our vodka range has something new to offer in the form of Cold River Blueberry Vodka, which is an American potato vodka (and therefore gluten free) with the addition of 100% wild Maine blueberries. Sounds delicious – and just the ticket for summer!


We are currently offering £2 off any purchase of Stroh 80 Rum! Just type in the code STROH09 at checkout to receive your discount. Stroh is otherwise known as the ‘spirit of Austria’ and has a tradition stretching back to 1832. Its unique aroma and great flavour have made it a favourite among dark rums and it can be used in cocktails or enjoyed straight. * Please note that the voucher applies only to orders containing a purchase from the Stroh range, and is not available in conjunction with any other offers.*

At Drinkon, we can gift wrap single bottle orders in our gorgeous gold organza bottle bags and send a personal message from you. All you have to do is email us your address list, and we’ll take care of the rest. Please contact carolyn@drinkon.com or call 01334 477333 to discuss your requirements.

Go tell it on the mountain! Refer like-minded friends to us, and we’ll give each of your friends a £5 voucher to spend on their first order at Drinkon. For every friend who orders, we give you a £5 voucher too!