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Friends
You'll find some of Shaker's friends within the industry, below you'll find some of the best brands and suppliers we have worked with for several years. If your company is interested in becoming a friend of Shaker please contact - ellie@shaker-uk.com
Belvedere Vodka
| Website | www.belvedere-vodka.com |
Named after the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. The word ‘Belvedere’ means ‘beautiful to see’, as is the acid-etched slender bottle, with a drawing of the Palace.
Buffalo Trace Kentucky Bourbon
| Website | www.buffalotrace.com |
Buffalo Trace Bourbon was released in 1999 as the flagship Bourbon from America’s longest running distillery, The Buffalo Trace Distillery and three years later it was launched into the UK.
It is named after ‘The Great Buffalo Trace’, a centuries-old Buffalo migratory path that the distillery sits on after its founding brothers Willis and Hancock Lee settled on and tarted making Whiskey in the late 1787.
Contact: Roy Evans - UK Sales & Marketing Manager – Inspirit Brands
Tel: 07949 020 618
It is named after ‘The Great Buffalo Trace’, a centuries-old Buffalo migratory path that the distillery sits on after its founding brothers Willis and Hancock Lee settled on and tarted making Whiskey in the late 1787.
Contact: Roy Evans - UK Sales & Marketing Manager – Inspirit Brands
Tel: 07949 020 618
Campari
| Website | www.campari.com |
In 1932, Davide Campari now the head of the company, invents CampariSoda the first ready to drink single dose aperitif in the world. The bottle was designed by Fortunato Depero, one of the most famous futurist artist of that period and is today a design icon.
DeKuyper Liqueurs
| Website | www.dekuyperworks.com |
Contact: Anthony Habert – Brand Manager – First Drinks Brands
Tel: 07771 962 376
Tel: 07771 962 376
Funkin Puree
| Website | www.funkin.co.uk |
Suppliers of a full range of fresh fruit puree. PERFECT FOR COCKTAILS!!!!
Contact: Jaye Stahlhut
Tel: 020 7328 4440 – 07968 838 123
Contact: Jaye Stahlhut
Tel: 020 7328 4440 – 07968 838 123
Havana Club
| Website | www.havanaclub.com |
Founded in 1878 by Don Jose Arechabala, is the best known rum still produced in Cuba. Arechabala left his native Spain with the knowledge of distillation and bought a small distillery in the city of Cardenas in 1878.
Contact: Georgina Townend - Prestige Account Manager – Pernod Ricard
Tel: 07796 610 096
Contact: Georgina Townend - Prestige Account Manager – Pernod Ricard
Tel: 07796 610 096
Hennessy Cognac
| Website | www.hennessy-cognac.com/ |
In 1765, Irish aristocrat Richard Hennessy, who had been serving in the French forces, founded an eaux-de-vie trading business in Cognac. Under his son James, the company expanded rapidly and the name Hennessy has been interlinked with the history of cognac ever since.
J&B Rare Whisky
| Website | www.jbscotch.com |
J&B Rare® is crafted from 42 individual malt and grain whiskies. 36 single malts and six special grain whiskies. J&B Rare® contains a high proportion of carefully selected top class Speyside malt whiskies which form the ‘heart of the blend’.
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
Johnnie Walker Black Label
| Website | www.johnniewalker.com |
1820 – John Walker’s Business opens in Kilmarnock.
1870s – The square bottle was introduced.
Barley is naturally processed for distilling, the malted barley is ground to a rough flour then mashed by passing hot water through it, extracting a sweet liquid. The liquid is then cooled, yeast is then added and the mixture ferments, making a kind of crude beer. The beer is then distilled in a pot still – the clear liquid known as low wines are distilled a second time. The spirit is then aged in oak casks and Scotch whisky must, by law, be matured for at least three years in Scotland. The whiskies which make up JOHNNIE WALKER BLACK LABEL® are matured for a minimum of 12 years.
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
1870s – The square bottle was introduced.
Barley is naturally processed for distilling, the malted barley is ground to a rough flour then mashed by passing hot water through it, extracting a sweet liquid. The liquid is then cooled, yeast is then added and the mixture ferments, making a kind of crude beer. The beer is then distilled in a pot still – the clear liquid known as low wines are distilled a second time. The spirit is then aged in oak casks and Scotch whisky must, by law, be matured for at least three years in Scotland. The whiskies which make up JOHNNIE WALKER BLACK LABEL® are matured for a minimum of 12 years.
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
Jose Cuervo
| Website | www.josecuervo.com |
Originates from the City of Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
1758 – Jose Antonio de Cuervo obtained land in Mexico to cultivate Agave plants from the King of Spain before it became an independent republic.
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
1758 – Jose Antonio de Cuervo obtained land in Mexico to cultivate Agave plants from the King of Spain before it became an independent republic.
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
Kirin Ichiban
| Website | www.kirinichiban.co.uk |
In 1885 Thomas Blake Glover established the Japan Brewery Company Ltd, the forerunner of Kirin Brewery. It is believed that the tale Madame Butterfly, Puccini’s famous opera, was based on his life story. In 1888 Kirin Lager Beer was launched.
Ichiban Shibori, or 'First Press', is the unique, uncompromising process by which this legendary Japanese beer is made - using only the sweet, flavoursome liquid from a single pressing of the finest ingredients.
Contact: 07816 450 820
akira.saito@wellsandyoungs.co.uk
Ichiban Shibori, or 'First Press', is the unique, uncompromising process by which this legendary Japanese beer is made - using only the sweet, flavoursome liquid from a single pressing of the finest ingredients.
Contact: 07816 450 820
akira.saito@wellsandyoungs.co.uk
Luxardo Liqueurs
| Website | www.luxardo.it/ |
As an antique tradition would have it, a tradition that to this day embraces all the countries of the Mediterranean basin, Italy too has its anise based national liqueur: Sambuca. It is a sweet and strong liqueur, containing essential oils obtained by steam distilling the seeds of star anise, which are soluble in pure alcohol. A concentrated solution of sugar and other natural aromas are added to this.
Midori Liqueur
| Website | www.midori-world.com |
Original melon liqueur with fresh flavor of ripe honeydew melon.
Contact: Catherine Rigby – Marketing Manager Cellar Trends
Tel: 07810 837 868
Contact: Catherine Rigby – Marketing Manager Cellar Trends
Tel: 07810 837 868
Patron Tequila
| Website | www.patronspirits.com/ |
Patron Silver is called young or "joven" tequila. A similarity may be made to a young or nouvelle wine.
Patron Tequila, like the great wines and congacs of the world, is exceptional for a reason. It begins with the finest growing region in Mexico. High in the mountains of Jalisco exists a region which allows with perfect soil and climate which allows the sugar and acid balances of the Weaber Tequilana Blue Agave to mature and produce an 'Agave Pina' unequalled elsewhere in the world.
Contact: Patrick O’Reilly – Marketing Manager – Cellar Trends
Tel: 07789 937 967
Patron Tequila, like the great wines and congacs of the world, is exceptional for a reason. It begins with the finest growing region in Mexico. High in the mountains of Jalisco exists a region which allows with perfect soil and climate which allows the sugar and acid balances of the Weaber Tequilana Blue Agave to mature and produce an 'Agave Pina' unequalled elsewhere in the world.
Contact: Patrick O’Reilly – Marketing Manager – Cellar Trends
Tel: 07789 937 967
Pub Aid
| Website | www.pubaid.com |
PubAid aims to right the wrongs written and spoken about this fantastic sector.
Far to often, it appears that we are blamed for the whole of the UK's woes.
Yet little is said about the massive amount of charitable work that is done, day in day out, by 10,000's of publicans, their customers and many other companies.
PubAid want to change that and we need you to be part of us telling the Government, the press (Local and National) and every person who has an interest in the health of the UK's pub industry.
We do not want money, We want you to register what you are looking to raise. We want you to tell us who you are raising it for.
Far to often, it appears that we are blamed for the whole of the UK's woes.
Yet little is said about the massive amount of charitable work that is done, day in day out, by 10,000's of publicans, their customers and many other companies.
PubAid want to change that and we need you to be part of us telling the Government, the press (Local and National) and every person who has an interest in the health of the UK's pub industry.
We do not want money, We want you to register what you are looking to raise. We want you to tell us who you are raising it for.
Red Bull
| Website | www.redbull.co.uk |
Brands: Red Bull, Red Bull Light, Red Bull Cola
Contact: Carly McKinnon
Tel: 07890 275 469
Contact: Carly McKinnon
Tel: 07890 275 469
Right Gin
| Website | www.rightgin.com |
Right Gin is distilled five times from US corn - which lends a light sweetness - and the water comes from the arctic purity of Lake Bolmen, near Malmo in Sweden. Right was created to solve the heavy, oily and lingering aftertaste that is prevalent in many Gins.
The unique mix of eight botanicals is expensively sourced across three continents and creates the final flavour profile.
Crafted distillation for individual component parts is in the expert hands of Right Gin's Master Blender.
Contact: Patrick O’Reilly – Marketing Manager – Cellar Trends
Tel: 07789 937 967
http://www.rightgin.com
The unique mix of eight botanicals is expensively sourced across three continents and creates the final flavour profile.
Crafted distillation for individual component parts is in the expert hands of Right Gin's Master Blender.
Contact: Patrick O’Reilly – Marketing Manager – Cellar Trends
Tel: 07789 937 967
http://www.rightgin.com
Tanqueray Gin
| Website | www.tanqueray.com |
Tanqueray is produced by using the labour intensive and expensive ‘one-shot’ method of distillation to marry the neutral spirit and Tanqueray’s distinctive recipe of botanicals. Tanqueray has distinctive juniper and coriander notes within its flavour profile. Tanqueray has been made in London since 1830 when Charles Tanqueray established his distillery in Bloomsbury, making it one of the oldest gins in production.
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
Contact: Chris Ciara - Business Development Manager - Diageo
Tel: 07803 855 099
WBK Bar Equipment and Glassware
| Website | www.wbkltd.co.uk |
All your catering and bar equipment, crockery and glassware needs.
Contact: Steve Armstrong-Gimblett - QUOTE SHAKER
Tel: 01189 321 177 - 07877 342 620
Contact: Steve Armstrong-Gimblett - QUOTE SHAKER
Tel: 01189 321 177 - 07877 342 620
Wyborowa Vodka
| Website | www.wodka.com |
Called the queen of Polish vodkas, it is world-famous for its quality. Made from premium rye grain spirits put through a painstaking rectification process, and distilled water. Charcoal filtered for a particularly mild taste and aroma. Its ideal purity makes it a perfect mixed drink base.
Contact: Georgina Townend - Prestige Account Manager – Pernod Ricard
Tel: 07796 610 096
Contact: Georgina Townend - Prestige Account Manager – Pernod Ricard
Tel: 07796 610 096
Ypioca Cachaca
| Website | www.ypioca.com.br/ |
In the Tupi-Gurani language of Brazil, Ypióca translates to mean ‘Purple Earth’, a highly fertile soil ideal for cultivating sugar cane. Dario Teles de Menezes migrated from Portugal bringing with him the artesian art of distillation and his very own ceramic still. In 1846 the Telles family began manufacturing the spirit on their farm producing just 30 litres per day.
Contact : Helen Tungland - Brand Manager - 07970 895 353
James Manhire – London Sales - 07792 361 898
Contact : Helen Tungland - Brand Manager - 07970 895 353
James Manhire – London Sales - 07792 361 898
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