Craft Brewing and Distilling News for August 5, 2015
August 5, 2015•U.K. import Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer is introducing a new flavor nationwide to its lineup, Scottish Raspberry. Made with Scotland’s indigenous Glen Ample raspberries, the new offering combines steeped ginger with spices and raspberry flavors. It joins Crabbie’s other ginger beers the Original and Spiced Orange. Crabbie’s (4.8% abv) is available in four-packs of 11-ounce bottles and 16.9-ounce bottles. Massachusetts-based St. Killian is the exclusive U.S. importer of Crabbie’s.
•Rochester, New York’s Black Button Distilling is set to launch Bespoke Bourbon Cream, a new Bourbon whiskey and cream liqueur entry, this month. Officially slated to debut on August 28, Bespoke Bourbon Cream is produced much like a traditional Irish cream liqueur but, according to Black Button, features bolder vanilla and caramel flavors. The 30-proof offering is intended to be consumed neat or added to coffee or cocktails. Bespoke Bourbon Cream will be available throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan, priced at $29.99 a 750-ml.
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