UK: Cocktail Ingredients and Equipment

[robb]

Cool.

I can see that some testing may be called for...

[Elahiya]

i prepared the lemon cheesecake cocktail at the last cocktail party! you only didn't want it!

[robb]

Methinks you need to be having a Christmas cocktail party.

[Elahiya]

*sigh* yeah... but it will certainly not be called anything in connection with x-mas. we'll sort out sthg...

[robb]

Oh, I'm sorry. Yule, Saturnalia, Winterval or whatever...

[Mr Flibble]

Mail from benedictine - 20/01/2009

Definitely , we can reassure you ,Bénédictine is fully suitable for Vegans ; Nothing ,during all the process, is used coming from animal sources .

What you have heard about Bénédictine is completely right !

At your disposal , anyway ,

Kind Regards,

Got a tip off from barnivore via twitter that benedictine contains honey, so emailed them and asked. The reply (from the same person):

Bénédictine contains honey but among vegans this is still very controversial ; in fact my response was based on Kosher regulations very strict in terms of animal derivatives ;

It is said that honey is not (unlike Gelee Royale ) , bees carry pollen exactly like birds carry seeds , and for birds botanicals often are a production coming from animal regurgitation !

I do hope my explanations are as clear as possible and very sorry for my lack of precision in a way ;

[bradders]

that's quite irritating, thankfully despite coming from very close to Blackburn/ Burnley I've never had it and never fancied having it.

[Daffodil]

I don't know of any in shops, I seem to remember hearing that harveys isn't vegan.

I've seen this in the Animal Shopper i'm sure.... i always drink Harvey's for this reason.....

EDIT:

ETA: I meant Harvery's Bristol Cream is vegan. And Harveys Orange is, too..

phew!

[daydreamdoll]

after reading this had to go out and find some vermouth as I hadn't had that since I was maybe 16...well the Noilly Pratt stated it contained milk so I went with Sainsbury's own brand which was labelled as suitable for vegans...having a good time so far...*hiccup* ;-)

[Mahk]

after reading this had to go out and find some vermouth as I hadn't had that since I was maybe 16...well the Noilly Pratt stated it contained milk so I went with Sainsbury's own brand which was labelled as suitable for vegans...having a good time so far...*hiccup* ;-)

Did the Noillly Prat say it contained milk on the bottle's actual label?

[daydreamdoll]

Did the Noillly Prat say it contained milk on the bottle's actual label?

Yep it did say contains sulphites, milk...not even may contain. Just contain...

[Mr Flibble]

The bottles I have (purchased a while) back certainly don't mention milk. Will check next time i'm in a supermarket.

[Mr Flibble]

For anyone interested, I wrote an introductory guide to vegan cocktail making a while back, here:

http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/...beginners.html

In other booze related news, I noticed 3 new vegan labelled 12yo single malts in Sainsburys last night for under £20 a bottle. The 'Highland' variety that I bought is quite drinkable.

[Adena]

www.veggiewines.com is a good site to find out what alcohols and mixers are vegan - also shows proof emails and letters from the companies which is helpful!

[Poison Ivy]

From Global Brands re: Corkys Liquers

Thank you for your query received 22.08.12 regarding Corky’s flavours being vegan. I have looked into this for you and can confirm the following:

Sour Apple – vegan
Sour Cherry – vegan
Sour Cola Cube – vegan
Blueberry – vegan
Fiery Ginger – vegan

I hope this answers your question but should you have any more please do not hesitate to contact me in one of the ways below.

Kind regards

Danielle Lumby
Quality and Technical Liaison

T +44 (0)1246 216000 E danielle.lumby@globalbrands.co.uk www.globalbrands.co.uk

[Andy_T]

Can it be that nobody has mentioned http://www.barnivore.com/ yet? Or have I simply overlooked it?

Anyway, I normally find it quite helpful.

Regards, Andy