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 Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb.....
A new cocktail: The spring rhubarb has finally appeared in Inverness and our Organic Rhubarb Vodka Liqueur has never tasted better! Its arrival seems just in time for election fever to strike us all a deadly blow from the plague of live debates. Well we've got a new cocktail to act as an antidote to this political fever and we have called it the Election Twist! ....read more below.
Free Tasting Evening Invites: If you have never participated in a Demijohn Tasting Evening then this might be your chance to take part for FREE as we are to run 3 evenings for a limited number of guests in our York shop over the next few weeks. ......read the details below.
Fathers' Day Reminder: Fathers' Day is fast approaching on 20 June and  speaking as a Father who remembered Mothering Sunday, I think I can suggest the perfect present for me! A nice big bottle of our fruity Bramble Scotch Whisky Liqueur in a very smart red cherry wood presentation box. So why not order our new Fathers' Day Box Set right now?
to order any of our products either visit our new Demijohn Online Shop or call us on +44 (0)141 3373600
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Demijohn News - April 2010
 Our News: The daffodils are finally out here and the cold winter has passed, but at least something good thing came out of the prolonged cold spell. One of our inspired customers, Mrs Wilson of Biggar, has found a brilliant end use for the protective red netting we use to send your orders out safely to you, a bird feeder! If anyone else has any other ideas for reusing our products that they would like to share, please email the details to me at info@demijohn.co.uk Our spring events are in full swing also and causing me to do quite a bit of dashing about. Last Friday I was asked to take part in Erskine's Charity fundraising ladies lunch at the up market Marr Hall Hotel in Renfrewshire. 250 delightful West Coast Ladies sat down to play our newly invented game of "Guess the Demijohn Liqueur", with the renowned actress and comedian Elaine C. Smith in charge of proceedings. I chose our Organic Rhubarb Vodka Liqueur 22.9% for the competition. As you can imagine, after a small shot of vodka and helped by Elaine's humour the chat at the lunch spiced up somewhat. 3 hours  later I finally escaped, luckily with all my equipment still intact! I head to Yorkshire in May for our next 2 events. We will be exhibiting for the first time at the Dales Food & Drink Festival at Leyburn in North Yorkshire this weekend Sat 1, Sun 2 and Mon 3 May. So if you are in the Dales this weekend, hopefully you can make time to drop in? Then it is back to known ground in Hovingham, North Yorkshire where we will take part again in this years Spring Fair in aid of the ABF The Soldier's Charity. The fair opens on Wed 19th (5 to 9.30pm) and Thurs 20th May (10am to 4pm). It is a tremendously fun event with many stalls of different products and a good chance to see the beautiful Hovingham Hall in all its splendor!
York Tasting Evenings
Due to popular request, we plan to run a series of Spring Tasting Evenings in our shop at 11 Museum Street in York on Friday 7th May, Tue 18 May and Friday 11 Jun 2010 between 6.30pm and 8pm on each day. The normal cost of our standard tasting evenings would be £11.50 per person, however participation will be FREE for invited guests only. If you would like to be invited to attend an evening please email me at info@demijohn.co.uk as soon as possible with your full contact details and choice of dates in priority order. All applications will be responded to, however allocation of limited places will be made on a first to respond basis.
 Election Twist Cocktail
The 2010 election fever certainly needs a little ice to cool it off and our Election Twist cocktail might be just the long drink needed to keep us up late and survive a long night of vote counting! Our Election Twist is a Demijohn variation of the seductively sweet classic Long Island Iced Tea cocktail and has been invented by one of our Glasgow team members, Carlos Wheeler. It was first drunk by a group of guests taking part in one of our organised tasting evenings in Glasgow. Their enthusiastic noises of approval have now written it into the official Demijohn Cocktail Book!
Ingredients:
1 measure Seville Orange Gin 26%
1 measure Lemon Vodka Liqueur 22.5% or Grapefruit Vodka Liqueur 20%
1/2 measure Nelson's Spiced Rum Liqueur 20%
1/2 measure lemon juice
Preparation:
Describing the preparation of this drink reads like a manifesto. Making our Election Twist is an undemanding labour of love! Start with equal measures of our marmalady Seville Orange Gin 26% and our Lemon Vodka Liqueur 24%. Add a conservative measure of Nelson's Spiced Rum and a splash of fresh squeezed lemon to give a twist of independence and a subtly green feel. Shake and strain into an ice filled Collins (long) or Rocks (short) glass and top up with a liberal dose of full fat Coca Cola. If you are a monster raving looney and want to make it a classic Long Island Iced Tea, add a half measure of gold Tequila and teaspoon full of egg white. Election night will never be the same again!
Product News
 With little left of the current 2009 harvest of our Kabbadates Extra Virgin Olive Oil, fans of our Kabbadates oil will pleased to hear that we have just finalised details for a new shipment of oil from the Jan 2010 harvest from Corfu. Remaining on the foodie tack, we can also announce that our wonderful Traditional Balsamic Vinegar is now back in stock and will be on tap in all shops by the end of next week. If you have yet to try this truly amazing balsamic vinegar from Modena, then I suggest you plan a trip soon! Did you know we have developed our own fantastic range of jams, chutneys and marmalades, with unusual flavours such at Beetroot & Apple Chutney and Fruits of the Forest Jam? Take a look at our Other Products page for the full list.
Coming soon: Another new cask of whisky, a Damson vinegar from Warwickshire.
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Angus Ferguson
Managing Director
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