'Spirits' (AKA 'hard liquor') is the term for all distilled alcohol - in fact, the name 'spirit' came from alchemists who believed the vapor of distillation was a 'spirit' of the original material. Technically 'spirits' and 'liqueurs' are different - spirits have no added sugar, while liqueurs do - but they tend to be lumped together. Virtually all known spirits were used as health tonics or elixirs at some point in history, but transmuted into good fun drinks over time. Many countries have their 'national' drink - gin, whisky, schnapps, grappa, ouzo, soju, vodka, rakia/rakija...there's quite a list. Experiments began with sugars and flavours - resulting in limoncello, cynar, Benedictine...that's an even longer list.
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Blended with pure Wharekauhau water, Lighthouse Hawthorn Edition has an intense yet silky smooth character that lifts its nine botanicals to bold new heights. The Hawthorn Edition makes a truly exceptional Tom Collins, Dry Martini or
Gin & Tonic.
$67.95
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Batched premium cocktails. Espresso Martini, Handcrafted in New Zealand, with Organic fairtrade coffee beans.
$46.95
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Traditional blend of juniper, coriander and lemon, with floral and pine notes for a familiar, fragrant taste and a long, refreshing finish. Brilliantly vibrant. Naturally uplifting. Undeniably different.
$59.95
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Two Tone refers to the two kinds of cask used for the maturation of this whisky; European oak which formerly held New Zealand red wine and American white oak used exclusively for whisky. Find sea air and caramelised fruits on the nose, followed by red berries, apricot and spice on the palate.
$83.95
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Thomson Whisky brings you an update from the barrel. Made from 100% New Zealand grown malted barley, smoked using South Island Peat, and distilled through our copper pot still, it’s our Peated release in its youth. Notes on flavour – iodine, smoke, and sweet vanillins.
$124.95
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The perfect combination of 12 botanicals, secretly combined. Juniper to the fore, each note complimenting the next.
$78.95
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Gin and Rhubarb both seem very English, and that therefore just seems they should be married together. The pink colour catches your eye, but on tasting it, you get a big smile and WOW. So yum.
$79.95
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Heavy botanical style craft gin. Juniper, lemon, lemongrass, cardamom and coriander – all delicious flavour tones, uniquely decipherable, that hum together with nowhere to hide.
$79.95
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Made here in New Zealand, at a latitude of 42 degrees below the equator. This extraordinary vodka is made from wheat from the purest wheat fields in the world, and water from a volcanic spring, that achieves the highest purity rating possible.
$59.95
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Dark and delicious. STOLEN Dark reimagines the classic, traditionally heavy, naval style dark rums, with a more modern and smoother interpretation. It’s blended by hand and uses Demerara caramel for a full bodied look and flavor, lightly toasted sweet caramel aromas and a soft honeyed texture in the mouth.
$57.95
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STOLEN is proud to introduce the World’s First Smoked Rum… the result of an artisanal approach fueled by the desire to reinvent the rum category.
$64.95
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Hawke’s Bay Lemon, cucumber and soda tastes like Summer. *Just the good bits of Summer, like sunshine and good times. Not the bad stuff, like mosquitos and sunburn…
$29.50
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