Category: Spirits

The Norman conquest

It took a mere 315 years for Berry Bros. & Rudd to find the perfect Calvados. Here, spirits specialist Rob Whitehead documents his quest to bring the ultimate apple brandy to market. Selecting a spirit to be bottled in our Berrys’ Own Selection range can be a deceptively complex process, easily capable of running the […]

Christmas markets fit for a king

If you’re heading to Europe’s Christmas markets this year, our spirits specialist Ronnie Cox has an essential item for your packing list… As I wandered with some local friends through the Christmas Market in Frankfurt last weekend,marvelling at the delights of the Christmas produce, I recalled that John Knox was once sent here on the […]

Selecting the perfect single malt

Ronnie Cox, Berry Bros. & Rudd’s spirits specialist, on finding a Vintage dram this winter. One of the rare occasions that Berry Bros. & Rudd has purchased a brand was in 2010. While we now own The Glenrothes Single Malt Scotch Whisky brand, uniquely, in the world of Scotch Whisky, we don’t own the distillery. […]

An August Update from the Spirits Team

As we draw to the end of August, still revelling in the balmy summer evenings, here in the spirits department our office has been very quiet with summer holidays taking most people away for a week or two. However we have not abandoned entertainment and training over these warm months, of course not, and there […]