POLICE ON THE CARDS FOR LICENSEES AND DOOR STAFF


Product News


PASS (Proof of Age Standards Scheme) have launched a new design to reflect support from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) whose logo is now shown on the cards. The card also displays the logo of the Security Industry Authority (SIA).


Following a recent Home Office campaign urging young people not to use passports as proof of age, Rachel Kearton, Assistant Chief Constable of Suffolk Police and National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) lead for alcohol and licensing, is urging customers to use the new PASS cards instead:


“Enforcing the law on underage sale is a


major policing priority. Lost passports cause a major problem not only for the owner but for the police should they fall into the hands of criminals. It makes no sense for young people to take these valuable documents into town for a night out. I would like to see PASS used more frequently in the night time economy.”


Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive of the ALMR (Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers) and PASS Interim Chairman, also welcomed the new design:


“The N PCC logo on the cards


sends an important message that the police, alongside the Home o


ffice and trading standards,


recognise the card as valid ID. Mand


atory licensing conditions make it clear that only approved physical photo-ID can be accepted at the door or at the bar and licensees and door staff should accept PASS cards as valid I


D.” DISTILLERY RELEASES LIMITED EDITION COFFEE FLAVOURED GIN


Poetic License Independent Small Batch Distillery launches Espresso Gin as next release of their ‘The Rarities’ range.


With this gin, “freshly ground coffee immediately arrives on the nose, followed by sweet citrus and piney juniper. On tasting, the sweetness comes first followed by a big hit of coffee; light, fresh and slightly fruity coffee cherry following by deep and earthy roasted coffee beans, with notes of hazelnut and a touch of vanilla. All the depth, darkness and intensity you’d expect from an espresso, but not bitter. More typical gin flavours then resume with zingy lime peel and fragrant pepper, ending on the fresh flavours of juniper which lingers along with rich coffee.”


‘The Rarities’ is a range of one-off spirit products - one batch distillations of whatever the creative chaps and chapettes


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at Poetic License fancy making. There are only a few hundred bottles of each and when they’re gone, they really are gone!


This latest offering will be available from next week, with pre-orders being taken now.


Distiller, Luke Smith, talks about the inspiration for this gin: “We do love to experiment and having produced lots of fruit flavoured gins I wanted to push the boundaries a bit further. Coffee is a very strong flavour itself so it was a tricky balance to strike to ensure both the flavours of the coffee and the gin came across but I am happy with how the gin turned out.


“We worked in collaboration with fellow north-east business Tynemouth Coffee Company using their Espresso blend coffee - this uses arabica beans picked


from 2000ft above sea level to ensure only the finest are used.


These were coarsely ground, placed in the pot and distilled along with our other botanicals.”


Talking about how this gin is best served, Luke commented “This gin is delightful just with ice, but with light tonic and a lime peel garnish really works as a G&T. As a cocktail, it would be a travesty not to use this in an espresso martini! We found a substituting out the Kahlua for the Espresso Gin works well. Also try putting steeping coffee beans in the vodka for an extra coffee hit and better retention of the crema head on the drink.”


All Poetic License products, including this latest rarity, are available to buy online now at: www.poeticlicensedistillery.co.uk or for trade sales enquiries please contact Beth Race on: 0191 5103564 or: beth@poeticlicensedistillery.co.uk


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