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20 April 2024

Aberfeldy Food Pairing @ Woobar, Kuala Lumpur

We recently had the pleasure of partaking in an Aberfeldy media sensorial journey at WooBar, W Hotel KL -  where the Aberfeldy 12, 16 and 18 were paired with a 5 course meal.


Established in 1898, Aberfeldy is a Highland Single Malt and the distillery draws its waters from the Pitilie Burn, known to contain deposits of alluvial gold.  

24 March 2024

Refresh your music with Heineken

Heineken is proud to bring back their global music platform, “Refresh Your Music, Refresh Your Nights”, which invites you to break out of your music bubble and explore new sounds and expand your music playlist.


The highlight of this platform is the all-new Heineken Fresh List which uses their "Refreshing Algorithm" to introduce tracks outside your common preferences, offering refreshing blended playlists on Spotify.

17 March 2024

Meikle Toir comes to Malaysia

The GlenAllachie distillery brings to Malaysia its first peated single malt - Meikle Tòir - created by co-owner and whisky veteran, Billy Walker, whose goal was to create a peated whisky, a rare style in the Speyside region. As GlenAllachie is an independent distillery, Walker and his team have complete freedom to experiment as they will.
 
 
Meikle Tòir was created using mainland peat for an oaky, sweet smoke and it undergoes an extended fermentation.
 

10 March 2024

St. Patrick’s Day with Guinness

Guinness Malaysia celebrates St. Patrick’s Day for a whole month at participating outlets and bars with stand-up comedy nights, parades, games, live bands and so much more.
 
 

04 February 2024

Private Chamber @ JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur

Private Chamber, as the name suggests, is a private drinking lounge that caters to both retail and exclusive event functions. Founded by Justin Lim and a group of shareholders, Private Chamber is an extension of The Chamber, the premium wines and spirits boutique with locations at The Starhill, Sunway Pyramid, and Pavilion Bukit Jail.  

02 February 2024

Carlsberg's CNY Bazaar

Carlsberg is ushering in the Year of the Dragon with two CNY Bazaars at Gurney Paragon, Penang and 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Petaling Jaya until 4 Feb.

At the bazaars, you get to enjoy food, cool collaborative merchandise by partners (TNTCO, Dissyco, Gumme), workshops, games and of course the most important thing – perfectly chilled Carlsberg.

19 January 2024

Heineken brings "Hei" in Gong Hei Fatt Choy

Heineken recently unveiled a filter to inject an additional burst of fun into your Gong Hei Fatt Choy wishes, transforming the "Hei" on your Heineken can into part of a Chinese New Year greeting "card" to post onto your social media, slide into your loved ones’ DMs or share in group chats.

“Hei” or 喜 in the Cantonese Chinese New Year greeting expresses jubilation. 

To send your "Hei" greeting, just follow these steps:

30 December 2023

17 December 2023

Malfy Gin launches in Malaysia

Pernod Ricard Malaysia has recently introduced a new addition to its gin portfolio, Malfy Gin. Malfy is a range of super-premium gins distilled by the Vergnano family in the Italian region of Moncalieri.

  

09 December 2023

130 years of Martell in Malaysia

Get ready for a year-long celebration by Martell, which is celebrating its 130-year history in Malaysia. 
Kicking it off is an interactive, multi-sensory, AI-enabled pop-up experience for the whole month of December, 10 am to 10 pm daily, at the concourse of  Pavilion Bukit Jalil. 
 

27 November 2023

A very Hendrick's Christmas

This festive season, Hendrick’s Gin presents a line-up merriment - from cocktail recipes to make at home, to parties at your liveliest bars and gift packs at your nearest store.

24 November 2023

The Deacon launches in Malaysia

The Deacon is a blended Scotch whisky which includes Islay and Speyside whiskies. It is the first release to come out of the Pernod Ricard and Sovereign Brands partnership.  

18 November 2023

Monkey 47 Barrel Cut now available in Malaysia

The Monkey 47 Barrel Cut gin was recently launched in Malaysia (only 300 bottles available locally!) - it is Monkey 47's first barrel-aged gin, aged in Mulberry cask.

29 October 2023

Bruichladdich Distillery's Octomore 14 unveiled in Malaysia

Octomore is Bruichladdich's super-heavily peated single malt range. First released in 2008, the Octomore single malts are matured for five years, bottled at or at least close to cask strength and are always super-heavily peated.

The Octomore 14 was recently unveiled in Malaysia

25 October 2023

Peranakan Cuisine & Drinks Weekend with Chef Julia Ung, Debbie Teoh and Lionel Chee

Celebrate Peranakan culinary and culture with renowned Peranakan chefs from Penang, Melaka and Singapore, Chef Julia Ung, Chef Debbie Teoh and Chef Lionel Chee, at Pan Pacific through a 6-hands dinner, or an afternoon tea paired with free-flow G&Ts at Parkroyal.