Ballantine’s Gets All World Cuppy And Goes To Brazil
With the draw for the World Cup in Brazil next year to be held on Friday, Ballantine’s decided to jump Sepp Blatter’s pots with their announcement of a special lime-infused Ballantine’s Brasil edition of their Scotch whisky. The new 70-proof [35% alcohol content] Ballantine’s Brasil is made by cask steeping Scotch whisky with lime peels from Brazil and comes with five suggested cocktail concoctions – the Highland Samba [BB and lemonade], the Glen Rio [BB and apple juice], the Flower O’Brasil [BB and elderflower], the Caledinho [BB and freshly squeezed lime and sugar] and the Glen Coco [BB, freshly squeezed lime, sugar and coconut juice].
The World Cup begins in June 2014 so naturally Ballantine’s Brasil will have to be widely available before that and it is – launching in the Czech Republic and Netherlands in late December 2013 and the rest of the world beginning in February 2014 – at a cost of approximately $19 per 750 ml bottle.