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The Skull is filled with 5cl of
Noble Vodka from Whisky &
Spirit Merchants of Germany.
We have brought you plenty of
bottles from this company
before under it’s previous
name, Global Whisky & Spirits
(notably in issue 104). There
are 5 of these, each with
different coloured eyes. There
were 92 ‘different’ figurals for
sale by W&SM but we have
seen most of these before, the
only difference being the
contents. Four that are new to
me are the glass Barrel (there
are 22 different whiskies in
these), the Horse Shoe with
Money Jar, The Money Bag
and the Cognac Jugs (there
are 7 boxed singles of these
and 7 boxed sets of three). All
are HORRIBLY EXPENSIVE!

Ron Gabbard alerted me to Outer Space vodka (in the
NWMBC newsletter) but he gave no details and the 50ml mini
photo was tiny. I managed to track down a better photo, but,
other than that they are made in the USA, I cannot tell you
anything else
about them.
David Spaid
has one for me
– a must have
I thought.

Every year, in
October, KLM
release their latest canal house. KLM is 96 years old
so we are now up to #96. This is a replica of the
Hamel House in Gorinchem.

Frank Wynn found us another new NZ bottle.
The Vaione Pacific Gin is made by a Kiwi of
Pacific Island heritage. It originated as a
home distillation project (New Zealand is one
of the few countries that allows home
distilling). It has now grown into a business
with export orders. It has additional citrus to
give it a Pacific Island flavour.

Finally, our overseas members are probably
wondering why the extra 5 flags on the cover.
New Zealanders vote on which one of these
we most prefer in November and the winning design is put up against the current flag
next year. I especially like one design but it looks as though the current flag will remain.

David Smith

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