Cocktails, Parties & Presents ...
'tis The Season!

The only thing most people complain about with Castle Glen is ... There is too much fantastic stuff to choose from! With around 480 unique products most people don't know where to start.

We say, start with the Recipes. Recipes for Cocktails, Shooters, Meals and Desserts can give you so many new ways to use your Castle Glen Products that surely no one could get bored or lost for ideas (seriously!) Here is a link to some favourite Cocktail & Shooter Recipes.


There is a bottle (or a few) of something that goes in, on or with Mum and Grandma's Christmas Dinner or Lunch. Absolutely luscious Cocktails for the Ladies and the funky Shooters to die for. Not to mention the amazing culinary creations that can be made using a Liqueur, Port, Wine or Specialty Product from Castle Glen's Range.

Over the last few months we have been putting together Recipe Packs to make it easy to re-create the Recipes that have been featured in our Newsletters and on our Website. These make great gifts as they are beautifully packaged in special bottles. They also provide an easy way to make fantastic party drinks. There is even a recipe in the back of the pack for you to follow.

Some Recipe Gift Packs available:

Marbled Dream
Poison
Peppermint Candy Cane
Afterburner
Pixie Breath
Buckin' Cowboy

Easy party drinks or fabulous gifts, you can choose from a ready-made pack or perhaps you are more inspired by recipes in the PDFs above. Mix and match your own. One thing's for sure, we've done the hard work for you.

For all of your coconut cream lovers out there, this is the drink for you. Castle Glen's Coconut Creme Liqueur is fantastic when you drink it on its own, on ice or as a long drink with your favourite mixer. Coconut Creme Liqueur will act like coconut cream does in your favourite cocktail but without all the fat. That's right, the real coconut taste, but great for your waistline.

Coconut Creme Liqueur is an amazing liqueur to use in your favourite recipes. Have you ever found that you easily overcook your prawns and calamari? If you use Coconut Creme Liqueur you cannot over cook them. They will not go like rubber. (We found this out by accident one night!) It makes a fantastic meat tenderizer or marinade. Coconut Creme is such a versatile, unique liqueur.

If you are looking to make a Cocktail, Shooter, Dinner or Dessert Recipe maybe you could try one of our fabulous recipes with Coconut Creme Liqueur.

News from Castle Glen Vineyard

2010 Vintage is currently on track. The grapes that were frosted have reshot and small bunches are forming. We missed the hail storms that pelted the south side of town, destroying crops. Fingers crossed all is looking good - though we have a long way to go before vintage.

Our graftings are shooting and growing like triffids. Glen our new vineyard trainee is flat out desuckering and training the vines on to the wires.

Wines Released this month:

Pink Chardonnay - a second bottling of this summer favourite is available - light and fruity - great with a salad or seafood.

2009 Late Pick Chardonnay Semillon is also available - for those that love their wines sweet - dessert sweet - you will love this.

2009 Montepulciano, one of our Strange Wines, is hitting the shelves this week - be quick to secure yourself a bottle or carton. At a reasonable $25.00 per bottle this beautiful wine is a absolute steal.

1999 Shiraz Merlot - Limited Edition - we have produced only 150 bottles of this fabulous wine aged in American Oak. At $25.00 per bottle you will need to secure yours fast!

Our new Berry Patch is coming along well. We hope to be picking our first Raspberries, Loganberries, Youngberries and Marionberries this coming season. Like the young graftings, these berries are currently being trained on to the wires.

For lovers of all things mango we have mangoes currently on their way from Mareeba. These are tree ripened mangoes selectively picked for Castle Glen. Tree ripened and or vine ripened fruit is essential for liqueur making. We will let you know when the Mango Wine, Liqueur, Jam and Mango in Port etc hit the shelves.

Customers have been loving the Passionfruit Liqueur with pulp and all. These passionfruit (deep purple) have been sourced from the Tweed Valley. Our unique method of manufacturing retains the natural colour and flavour of the passionfruit - come to the Castle this Christmas to secure yourself a bottle.

Beer sales are going very well with the first beers sold out in weeks, particularly the Chocolate Beer. We are flat out keeping up production and ageing the beers before release. It is an interesting time for us here at Castle Glen listening to what our loyal customers like and coming up with beers that we feel will suit their taste. Feedback is focused very much around dark ales, so we have made an English Ale and Munich Ale which have been well received whilst keeping the Lager, Wheat and Pilsner Beers going. And of course everyones favourite, Sparkling Ginger Brew, is still shining.

May your Christmas Cheer be all the more merry with Castle Glen Wines, Ports and Liqueurs.


Cheers (and bottoms up),

Cedric and Carol-Anne Millar

Co-Co-A-Troppo
15ml Musk Stick Liqueur
15ml Go Troppo Liqueur
15ml Coconut Creme Liqueur

Sweet Sunshine
30ml Coconut Creme Liqueur
30ml Musk Stick Liqueur
30ml Go-Troppo Liqueur
60ml Pineapple Juice
Sliced Pineapple -
or Fresh Pineapple to Garnish
Crushed or Shaved Ice

1. Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds.

2. Strain into 2 Martini Glasses.

3. Garnish the rim of the glass with pineapple and maybe your favourite novelty items.

4. Drink and enjoy.

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Montville
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