{"id":15833,"date":"2016-08-17T13:17:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=15833"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:28:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:28:05","slug":"ballantines-unveils-hard-fired-whisky-as-duty-free-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/ballantines-unveils-hard-fired-whisky-as-duty-free-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballantine\u2019s unveils Hard Fired whisky as duty-free exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This August, Pernod Ricard Travel Retail EMEA launches Ballantine\u2019s Hard Fired, a characterful and smooth whisky created by fire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new blend uses a production process known as \u2018hard firing\u2019 which unlocks vanilla flavours and hints of smoke and spice, giving the whisky its distinctive and unique taste.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nPernod Ricard Travel Retail EMEA has partnered with Heinemann Duty Free to release Ballantine\u2019s Hard Fired exclusively in Europe Travel Retail and will celebrate the launch with in-airport activity from 1st September. This includes the creation of Tasting Bars where travellers will be able to enjoy Ballantine\u2019s Hard Fired cocktails including the Signature Serve on ice and Hard Fired Apple, a long drink with apple juice and aromatic bitters.<\/p>\n<p>The airport activity will tell the story of the creation process behind Ballantine\u2019s Hard Fired signature blend. The process starts with the Ballantine&#8217;s wood management team individually selecting once charred American oak barrels. The barrels are then sent to the cooperage where they are charred for a second time by highly skilled craftsmen \u2013 the \u2018hard firing\u2019 process. Ballantine\u2019s Master Blender, Sandy Hyslop, then noses each barrel to select those to be filled with a unique Ballantine\u2019s blend for resting.<\/p>\n<p>Ballantine\u2019s Hard Fired is now available at RRP \u20ac24 EUR<\/p>\n<p>www.ballantines.com\/<br \/>\n@Ballantines<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball.jpg 527w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball-172x300.jpg 172w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15835 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"ball\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball.jpg\" alt=\"ball\" width=\"527\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball.jpg 527w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ball-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This August, Pernod Ricard Travel Retail EMEA launches Ballantine\u2019s Hard Fired, a characterful and smooth whisky created by fire.&nbsp; The new blend uses a production [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,1,7099,7097],"tags":[497,377,2735,69,39,1385,103],"class_list":["post-15833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-latest-news","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-airport-duty-free","tag-airport-shopping","tag-ballantines-hard-fired","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-heinemann-duty-free","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}