Chin Chin to the Christmas weekend!

So chaps, we are nearly there now. Christmas weekend is here and one must be feeling absolutely spiffing. We hope you are as spiffingly excited as we are by making Crabbies Alcoholic Ginger Beer your beverage this Christmas.

Oh chaps make sure you tune in to The Lakes at Christmas on ITV1 at 8.00pm to see George and I between the ad breaks!

Chin Chin and wishing you all a very Spiffing Christmas!

Spiffing Masks!

Today is a most exciting day dear fans as one can now download a mask of George and I! Do pop over to one’s Facebook page or Twitter feed and print off the photographs, cut out and attach some elastic – it’s a simple as that folks!

Also, while one is on the Facebook page do enter our totally spiffing Christmas competition where one could win £1,000! Simply click the ‘Christmas competition’ tab and follow the instructions.

Best of luck chaps and do enjoy the masks!

Chin Chin

Introducing Spiced Orange

Dearest fans, one is very pleased to announce that Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer is now available in Spiced Orange flavour!

Made with Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer and infused with oranges and spices, Crabbie’s Spiced Orange provides a grand citrus blast with a 4% ABV content.  

It is accompanied best with lashings and lashings of ice and a slice of orange and is available from Morrisons and Tesco with a RRP of £1.95 for a 500ml bottle.

Do let us know what you think spiffing fans.

Chin Chin

Pub Tour Finalists

Thanks for all of your nominations, here is our list of finalists for the Crabbie’s pub tour!

The Plough Inn, Lincolnshire

Flirt Cafe Bar, Bournemouth

The Blue Bridge, Writtle

The Black Swan, Brandesburton

The Rose & Crown, Chesterfield

Sir Charles Napier, Blackburn

The Bridge Inn, Worcestershire

The Highlands, Uckfield

The Woopack, Chelmsford

The Queen Adelaide, London

The Banyan Tree, Manchester

The Johnsons Arm, Nottingham

The Fiddler’s Elbow, Brighton

The Mustard Pot, Leeds

The Bulls Head, Repton

Voting will start on Monday 17^th October and end at 5pm on Friday 21^st October.

We will post each pub on the wall at separate intervals over the week and fans can either ‘like’ the status, comment on it or post independently on our Facebook wall at any time.

Good Luck

Crabbie’s is now available down under!

George and I are rather pleased to announce that Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer is now available in Australia dear fans! One can find this spiffingly refreshing beverage in all Woolworths Liquor, BWS and Dan Murphy’s stores – I say, what grand news!

If one has any friends in Australia that have not yet tried the ticketyboo taste of Crabbie’s then do share a bottle with the parched souls!

As always, please add one’s thoughts on Crabbie’s either on here or over one one’s Facebook page or Twitter feed.

Chin Chin!

Who’s up for a spiffing Crabbie’s pub party?

George and I have decided that it’s time for a good old pub party so we’re embarking on a tour! We want to visit two totally spiffing pubs in your local town or city with one being in the north and one being in the south.

One shall even throw in £500 to make it the perfect party and truly gingerific!

To be in with a chance of having a Crabbie’s pub party one will need to do the following:

Nominate your local pub by writing on our Facebook page and tell us why one wants a party there! George will then give them a call and check they are happy for a party to go ahead.

One shall then post a short list of pubs on our Facebook page and you dear fans can vote for your favourite. The most voted in the north and south will be awarded the winning title and the parties can commence!  

Do head over to our Facebook page and start nominating one’s local pub chaps.

Chin Chin

Please do note chaps that one can only nominate pubs in England.

A posh cod soup to keep one fired up in autumn!

Loyal Crabbie’s fans, here is our third spiffing dish in our weekly roundup for one to enjoy!

Do have a dabble at our Yellow Pumpkin and Ginger Soup with Coriander Crusted Cod whilst enjoying a spiffingliy refreshing Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer.

One will require for the soup: 3tbsp vegetable or olive oil, 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped, 500g pumpkin, deseeded, peeled and roughly chopped, 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger, 1 small green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped, 40g sugar, 50ml dry white wine, 400ml vegetable or chicken stock, 30ml double cream (optional), 1/4tsp cinnamon powder, red pepper corns, lightly crushed for garnish.

Method: Heat the oil, the grated ginger and the chilli for a minute and then add the onion. Saute the onion for 3-5 minutes and then add the pumpkin, cook for a further 3-4 minutes. Add sugar, salt and white wine and reduce wine to half. Add the stock and cream and cook for a further 10 minutes. Cool slightly and then blend the soup with a hand held blender until smooth. Pass the soup through a fine sieve and add the cinnamon powder. Keep warm until required.

For the cod: Take 300g clean cod fillet, cut into 4 pieces, 1/2tsp coriander seeds, toasted and crushed, 2tbsp of black pumpkin seeds, toasted and crushed, 1/2tsp coriander leaves, dried and powdered, ginger julienne, deep fried to crisp texture (optional), salt and pepper to taste, oil and butter to pay fry.

Method: Heat oil in a pan, dust the fillets with the spices and pan-fry each side for 1-2 minutes. Baste with butter and finish in the oven.

For one’s greens: 2tbsp vegetable or olive oil, 1tbsp finely chopped garlic, 1/4tbsp crushed black pepper or red chilli flakes, 200g baby spinach, 1/4tsp turmeric powder ¼ coriander powder, salt to taste.

Method: Heat the oil in a pan with the chopped garlic until light brown. Add in the chilli flakes or pepper, spinach leaves and spices and sauté lightly until the leaves wilt, season and remove from the heat. Place in the middle of a deep bowl, pour the soup around the greens and place the fish on top of the greens. Garnish with coriander dust and the ginger julienne and sprinkle with crushed red pepper.

As always chaps, do let one know how you get on.

Chin Chin for now!

Spiffing Dish of the Week!

To help assist the more amateur cooks out there, Crabbie’s HQ has pulled together a selection of top notch recipes that go rather well with the ticketyboo taste of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer.

One shall post one dish per week for the next month both on here and over on one’s Facebook page.

This week spiffing fans, why not try one’s hand at Grilled Tiger Prawns in Lime and Ginger Marinade:

Ingredients: 16 large prawns, cleaned with heads removed and peeled.

Marinade: 2 tbsp ginger paste, ½ tbsp garlic paste, 2 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp lime rind, 1 tbsp gram flour roux, a pinch of asafoetida, saffron, ½ tsp turmeric, 300g Greek yoghurt, 3 tbsp vegetable oil.

Chutney: Bottle of mango chutney. For every 100g of chutney add 30g of chopped mint leaves a 1 tbsp of chopped ginger and mix well. 

Method: Make the marinade by mixing together all the ingredients. Place the prawns in the marinade for 2 – 3 hours at room temperature. Grill over a barbeque or in a tandoor until well cooked. Serve with mango chutney and garnish with salad leaves, dressed with the lemon oil dressing.

Do let us know how you get – you could even send us photographs of your glorious dishes!

If you chaps have any of your own recipe suggestions do let us know by commenting below or over on Facebook or Twitter.

Chin Chin

It’s flowers ahoy over in Southport!

Spiffing fans, one is delighted to announce that Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer will be sponsoring this year’s Southport Flower Show on Thursday 18^th – Sunday 21^st August.

With a vintage theme, what better way to sample the delights of Crabbie’s whilst perusing Southport’s finest marigolds, tulips and chrysanthemums!

 Tickets start at £16 and are available from www.southportflowershow.co.uk.

What’s even better chaps and chapettes is that we have two pairs of tickets up for grabs!

To enter, simply take one’s empty bottle of Crabbie’s and arrange a flower or two using your bottle as a vase! Post your entry on our Facebook page or Tweet us your picture before 5pm on Monday 15^th August to be in with a blooming good chance of winning one of the two pairs of tickets we have up for grabs!

Best of luck folks!

Vintage at Southbank

To celebrate the ticketyboo taste of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer attending Vintage at Southbank, one is holding a ‘Most Spiffing Vintage Outfit’ competition here on our Tickety Talk blog and over on one’s Facebook page.

The chap or chapette chosen as the ‘most spiffingly dressed’ will win £100 worth of gift vouchers to spend on a new tip top wardrobe – I say!

Simply upload a photograph of oneself looking totally spiffing and vintage to either our Facebook page or our blog to be in with a chance of winning.

One has until Wednesday 3^rd August at 5.00pm to get entries in!

Best of luck dear fans,

Crabbie’s AGB!

We’re off on a picnic taste tour!

Dear fans one is rather glad to announce that Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer will embark on a tour of taste this summer, travelling around the country bringing the ticketyboo taste of Crabbie’s to picnic and music events at the country’s most splendid outdoor venues.

The spiffing chaps over at Stonegate have invited us to attend a line up of music and picnic events which will see the tip top Crabbie’s bus drive on site and allow guests to sample the totally refreshing taste of our alcoholic ginger beer, served of course over ice and with a slice.

There will be something for all the family to get involved in at all of the events. Even a butler service will be on hand for those that want a bit of upper class treatment – I say!

Here’s a list of the Stonegate concert hat we will be attending and the acts that will be playing:

·         16^th July - Jools Holland – Harrogate – PHONE: 0115 959 7908

·         17^th July - Jackson the Legend – Warwick – PHONE: 0845 296 0000

·         23^rd July - Tony Hadley & Rick Astley – Macclesfield – PHONE: 0115 959 7908

·         24^th July - Jools Holland - Macclesfield. – PHONE: 0115 959 7908

·         30^th July    Proms Highclere Castle – PHONE: 01432 355416

·         6^th August –Alexandra Burke – Billercay Essex– PHONE: 0871 224 1113

·         7^th August – Peter Andre – Billercay Essex – PHONE: 0871 224 1113

·         13^th August - Borde Hill Gardens / Queen Symphonic Rock Spectacular - Haywards Heath, West Sussex – PHONE: 0115 959 7908

·         13^th August - Proms – York –  PHONE: 0845 296 0000

                                                                                                                         

·         20^th August - Proms - Warwick. – PHONE: 01432 355416

·         20^th August – Status Quo  - Northumberland – PHONE: 0115 959 7908

·         3^rd September - Classical Fantasia – Leeds – tba when tickets are launched

What’s better, we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away for every event starting on the 23^rd July! Do keep an eye out for our next post and on the Crabbie’s Facebook page for details of how you can enter our competition to be in with a chance of winning.

Chin Chin for now

We’re back on the telly chaps!

One is rather excited to announce that the latest advert for Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer will be back on your screens from the 11^th July folks!

One will be able to see the latest adventures of our TV stars, George and Camilla and see who’s really wearing the trousers this summer.

Keep your eyes peeled for the new advert which will be on your screens from 11^th July until the 22^nd August and of course remember to enjoy an ice cold Crabbie’s served with lashings and lashings of ice over a slice of lemon or lime while you are watching us.

Do let us know what one thinks of the new ad and if you spot George and Camilla’s new friend!

Chin Chin

We’re sponsoring the Scottish Open chaps!

 

One is rather delighted to announce that Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer will be sponsoring this year’s Scottish Open.

The prestigious and rather spiffing golfing tournament will take place Thursday 7^th – Sunday 10^th July.

We’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away over on our Facebook and Twitter pages, so do hop along if you’d like to enter.

George, start up the caddy!

Chin Chin

Show us your best George and Camilla impression for a free Crabbie’s hamper!

To celebrate our attendance at BBC’s Good Food Show in Birmingham, we are on the lookout for the best impression of our TV advert stars, George and Camilla to win a totally spiffing Crabbie’s hamper!

Whether popping on a twinset and pearls or flaunting George’s famous dickie bow tie, upload your pictures to our Tickety Talk blog, Facebook page or to our @CrabbiesAGB Twitter feed before 5pm on Monday 20^th when we will start the draw.

Here’s one of our spiffing entries from Emily Evans – I say! Jolly good chaps

Watch our TV advert here if one is scouting for some tips!

Good luck folks,

Chin Chin

George’s Guide to Ginger

The tantalising taste of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer would not be complete without the vital ingredient of ginger dear fans!

Here George tells us all what we need to know about this tasty specimen.

Ginger is often mistaken for being a herb but one can actually confirm, that it is indeed a spice, derived from the French name, gingembre.

Back before one was even a glint in my mother’s eye, ginger was grown in the wild. But now, it is all done indoors chaps so that one can keep a proper eye on it.

The plant itself can grow up to four foot high if enough love is given to it! The best season for growth is spring. 

It has a wide variety of uses but one can say on everyone’s behalf that it tastes best bottled up in our favourite Crabbie’s ginger tipple.

So here, here dear fans, do raise a glass of Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer and say Chin Chin to the ginger!

Got to dash – Camilla’s calling me to check on the Crabbie’s ginger plant.

The story of Crabbie's

Oh hello and welcome back to our Ticketyboo Take on Life blog.

Today dear fans we are hopping in the time machine and going back to 1801, when Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer was first born.

Did one know that a fine young gentleman named John Crabbie’s brought the spiffingly refreshing taste of Crabbie’s to the UK and particularly Edinburgh as a cure for sailors suffering from sea sickness? I say what a clever chap!

It was a Crabbie’s ginger wine that is still available from time to time now as a limited edition but do be quick when you see it dear fans, it does tend to fly off the shelves when one is out doing the shoppedy-shop!

The fabulous taste of Crabbie’s that we know now that is made up of four delicious ingredients combined with steeped ginger and it is fermented for eight weeks. Oh I say, dear fans we’re glad you have the patience to wait for that, George wouldn’t last five minutes.

Crabbie’s is served best chilled from the refrigerator over ice with a slice of lemon or lime.  Which do you prefer?