Tiger Beer's 2026 Chinese New Year Promos & Tiger Town

Tiger Beer is bringing back Tiger Town as part of its Chinese New Year celebrations, expanding the multi-day festival across two locations this year. 

The event will take place at LaLaport Bukit Bintang City Centre, Kuala Lumpur from 22 to 25 January, and Gurney Paragon Mall, George Town, Penang from 13 to 15 February.

Fifty Tales 2026 Chinese New Year Cincai Dinner x Cocktails

Now in its second year, Fifty Tales welcomes the Lunar New Year with the return of its Chinese New Year Cincai Dinner, once again in collaboration with Brown-Forman. 

Available from 8 January to 2 March 2026, the limited-time menu includes Chinese New Year cocktails and the restaurant’s signature Roasted Corn-Fed Chicken, Truffle Hokkien Char, and Szechuan-style cabbage, alongside the Fifty Tales Yee Sang (with salted guava and calamansi sauce and Chilean abalone).

Deanston Virgin Oak Chinese New Year 2026 Packaging for Malaysia

Deanston Virgin Oak launched a limited Chinese New Year 2026 packaging in Malaysia, marking the Year of the Horse with artwork inspired by Scotland’s Kelpies.

The Kelpies are world-famous 30-metre-high, 300-tonne stainless steel equine sculptures located between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. 

The Deanston Virgin Oak single malt is matured in ex-bourbon barrels then finished in Virgin American oak for 9–12 months and bottled at 46.3% ABV.

Carlsberg Celebrates the Year of the Horse

Carlsberg is welcoming Lunar New Year 2026 with limited-edition Year of the Horse cans and bottles, featuring festive designs inspired by traditional Chinese lacquer art.

For those looking to celebrate out of home, CarlsCrib: CNY Edition will run in Kuala Lumpur from 30 January to 1 February 2026, offering drinks, food, music, and exclusive merchandise.

Angostura 2026 Charity Calendar

Following up on their inaugural 2025 calendar, Angostura Malaysia has launched its 2026 Charity Calendar in support of PAWS Malaysia, helping rescued cats and dogs find a second chance at life. This year’s edition, entitled “A Toast to Second Chances”, showcases 13 Malaysian bartenders alongside adorable animals from PAWS awaiting adoption. 

Priced at RM80, the calendar comes with 26 vouchers (two per month) redeemable for Angostura cocktails at participating bars and retail items from Single & Available, offering a total value of RM1,080. 

 

All proceeds go directly to PAWS Malaysia to provide food, shelter, medical care, and adoption support.

Guinness Clubhouse Stay for Premier League Fans in KL

Guinness Malaysia has introduced Guinness Clubhouse, an overnight experience for live Premier League match nights. 

The pop-up stay is available on select Friday to Sunday nights from now through February 2026.

Tiger Beer Malaysia Crowns Roar United Winners

Tiger Beer Malaysia wrapped up its month-long celebration of the country’s Manchester United fans with the Roar United finale.

Fans were invited to share their personal Red Devils memories, and from nearly 500 submissions for the Roar United Archive, the top 10 finalist pairings were chosen to compete in the ultimate trivia showdown.

Ngie Kok Kiong Wins The Wonderful Race 2025

Ngie Kok Kiong (KK) of Frank’s Bar KL has been crowned the All-Star Champion of The Wonderful Race 2025 with his cocktail, “The Spice That Remembered”.

Judges included Evgeny Yashkovich (Brown Forman’s Regional Advocacy Manager), Kiki Moka (Indonesia's top bartender from The Cocktail Club), and Scott Lee ( Noble 名人)

As champion, KK earns an exclusive visit to the Woodford Reserve Distillery in Kentucky and will represent Malaysia at The Woodford Reserve Wonderful Race Asia Final 2026. 

The Roku Gin x Sun and Moon Experience

Roku Gin Malaysia’s collaboration with Sun & Moon offers an immersive journey from afternoon into twilight.

Guests can explore creative tapas-style pairings and signature Roku Gin serves, including a Malaysian-inspired Gin & Tonic and Roku Fizz cocktails that showcase Roku’s six signature botanicals.

Martell Noblige Swift Festival 2025

The Martell Noblige Swift Festival returns on 13 December 2025 at JioSpace, Petaling Jaya with a "surrealist-inspired" theme with immersive visuals, interactive art and dreamlike experiences. 

The lineup features both international and local talent, including Wujackers (the collaboration between Dutch duo Bassjackers and Singaporean DJ Wukong), Malaysian singer-songwriter Yihuik, South Korean DJ and former Dal Shabet member Suvin, as well as local DJs Exclusive Pete, Nina, Reeve, and Svggy. 

Jameson's Cheers & Cheer Christmas Party

Jameson is celebrating Christmas throughout December across Klang Valley, Penang, and Johor, offering a mix of parties, coffee raves, markets, and live music.

 

The lineup includes three key festive parties:

Edelweiss Limited-Edition Lemon Honey Flavour

Edelweiss has introduced a limited-edition Lemon Honey variant of its wheat beer, available exclusively in Peninsular Malaysia. 

 

The flavour combines lemon with honey flavours and will be sold in 320ml cans.

Glendronach's New ‘Master’s Anthology’ Collection

The Glendronach Distillery has introduced a new collection of Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky -The Master’s Anthology, highlighting the distillery’s long-established focus on sherry cask maturation. 

Curated by Master Blender Rachel Barrie, the series features three non-age-statement expressions, each featuring a different dimension of the distillery’s character, while maintaining The Glendronach’s signature style.

 

Neo Bar & Gaia’s KL @ Level 37, Ilham Tower

Gaia’s KL and Neo Bar KL have opened side by side on Level 37 of ILHAM Tower, creating a seamless night out that takes one from creative cocktails to woodfire flavours within the same floor.

Penfolds French Collection Lands in Malaysia

This collection sits alongside Penfolds’ international portfolio - including wine ventures in the US and China - marking its continued expansion beyond its South Australian roots.

The Malaysian lineup includes three new releases:

Woodford Reserve’s “The Wonderful Race” Returns

As part of its Old Fashioned month celebration this October, Woodford Reserve’s “The Wonderful Race” is back - now in its 3rd edition. 

 

Malaysia’s bartenders are challenged to craft the ultimate “All-Star Old Fashioned” — one that not only tastes great but redefines what this timeless cocktail can be.

India's Hapusa Gin

Hapusa calls itself the “world’s first Himalayan dry gin” because it uses juniper that actually grows in the Himalayas.

The name comes from the Sanskrit word for juniper, and the berries are foraged from near the Himalayan snow line. The higher altitude junipers are said to have a wilder, more resinous character than the cultivated varieties typically used in Western gins.

 

Planteray Cut & Dry Coconut Rum now in Malaysia

Cut & Dry Coconut is Planteray's new release, highlighting the two icons of Barbadian culture—coconuts and rum.

Ripe coconuts are harvested, cracked open by hand, and left to dry under the Caribbean sun, which concentrates their oils and flavour. These dried coconut chunks are then infused into a blend of Barbados column-still rum and pot-still rum (including their “Old Gregg” pot distillate). After infusion, the liquid is married with more Barbados rum.

Negroni Week 2025: 22 to 28 September 2025

Campari and Imbibe Magazine reunite for the global celebration of one of the world’s most iconic cocktails, once again partnered Slow Food, raising funds to support the hospitality industry. 

In 2024, Negroni Week saw the participation from nearly 13k venues across 90 countries, raising over USD600k. Funds were used for scholarships via the Negroni Week Fund Innovation Award and micro-grants supporting community projects.

 

Here in Malaysia, 165 venues nationwide are serving up their own Negroni creations, including premium donor contributors Marini’s On 57, Mesa On 51, Troika Sky Dining, and Bar Two Pour One.

Vietnam's Lady Triệu Gin

We recently got acquainted with Vietnam’s most awarded gin and best-selling craft gin (per IWSR), Lady Triệu, at Triptyk Kuala Lumpur.

The brand, launched in 2020, leans into Vietnam’s biodiversity — citrus, florals, tea, spice — pulled from different regions of the country and bottled into five distinct expressions.