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Plate X · Product & Serve Guide

Help each customer find their way into the range.

A practical staff reference for describing every current core product, making a customer-led recommendation and suggesting a responsible serve. Palate language is directional rather than a claim about exact sweetness or ingredients.

Quick orientation

Start with the customer's reference point.

Bright fruit

Raspberry · Kiwi

Orchard & stone fruit

Peach

Tropical fruit

Passion Fruit

Nutty & roasted

Roasted Hazelnut · Pistachio

Dessert & coffee

Irish · Tiramisu · White Chocolate

Clean & spirit-led

Premium 45% · Traditional 60%

Product finder

Eleven products, one scan-friendly guide.

Irish

30% ABV · Dessert & coffee

Palate direction

A dessert-led direction associated with creamy, coffee-adjacent flavours.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes Irish-cream-style drinks, after-dinner serves or coffee flavours, suggest Irish.

Mixers to suggest

cold-brew coffee · milk or a dairy-free alternative · cola

Serving suggestion

Irish Cold Brew — serve over ice with cold-brew coffee; finish to the venue's own specification.

Raspberry

30% ABV · Bright fruit

Palate direction

A red-fruit direction that can work in bright, chilled and sparkling serves.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes raspberry, berry-forward drinks or fruit-led sours, suggest Raspberry.

Mixers to suggest

soda water · lemonade · tonic water · lemon juice

Serving suggestion

Raspberry Spritz — build over ice with soda or lemonade and a citrus garnish.

Kiwi

30% ABV · Bright fruit

Palate direction

A green-fruit direction suited to fresh, long and lightly sparkling serves.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes kiwi, fresh fruit flavours or crisp long drinks, suggest Kiwi.

Mixers to suggest

soda water · lemonade · tonic water · lime juice

Serving suggestion

Kiwi Highball — lengthen over ice with soda and a squeeze of lime.

Roasted Hazelnut

30% ABV · Nutty & roasted

Palate direction

A roasted, nut-led direction suited to coffee and after-dinner occasions.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes hazelnut, praline, coffee or nut-led desserts, suggest Roasted Hazelnut.

Mixers to suggest

cold-brew coffee · milk or a dairy-free alternative · cola

Serving suggestion

Hazelnut Iced Coffee — combine with cold-brew coffee over ice and serve slowly.

Pistachio

30% ABV · Nutty & roasted

Palate direction

A nut-led, dessert-oriented direction with an easy gifting cue.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes pistachio desserts, nut flavours or after-dinner drinks, suggest Pistachio.

Mixers to suggest

milk or a dairy-free alternative · cold-brew coffee · soda water

Serving suggestion

Pistachio Over Ice — serve chilled over ice, with a splash of soda if a longer drink is preferred.

Peach

30% ABV · Orchard & stone fruit

Palate direction

A soft stone-fruit direction suited to sparkling and easy long serves.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes peach, stone fruit or lighter fruit-led drinks, suggest Peach.

Mixers to suggest

soda water · lemonade · tonic water · chilled tea

Serving suggestion

Peach & Soda — build over ice with soda and a fresh citrus garnish.

Tiramisu

30% ABV · Dessert & coffee

Palate direction

A coffee-and-dessert direction intended for an after-dinner occasion.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes tiramisu, coffee desserts or after-dinner drinks, suggest Tiramisu.

Mixers to suggest

cold-brew coffee · milk or a dairy-free alternative · cola

Serving suggestion

Tiramisu Cold Brew — serve over ice with cold-brew coffee; keep the presentation simple.

White Chocolate

30% ABV · Dessert & coffee

Palate direction

A dessert-led direction with a white-chocolate cue; independently recognised with Great Taste 2026, 2 Stars.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes white chocolate, creamy desserts or giftable after-dinner bottles, suggest White Chocolate.

Mixers to suggest

milk or a dairy-free alternative · cold-brew coffee · soda water

Serving suggestion

White Chocolate Over Ice — serve chilled over ice, or lengthen with the guest's preferred milk alternative.

Passion Fruit

30% ABV · Tropical fruit

Palate direction

A tropical-fruit direction suited to bright, sparkling and citrus-led serves.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes passion fruit, tropical flavours or fruit-led sours, suggest Passion Fruit.

Mixers to suggest

soda water · lemonade · tonic water · lime juice

Serving suggestion

Passion Fruit Spritz — build over ice with soda or lemonade and a lime garnish.

Premium

45% ABV · five-times distilled · 700ml · Clean & spirit-led

Palate direction

The five-times-distilled expression for customers seeking the unflavoured range at a lower strength than Traditional.

If your customer likes…

If your customer likes unflavoured spirits, stirred drinks or a lower-strength alternative to Traditional, suggest Premium.

Mixers to suggest

soda water · tonic water · ginger ale · dry vermouth

Serving suggestion

Premium Highball — lengthen over ice with soda or tonic and a citrus garnish.

Traditional

60% ABV · triple distilled · 700ml / 50ml · Clean & spirit-led

Palate direction

The highest-strength, unflavoured expression in the current AK range.

If your customer likes…

If your customer is specifically looking for the traditional 60% expression or a high-ABV unflavoured spirit, suggest Traditional and explain the strength clearly.

Mixers to suggest

chilled water · soda water · ginger ale

Serving suggestion

Traditional Tasting Serve — present a small, clearly measured sample with water available; encourage slow tasting rather than a rapid shot.

AK house serves

Serves already published by AK.

Irish Espresso

Irish 30%

Espresso-led after-dinner serve.

Irish Cream Coffee

Irish 30%

Coffee serve; cream optional.

White Chocolate & Raspberry

White Chocolate 30% · Raspberry 30%

Two core flavours served together.

White Chocolate Martini

White Chocolate 30%

Stirred or shaken, served up.

Raspberry Bramble

Raspberry 30%

Over crushed ice with lemon.

Raspberry French 75

Raspberry 30%

Lengthened with sparkling wine.

Hibiscus Spritz

Hibiscus 30% (limited edition)

Spritz-style long serve.

Premium 45% highball

Over ice with soda or tonic and citrus.

Traditional 60% tasting serve

Small measured pour, water available alongside.

These serves appear in AK’s own published content. Full recipe specifications are available from AK on request. The mixer and serving lines in the product finder above are suggestions for your team to adapt, not AK recipes.

50ml / 700ml strategy

Two formats, different jobs.

50ml

Available for Traditional and the flavoured range. Consider it for gifting, discovery bundles and clearly controlled tasting activity, subject to the retailer's licence and policies.

700ml

Use the full-size bottle for the main shelf, gifting fixture or back bar. Premium is currently listed in 700ml only.

Tasting flights

Compare; do not rush.

Fruit route

Raspberry · Peach · Passion Fruit

After-dinner route

Irish · Roasted Hazelnut · Tiramisu

Strength route

Flavoured 30% · Premium 45% · Traditional 60%

Any sampling must follow the venue's licence, age-verification, measure and service policies. Use small measured samples, explain ABV before service, provide water and allow time between tastes. Traditional 60% should never be presented as a rapid-consumption shot.

Staff language

A concise, factual introduction.

“AK makes authentic Polish moonshine in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. There are three strengths: nine core flavours at 30%, Premium at 45%, and Traditional at 60%. Tell me what flavours or spirits you usually enjoy and I can point you towards a place to start.”

Every product in the current range is listed by AK as gluten free and vegan. Treat this as product information, not a performance claim; refer detailed dietary or allergen questions to AK.