The Dubliner Irish Whiskey has collaborated with three of Ireland’s top comedians to create the Young Hot Guyz Calendar 2021/22, with proceeds from sales going to Gay Community New (GCN), a free-of-charge information service for Ireland’s LGBTQ+ community since 1988.
Available from www.thedld.com from this month and priced at €20, the calendar is a tongue-in-cheek play on the Hot Girl Summer trend that has dominated social media in recent years. The calendar features the three popular comedians – Tony Cantwell, Shane Dan Byrne and Killian Sundermann – in a variety of humorous poses, which together can only be described as erotic art from the 90s.
This latest initiative from The Dubliner follows the brand’s recent re-brand, with a new look bottle and marketing campaign launched in March this year in the brand’s home market, before being rolled out to key markets globally throughout the year. The new activity from the Dubliner aims to breathe new life into the category, moving Irish Whiskey away from tired tropes to focus on contemporary Dublin culture, with the aim of broadening the appeal of Irish whiskey.
Bronagh Hunt, Global Brand Director for The Dubliner at brand owner, Quintessential Brands, comments: “We’re so grateful so the guys were so keen to get on board with this calendar to help us to raise money for GCN, an organisation who do so much to support the LGBTQ+ community here in Ireland. They really threw themselves into it, but then who wouldn’t be keen to immortalise such evident magnetism and raw beauty?! After the last year or so, I think we all value a bit of light relief more than ever and after one look through this calendar, it’s pretty much impossible not to feel cheerier so I hope it raises a smile or two as well as raising a lot of money for charity.”
Behind the scenes mockumentary footage can also be seen on the brand’s social channels including Instagram and Facebook.
For more information, please contact the communications team at Quintessential Brands by e-mail: [email protected]
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Quintessential Brands is an award-winning international spirits company, dedicated to distilling and crafting the world’s best alcohol brands for consumers and customers globally. Pioneering spirits of the industry, inspired since 1761 by their founder, Thomas Dakin, Quintessential Brands Group delivers a diverse portfolio of award-winning, best-selling spirits with unrivalled heritage and craftsmanship.
Founded in 2011 by Enzo Visone, former CEO of Gruppo Campari, and entrepreneur, Warren Scott, Quintessential Brands Group owns world-class manufacturing facilities across Europe, including G&J Distillers, the world’s oldest continuous gin distillers, in Cheshire, UK; L&L in France, a leading manufacturer of fruit spirits and liqueurs; Irish Cream artisan producers, First Ireland Spirits; and the Dublin Liberties Distillery, which opened in 2019. Renowned for its white spirits expertise at G&J Distillers, Quintessential Brands has won International Spirit Challenge Gin Producer of the Year three times and is fast winning a reputation as one of the most exciting new Irish whiskey producers to emerge on the scene.
Quintessential Brands’ award-winning premium brands portfolio includes Greenall’s The Original Handcrafted Gin, BLOOM London Dry Gin, Thomas Dakin Small Batch Gin, Berkeley Square London Dry Gin, and Opihr Gin. Its Irish brands include The Dubliner Irish Whiskey, The Dublin Liberties Irish Whiskey, The Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey, Feeney’s Irish Cream Liqueur and O’Mara’s Irish Country Cream. iqueurs in the portfolio include Alizé and Toussaint Coffee Rum Liqueur. The company is also a leader in contract bottling and own label & private label spirits, working with retail partners across the world to provide spirits solutions of unrivalled quality.
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