Celebrants and visitors to Newport Winter Festival 2020 enjoyed two locations for ice bars throughout February at Hotel Viking’s annual Fire & Ice Bar and Gurney’s Polar Pineapples. Hotel Viking showcased Four Roses Bourbon, Old Overholt Rye Whiskey and Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, among tastes with seasonal cocktails to warm up with by the firepits. Gurney’s Polar Pineapples offered the opportunity for visitors to enjoy a Newport Craft signature infused cocktail or specialty hot drink options while enjoying views of the bay, ice sculptures and other winter delights.
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- Hotel Viking hosted its annual Fire & Ice Bar during the Newport Winter Festival 2020 in February.
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- Four Roses Bourbon encased in ice at Hotel Viking’s Fire & Ice Bar.
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- Guests enjoyed Smoked Old-Fashioned cocktails featuring Four Roses Bourbon.
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- A Spiked Hot Cocoa cocktail, featuring Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum.
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- KEEL Sparkling, a canned hard seltzer made from KEEL Vodka, on the ice bar alongside signature cocktails.
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- Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina hosted a pop-up ice bar, Polar Pineapples, during the Newport Winter Festival.
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- Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina’s Neil Ibbotson, Bartender and Jay Martin, Lead Bartender at the Polar Pineapples ice bar.
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- A Cosmo cocktail featuring Newport Craft Brewing + Distilling Co. Vodka from Gurney’s Polar Pineapples ice bar.
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- Guests kept warm during the winter festivities in heated igloos.
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- Gurney’s Polar Pineapples ice bar signature cocktails: the Tew Mai Tai made with local Thomas Tew Rum and a Cosmo made with Newport Craft Brewing + Distilling Co. Vodka.
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- Guests enjoyed Newport Craft Brewing + Distilling Co. Rhode Trip New England IPA, Braven Brewing Company Bushwick Pilsner and craft cocktails featuring Newport Craft Brewing + Distilling Co. spirits and Thomas Tew Rum.
Photos by Laura Widness.
