“I love to drink martinis. Two at the very most. Three I’m under the table. Four I’m under my host.” So said famous writer and critic Dorothy Parker, way back in the Roaring Twenties.  Martinis, whether shaken or stirred (James Bond did much for the cocktail trade with his favourite brew).

Liquor Connoisseurs Brace Yourself Cunard’s current Age of Discovery World Voyage cocktails will be taken to a whole new level which will see the flagship visit Australia in March.

Queen Mary 2 will be carrying special cargo!

Following a alliance between three of the world’s most highly celebrated brands: Cunard, The Savoy Hotel and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey a 300-litre barrel of a specially created cocktail will be on its open decks.

Inspired by the flavours and scents of the regions that Queen Mary 2 will call on her cruise, from Europe to Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania.

Boasting a blend of Savoy Select Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, Jack Daniel’s Old No.7 and Bacardi 8, with Spice Trail Madeira, Dubonnet, Martini Riserva Rubino and Earl Grey and cocoa nib bitters.

Hoisted by crane on to Queen Mary 2 on January 10, was a specially-selected Jack Daniel’s first fill American oak Single Barrel installed on her decks for the 41,000 nautical mile, four-month voyage.

Being exposed to the elements and climates while visiting ports in 27 countries, will combine to produce this truly unique barrel-aged cocktail.

The power of social media will charter the progress of Age of Discovery while she sails across the oceans, docking in the globes most

Having its own log book, the progress of Age of Discovery will be charted via social media throughout its passage across the oceans, and will appear in the world’s most quintessential ports and cities.

Returning to Southampton on May 10, 2016, the barrel will be majestically unloaded and will travel to the specially-appointed Houston Bottling & Co Pack plant in West Dunbartonshire.

Yielding a minimum of 250 litres of Age of Discovery, which will become the newest in the world’s most prestigious and exclusive collections of one-of-a-kind spirits and liquids - The Savoy Collection.

Guests onboard Queen Mary 2’s world voyage will have the privilege to sample a non-aged version of the cocktail.