I know I’m very tardy in writing this up, but let’s just say that sometimes life comes between me and gin…? So who’s tried Slingsby Gin already? Gin club hadn’t, so we enjoyed the free sampling at the Oliver Conquest’s tasting in June when Slingsby was gin of the month. The history of the Slingsby…
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5 Gintastic Years of The Oliver Conquest
As my favourite gin pub in London, the Oliver Conquest, was celebrating its fifth birthday last week, they decided to hold a gin tasting and masterclass for their own bespoke gin: The Oliver Conquest bespoke gin made by Gin Foundry – special tea blend. Gin Club with a Reading Problem decided to come along to…
Martin Millers tasting @ The Oliver Conquest
May’s gin of the month at The Oliver Conquest is Martin Millers. This means that it’s a) on special offer and b) there was a free gin tasting 🙂 Perfect serve Martin Millers G&T – with strawberries and peppercorns As part of the tasting Martin Millers sent the lovely Chris down to give us a…
London gin distilleries you need to visit
London is the center of the gin revolution and as such has incubated a whole heap of new distilleries in recent years. Having visited a lot of these gin distilleries myself, from Sipsmith’s to East London Liquor, City of London Distillery and Doghouse, it’s time to write this post: London Gin Distilleries you need to…
Celebrating 10 years – London Cocktail Week 2019
I’ve been involved with London Cocktail Week since 2014, when I was finishing up my year off and searching for a full time job. Having picked up bar shifts at the Oliver Conquest, and learning a lot about gin as a consequence, I answered an ad to volunteer at the London Cocktail Week hub in…
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Negroni cocktail in 2019 #N100
As some of you may have gathered, the classic Negroni cocktail is one of my favourite gin serves. Seeing as 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the Negroni cocktail, I’m very happy to be exploring the breadth of this simple cocktail with you in this post. I even dyed my hair the colour of my…
Katie’s top gins of 2018
Inspired by Gin a Ding Ding’s #GinadayMay hashtag challenge, I’ve finally gotten around to publishing my top gins of 2018 (a little delayed!)… Anyway, time to catch up now. Read on to see what were my #favourites out of the new gins I tried in 2018 (and I tried a LOT). Plus if you keep…
The Teasmith, premium Scottish gin made with tea
Now I’m sure some of my readers will have tried gin made with tea leaves as one of the botanicals before. Whether it’s Half Hitch, which uses a tincture of black tea, or The Oliver Conquest’s own gin, which uses vacuum distilled tea as a botanical, there’s a lot of variation out there on how…
London Gin Cruise
Last weekend kicked off in style with a gin cruise on Friday night. Read all about my London Gin Cruise experience below! **Full disclosure, I attended the London Gin Cruise as a guest of Artisan Drinks in exchange for my honest review** London Gin Cruise This weekend was a weekend for gin friends – it…
Why Junipalooza is my favourite gin festival
You may have seen that I have attended a gin festival or two in my time, including Bristol Gin Festival and Copenhagen Gin Festival. However the one that holds a special place in my heart and spoilt me for all future gin festivals is Junipalooza. So let me tell you why Junipalooza is my favourite…