As some gin distilleries are opening up post lockdown, there are still loads that are doing virtual tours & tastings and online cocktail classes. Find out which online gin tours, tastings and cocktail classes are scheduled in September 2020: *Full disclosure – some gin brands with events mentioned I’ve worked with before. Where this is…
Beefeater Gin distillery tour & tasting
Considered the home of gin, Beefeater Gin has been made at their distillery in Kennington, South London for decades. Closed for visits during 2020 lockdown, the distillery has now re-opened for small group tours and I was very happy to be invited to go along and find out more about this iconic brand! *Full disclosure…
Amazzoni – the first Brazilian Gin
A new gin has come to the UK this July: Amazzoni, the first Brazilian made gin. I was fortunate to be sent a bottle to try by their UK distributors, Strongwells and to attend a Zoom call from the other side of the world with co-founder Arturo. Read on to learn more about gin in…
Online cocktail masterclasses & gin tastings in July 2020
After a very successful virtual World Gin Day (day or weekend, or even month?! There is still more to come, check out my June virtual gin event post), we are moving on to what feels like year 4,000 of lockdown. So how can we keep amused in July 2020? Well as the pubs potentially opening…
Virtual gin tastings in June 2020
It’s finally June! And we are still in lockdown (kinda – unless you’re a government special adviser…). After the run up of #ginadaymay, unfortunately all celebrations for World Gin Day are virtual – including my favourite gin festival, Junipalooza. So what can you expect from the various virtual events available this June? Read on to…
Virtual aperitivo cooking class with the Tiny Italian
So week 1000 of lockdown and where are we? Well I’ve managed to achieve ‘sourdough baking level’ with varying degrees of success. Work is still happening from home, we are part way through #ginadaymay and BoJo is confusing the hell out of everyone. What better time than this to develop some new skills. So the…
Online gin tasting: Boutique Bar Brands
Seeing as we are all currently locked down staying at home, there are no gin festivals, launches or tastings happening in real life. However a few brands are moving online during this time and Boutique Bar Brands are one of them. They moved the Manly Spirits UK launch of Lilly Pilly gin to an online…
What Katie’s eating in quarantine (aka food deliveries to Camden)
Hey everyone, how are you doing in isolation/quarantine? I started off self-isolating ahead of the official lock down due to having symptoms, which ended up being nothing, but required me to stay in. So how did I survive? Well some key food deliveries. plus my sister delivering some essentials. Since then I’ve relied on various…
Manly Spirits Lilly Pilly Gin launch
Coinciding with April 1st (but no April fools here) was the UK virtual launch of the newest member of the Manly Spirits family – Lilly Pilly Gin. This “pink” gin isn’t your average sweet gin and you take part in the public online tasting on 10th April 2020. Read on to find out more about…
58 Gin distillery & gin making experience
Recently Hackney based 58 Gin moved premises. After following founder and distiller Mark Marmont’s progress photos on Instagram, I was delighted to be invited along to check out the new distillery in Haggerston. Even better, I was going to be trying out their new gin making experience. The new Fifty Eight gin distillery is the…