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Dry January – inspiration for low and no alcohol drinks

December 29, 2020

As the excesses of Christmas and New Year have now passed, I and probably you too, start thinking about January. Will you be doing Dry January and avoiding alcohol as one of your resolutions? Or will you be embracing Dry Ginuary? This post will cover the #DryJanuary option, so read on for inspiration on what…

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Filed Under: cocktails, Gin, ginspiration Tagged With: Dry January, low alcohol drinks, non-alcoholic drinks

Celebrating with McLean’s Gin

October 17, 2020

Continuing my focus on Scottish gins ahead of International Scottish Gin Day, let’s celebrate with McLean’s Gin! McLean’s is unusual for a Scottish gin in that it is created via compounding, not distilling, the botanicals. I caught up with Head Ginologist Colin McLean to find out more: Celebrating with McLean’s Gin *Full disclosure, my bottle…

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Online gin tours, tastings & cocktail classes September 2020

September 5, 2020

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…

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#sevendaysofspritz – all the Spritz inspiration you need!

August 16, 2020

If you’ve been following What’s Katie Doing? on social media, you may have noticed me posting about Spritzes all week! That’s been my #SevenDaysofSpritz, where if you search the hashtag you’ll see that loads of other’s have joined in. As we celebrate this iconic drink, we’ve all embraced the various variations that can be made…

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Online cocktail masterclasses & gin tastings in July 2020

June 26, 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…

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Manly Spirits Lilly Pilly Gin launch

April 5, 2020

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…

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Can you eat healthily at PF Chang’s? I find out at their London branch

December 10, 2019

As you may know it’s hard work to review restaurants and stay be slim. In order to get the best experience to share with you, my readers, I usually want to try as much of the menu as possible. Usually this is aided by going with other bloggers (e.g. the Love Pop Ups London gang!),…

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The Skye Bothy from Drambuie

October 31, 2019

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen in my stories that I dined in the Skye Bothy at London Cocktail Week. This ‘traditional’ Scottish hut came all the way down from Skye for the 10th anniversary of London Cocktail Week however it’s story is a little more complicated than that. Read on…

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Filed Under: cocktails, food, London, UK Tagged With: #cheatingongin, London Cocktail Week, The Skye Bothy

Cinnamon Bazaar restaurant review

October 20, 2019

Cinnamon Bazaar is an Indian restaurant based on Maiden Lane in Covent Garden, London. The restaurant is part of the Cinnamon Kitchen group headed by chef Vivek Singh. So when I was invited to attend with a group from Love Pop Ups London, I was delighted to try it out. Here is my review of…

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Filed Under: cocktails, food, girls dinner, London Tagged With: Covent Garden restaurants, girls dinner, Indian restaurant, Love Pop Ups London

Celebrating 10 years – London Cocktail Week 2019

September 29, 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…

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