The most important day of the year is less than a month away! Not only is June the month of World Gin Day (10 June), there is also World Martini Day (19 June) and Negroni week (5-11 June). Lord help our poor livers! If you decide to indulge in some gin over this period (because…
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April 17 Gin Picks
As you can see my April gin picks are skewed towards Kiwi gin. No surprise as I spent 3 weeks in New Zealand! It was also my birthday whilst I was out there – so a good excuse to indulge. New Zealand gins: Broken Heart I had a great time with Joerg tasting his gins…
March 17 gin picks
I’ve decided to start a new series that highlights some special gins that I’ve tried in the month… so welcome to the inaugral ‘gin picks’ post! Here is what Katie tried in March 2017: March 2017 gin picks The gins: I tried a lot of exciting gins at Think Gin in March, including the Four…
Gin Club outing to Bristol gin festival
Every so often I drag members of the Gin Club with a Reading Problem out of London. Off we go to drink gin in new and exciting places, this time it was the Gin Festivals UK Bristol festival. Gin club outing to Bristol gin festival! So what’s the deal? We arrived nice and early…
Slingsby Gin tasting @ Oliver Conquest
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…
Gin tasting Jensen’s Gin
My local pub, The Colonel Fawcett in Camden, loves gin as much as me! What makes them great is that they host a free gin tasting once a month, where I (and the rest of gin club with a reading problem) can try out some new gins. I’m a little behind on writing this up…
Gin Tasting @ Colonel Fawcett
The Colonel Fawcett in Camden is my nearest gin pub (with great food too!) – so when they host FREE gin tastings I’m there in a flash and usually with a few gin club members in tow! January’s tasting was extra special as there were two lovely gins to try! The subtle Mews gin The…
Copperhead gin tasting
I’ve been a bit slow on updating for the latest gin tastings, but Copperhead is something special that I definitely want to share! Copperhead gin tasting The glossy copper bottle – inspired by old school pharmacy bottles. Â Made in Belgium, Copperhead gin is named after the traditional copper stills used in the production and…
Ish gin tasting
One of my favourite gin bars – the Oliver Conquest, regularly hosts gin tasting evenings to promote new and unusual gins that they stock (they have over 300 gins currently – so plenty to try!). For November there is a double whammy gin tasting – with Ish and Copperhead – so obviously I dragged some…
Gin Palace gin tasting
I was lucky to be invited to a special gin tasting event at The Clanchan last month, with Olivia Williams, gin expert and author of Gin Glorious Gin! Olivia took us through the history of gin as covered in her book. We went through the up and downs, as gin flipped into and out of…