When I say ‘gin in a tin’ what does that mean to you? Images of drinking bad ‘ready to drink’ g&t’s on the train, or perhaps lukewarm pre-mixed cocktails in a field at a festival? If like me you’ve grown beyond the supermarket own brand pre-mix gin and tonics, then you’ll be interested in my…
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Silent Pool distillery visit & artisan tasting day
I knew that Silent Pool distillery, down in Surrey, had the facility for distillery tours and tastings. However I didn’t know until recently that they have a vineyard and a cheese making shop right next door! So when they advertised their new Artisan Tasting Days, which would have tours and tasting of all three, plus…
City of London Distillery – tours & tasting in the heart of London
I first visited the City of London Distillery (COLD) back in 2014. (If you read that first visit on my blog you can see how far I’ve come since I started blogging). This time Joe their brand ambassador invited me back to check out the changes and the new additions to their gin range. *Full…
Celebrate International Scottish Gin Day #ISGD
You may have seen a lot of new Scottish gins entering the market recently. The Gin Cooperative, run by Natalie and Martin Reid, want to promote and support Scottish gin, so for the first time they’ve created International Scottish Gin Day to celebrate all things ginny and Scottish. This day is going to be GLOBAL,…
Cornish Summer Ginspiration with Caspyn Gin
Nothing screams Summer in England like the Cornish coast. Evoking sand, ice creams and cream teas, it’s also a hot bed for local gins. I’m taking you through the Caspyn range in time for Summer! *Full disclosure Caspyn provided samples to me for free, but all opinions remain my own!* Caspyn gin – inspired by…
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…
Katie’s top five must visit gins of Junipalooza 2019!
I may have mentioned before (aka several times on all forms of social media & on the blog), that Junipalooza is my favourite gin festival. So I jumped at the chance to give you my top five must visit gins for Junipalooza 2019: *Full disclosure, I’ve previously collaborated with Junipalooza and this post…
London rooftop bar crawl
What do you do on an average Saturday afternoon with friends? Well my flatmate and I decided to hit up as many rooftop bars in London, as ‘research’ ahead of the Summer properly starting. Here are my top tips for where to head for rooftop bars in central London. London rooftop bar crawl
Woodlab distillery – meeting the person behind Symphonia gin
Woodlab distillery is based in Northern Ireland and launched their 3 gin products in the newcomers zone at Junipalooza 2018. Ahead of this year’s Junipalooza, I caught up with distiller Dr Ulrich ‘Ric’ Dyer to find out more about his gins and everything Woodlab based. Read to the bottom for info on how to win…