Another month means another ‘gin of the month’ at The Oliver Conquest and June’s is Bobby’s. So naturally I dragged some friends and colleagues along to the tasting! We met the lovely Sebastian, here popping up behind a wall of Bobby’s Gin bottles! He explained the origins of his gin, a long time family recipe,…
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Happy Bloggiversary
I’m celebrating one year since What’s Katie Doing? started! I started this blog as I had returned from taking 13 months off to travel and beginning to blog about London on Katie’s Year Off didn’t seem appropriate, hence the birth of What’s Katie Doing! So how has the last year been? That’s 120 posts,…
A new way to enjoy your G&T
Ever enjoyed your gin and tonic in wobbly format?! Well here is your chance to try out Gin Jelly 🙂 A new way to enjoy your G&T As part of an event run by Zomato I was sent a bottle of East London Liquor Company (having previously tasted it on the Gin Journey!) and a…
Cahoots!
I was lucky enough to make it to Cahoots for a London Cocktail week reunion – getting a table here is tough, reservations are a must! Cahoots is a great experience, walking past the ‘To the Trains’ sign was the first piece of the 1940’s theme. It really looks like you are entering an old…
World Gin Day 2015 – where to celebrate!
Wondering where to celebrate World Gin Day tomorrow Saturday 13 June 2015? Here’s a brief list of suggestions! London Junipalooza The gin festival run by the Gin Foundry (this is where you will find me!), unfortunately it’s fully booked out now, but look out for future events The Oliver Conquest On Leman Street by Aldgate East….
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…
House of Bols
I was very excited to be in the home of genever whilst in Amsterdam. Genever is the precursor to gin so very important in Gin’s history, as we learnt the other week at the Martin Miller’s gin tasting. After our culture hit at the Rijskmuseum I managed to drag Tiva to the House of Bols…
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…
Bloom bar @Vista
Is it the start of summer? Well the weather is undecided, but still when the sun is out you need a good outside rooftop bar to enjoy it in! Why not try the Bloom bar at Vista? The entrance into the Bloom terrace at Vista. Vista bar is on the roof of the Trafalgar Hotel…
Hendricks bus in Bath
It’s not a bus it’s MA’AM – the Mobile Academy of Alchemical Meanderings! Aka a bus Meandering around selling Hendricks cocktails for the tidy price of £4.50! Currently it’s in Bath for a gintastic bank holiday weekend. They are selling three different cocktails – including The Perfect Serve Hendricks and Tonic. This is obviously with…