As you may have seen from my Instagram, I spent a weekend in Copenhagen recently. I was invited to attend and cover the Copenhagen Gin Festival 2018, here is my review! *note that my tickets for the Copenhagen Gin Festival were free in exchange for my honest review* Big thank you to Jacob from @copenhagenginfest…
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Sacred Gin at The Star, Highgate
Sacred Gin have now officially opened their cocktail bar at The Star Pub in Highgate. Not far from Archway, Tuffnell park and Highgate, The Star pub has dedicated their upstairs to creating and celebrating Sacred Gin. And now I’m finally allowed to tell you about it! Sacred Gin at The Star, Highgate When you arrive…
Best Christmas gins of 2017
Happy Christmas everyone! Although it’s taken me a while, I thought that a brief round up of some of the best Christmas gins for 2017 would be a great way to end the year. So here are my recommendations: Best Christmas gins of 2017 Southern Hemisphere Four Pillars Christmas Pudding Gin – Australia…
Martin Miller’s gin – a classic gin you need in your collection
Martin Miller’s – a classic gin you need in your collection The first time I tried Martin Miller’s gin was when it was showcased as the ‘gin of the month’ at my favourite gin pub – The Oliver Conquest. They hosted a gin tasting for people to try the gin and some of the different…
May 2017 Gin Picks
I know this is a bit late, but here are my gin picks for May 2017! Read down for a Twitter gin competition! May Gin picks: 1. Warner Edwards Melissa I’ve been recently reintroduced to the Warner Edwards Melissa that was launched last year. It’s light herbal flavours work well for summery cocktails and of…
Where to celebrate World Gin Day 2017 + competition & discounts!
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…
Top gins of 2016
As 2016 draws to a close I thought I’d do a round up of some of my favourite gin discoveries this year. Some of them are new to the market and some of them just new to me! In no particular order… A gin lush’s top gins of 2016: Berliner Brandstifter Bertha’s Revenge Long Table…
Autumn cocktail fun!
This time of year is all about the wrapping up warm and planning your hibernation for winter. So why not plan for some of these fabulous gin cocktails too – they will see you through the Autumn and Winter! Autumn Cocktails Funkin Cocktail mixers My lovely friend Kate works with Funkin and managed to…
Just Gin
Some of you may know that it’s Negroni week this week and also World Gin day on Saturday. So what better way to celebrate gin & the classic gin based cocktail than Just Gin cards?! So what are the Just Gin cards? It’s basically a top trumps game for gin (advisable to play wholst drinking…
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. Made in Belgium, Copperhead gin is named after the traditional copper stills used in the production and…