On our recent Cornish gin break in Talland Bay, my friend Meena and I went to see where Talland Bay Hotel gin was made at Colwith Farm Distillery. They run tours and tastings open to the public (pre-booking required). Read on to see our experience of the Colwith Farm Distillery tour & gin tasting: *Full…
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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,…
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…
Ginvent Pop Up and Tweet along
Have you heard of Ginvent yet? It’s the simple concept of trying 24 different gins – one for each day of Advent. Think of it an alternative Advent Calendar! Gin Foundry originally came up with this concept a few years ago and their Ginvent calendar is the original (& best!). However this year you can…
The Teasmith, premium Scottish gin made with tea
Now I’m sure some of my readers will have tried gin made with tea leaves as one of the botanicals before. Whether it’s Half Hitch, which uses a tincture of black tea, or The Oliver Conquest’s own gin, which uses vacuum distilled tea as a botanical, there’s a lot of variation out there on how…
Copenhagen Gin Festival 2018: The Review + Competition
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…
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…
Visiting Athens in Spring as a Solo Female Traveller
Last Easter I visited Athens on my own (well chickie came too). There were a few reasons for this: 1) I got a free stay at the Intercontinental Hotel using my IHG points; 2) I had to get those last tier points in to retain Silver status with British Airways; 3) Despite being on numerous…
About
Hello and welcome to What’s Katie Doing?! So who is behind What’s Katie Doing? Hello I’m Katie and this blog is all about me and my passions. By day I’m an accountant working in the Treasury department of Dentsu Aegis, which pays the bills and feeds my love of a good spreadsheet! (I’m also obligated…
What to wear as a woman in Oman
With Lonely Planet listing Oman in it’s top t10 countries to visit in 2022, you need to check out this guide on what to wear as a woman in Oman. Oman is a fairly liberal place, however as an Arabic country with Islam as the official religion, you do need to be considerate of the…