As you all know my passion is gin, however when invited for an evening of whisky with Fentimans and the Whisky Lounge, I decided to cheat on gin. To make sure you get a balanced review I brought my friend Anne along too. She loves whisky and was happy to guest write this post for…
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Ginspiration Cocktail Competition with Juliette’s Interiors
Time for something a little different… I’ve been invited by Juliette’s Interiors* to create a gin recipe for a competition that best reflects the glamour of their fabulous gin trolley, as well as the spirit (see what I did there!) of Wild Island Botanic Gin from the Isle of Colonsay. [check out the recipes and…
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…
Weekend in Cambridge
Having met Lucy in Argentina and then putting up with her following me through Chile, Bolivia and Peru (such a stalker!) and after an interesting catch up in Colombia, the last time I saw her was in London for a gin (naturally!). So it seemed high time to catch up in her neck of the…
Cooking cocktails Breaking Bad style @ ABQ
After a week relaxing in Mexico I had a great treat booked in, a visit to the ABQ RV in Hackney Wick to cook cocktails! This amazing light sculpture greets you inside. For £30 you can come experience ‘cooking up’ cocktails….. Here’s the RV! The whole experience is based on the series Breaking Bad where…
Cocktail Crazy in Kentish Town
OMG there is loads going on in Kentish Town at the moment! I decided that Easter weekend was the best time to visit two new subterranean cocktail bars on Kentish Town High Street – Ladies and Gentlemen and Knowhere Special. Ladies and Gents, as you might have guessed, is housed inside an old public conveniences:…
Cocktail crawls with #LCW14
Forget Friday – every night is the cocktail night this week! Earlham street decorated for LCW! This week, 6-12 October 2014, is London Cocktail Week and seeing as I don’t have a job yet I volunteered to help them out from the goodness of my heart – oh and in exchange for a free wrist…
A weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe
This weekend I was up in Edinburgh for the Fringe and to visit friends. This is the fifth time I’ve visited Edinburgh, but only the first at Fringe time. Some of the shows we saw at the Fringe this weekend. My friend, Jen and I stayed at the Tune hotel in Haymarket – which was…
Shoreditch cocktails
Friday night is cocktail night! This week the Gin Club met at the Fever-Tree Tonic pop up bar in Hoxton Square. It was a reduced showing – this time just Catherine and me, Kimmy was meant to be there but got stuck at work 🙁 Anyway Cat and I had a great time with the…
Dry January – inspiration for low and no alcohol drinks
As the excesses of the festive season have now passed, I and probably you too, start thinking about January. Will you be doing Dry January and avoiding alcohol as one of your resolutions? Or will you be embracing Dry Ginuary? This post will cover the #DryJanuary option, so read on for inspiration on what to…