When I relocated to Cheshire some 3 years ago, it was important to me to really get to know (and love) my new adopted county. I have come to love up here in the North West, having grown up in Staffordshire and then lived in London for several years. I was also delighted to discover that there is an incredibly…
November 6, 2016
Got a spare bedroom that you don’t know what to do with? Well why not have a go a starting your own Gin distillery? That’s exactly what lifelong friends Tom Lindsey and Rory McKerrell did. Their new gin, Fifth Spire, is Lichfields first premium craft gin and it really is quite special. Tom and Rory have spent the last couple…
November 1, 2016
We get a lot of emails here at theGin.blog, a lot of which end up in the junk, but when we see Lemon Drizzle gin in the subject we have to take notice! Step in Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle Gin, exclusive to Marks and Spencer. This is the product of the Sipsmith Sipping Service, a quarterly delivery of 4 experimental gin…
October 27, 2016
Picture the scene… You’re driving up the M5 from Bristol and on the horizon you see a sign… “Gloucester Services – 1 Mile” A run down welcome Break comes to mind but this services is a little different! Think fancy London deli mixed with a posh farm shop and you get the idea! Well, we had to stop and of…
September 30, 2016
After our initial review of Fentimans tonic water (which you can find here), they reached out to us over twitter and asked whether we would like to review some of their other products, including their light tonic water and herbal tonic water. We of course said yes, so let’s get right into it! This is going to be a shorter…
September 18, 2016
Think of Loch Ness and what comes to mind…..? The vast Scottish highlands? The Beautiful vistas? The Loch Ness Monster? GIN?? I thought not! Loch Ness Gin is a brand new craft gin created by husband and wife team, Kevin and Lorien. Their family have lived and worked in the Highlands since before 1520 and they set out to create…
September 16, 2016
This weeks tonic water is brought to you by……. Fentimans! Ok, enough with the cheesy TV introduction. Let’s get onto the important stuff! Fentimans have a long history of providing top quality soft drinks and mixers. I first remember coming across them as a child when I became obsessed with their ginger beer. In fact, it was their ginger beer…
September 8, 2016
Last Sunday, I was dragged kicking and screaming (Ok, I exaggerate…) to a garden centre by a couple of friends on a mission for a leek. I’m being deadly serious. I know how this sounds but bare with me. There was the promise of tapas for lunch, and more importantly (both for you and for me) there was also much…
September 6, 2016
There’s not a day goes by when we don’t hear about a new gin coming to market but when we hear that one of the big hitters is creating a new barrel-aged gin we get really excited. 9 Moons gin is the latest offering from the gin pioneers Martin Miller’s and it came around almost by chance. Martin Miller’s Co-founder,…
September 4, 2016
The next tonic in our review series is 1724. 1724 Tonic Water is premium quality tonic water designed to meet the demand for high quality cocktails and to accompany super-premium spirits. This Tonic has its origins in the Andes, on the mythical Inca Trail. This is not by chance as this is where the quinine tree was first discovered. The…