I'm a 30 something year old Gin enthusiast, Birmingham born & bred, and now living in Leeds with my beautiful (and eternally patient) Wife Emily. London Dry might be the choice for the original gin drinker, but it would be a shame to bypass the other options available on the market too. There are some gins that I try and immediately declare as being a gin I never want to find myself without. There aren’t that many of them. Is this one of them? You bet your ass it’s one of them. I can not see myself ever wanting to be without this gin being within reaching distance. Contemporary gin: Gins that have a prominent flavor other than juniper. Although juniper is always included in the spirit, contemporary gin refers to a bottle that tastes of other botanicals or flavorings.

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Furthermore, for those who want to extend their stay (or simply can’t leave after consuming the fruits of Jenny’s labours), punters can now enjoy a luxury gin inspired staycation at the Wee Farm self catering cottage ‘The Distillers Cottage’. Photo Credit: The Wee Farm Distllery Whilst the G&T is incredible, the short serve is superb – it all but elicits a giggle. And I do not giggle lightly! If you enjoy the standard bottle of Beefeater, keep an eye out for the brand's special bottlings. They make an appearance from time to time, and each is worth a taste when the bottle crosses yourpath. Beefeater 24, for example, is a regular offering that is a nice upgrade from the original and the brand often comes out with limited editions. For a martini, I like Monkey 47,” describes Spencer Elliott of Bounce Sporting Club in New York City. “A gin that might hit your wallet a bit more than the others but delivers just as much. Rich and smooth this gin pairs excellently with a bit of vermouth."

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Launching their first gin in August 2019, Tobermory Distillery can draw on over 200 years of distilling experience. Established in 1798, the distillery is famous for its whisky and cleverly marry this history into their gin, with a dash of new make spirit from their whisky stills added to the still before distillation, almost as a ‘liquid botanical’.

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These are foraged by master distiller Simon Buley from the countryside around the Highland distillery. The local ingredients are supported by 6 traditional botanicals which you’ll find in many gins, namely juniper, coriander seed, orange peel, lemon peel, angelica root and cassia bark. Distillation Gin has a pine taste from the juniper berries, which are its signature ingredient. However, the prominence of the pine taste varies depending on the style of gin and the botanicals that are added during distillation. Fruity, aromatic gins are smoother and sweeter than a classic dry gin.If you’re going to make the classic Italian drink — supposedly created in 1919 at Caffe Casoni in Florence — it makes sense to match the drink with an extra Italian gin . Portofino Gin uses botanicals grown on the hills surrounding the seaside town of Portofino in the North West of the country. It’s juniper and citrus forward, slightly bitter and floral, with bright notes of grapefruit and rose petals. All facts which make this gin excellent in a martini, but those citrus notes lend itself particularly well to a martini and adds a brightness to the gin-heavy negroni. Caorunn Gin uses 11 botanicals in its recipe but the brand centres around its five foraged Celtic ingredients: In 2018, during a chance meeting at a ‘Negroni Club UK’ Christmas party, at the legendary London based gin bar ‘The Oliver Conquest’ (sadly no longer), Jenny mentioned to me her impending new launch, which I find myself putting pen to paper about today. Perhaps that’s because those behind the brand message love their job and know they’ve got a great product. While almost certainly the case, it’s probably more a symptom of the core values and ethos instilled from the outset. This is a distillery for the entire community.

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I slowly entered the kitchen, with a naive curiosity plastered on my face that would soon be replaced by a contorted mixture of horror and amazement. As I rounded the corner I was greeted by the sight of Jed, up on his haunches, and face down in a plate that had been left of the kitchen counter and laden with hotdog buns and burger rolls. As I called out in vein, it was too late. He had already worked his way through a bakers dozen with a hungry enthusiasm that on reflection I have to applaud. In a way, it was kind of impressive!Plump juniper coats the tongue, leaving you in very little doubt that this is a classic gin profile that was made to sit perfectly in the G&T serve. Now I had no idea what that meant at first, and contemplated whether it was perhaps of celtic language origin…until I adopted my best Billy Connelly accent and realised it was ‘our Drovers Gin cow’. And no, I won’t do the accent in person!