“…and i’m standing on the corner of fifth and Vermouth” - Tom Waits
The Gin Kitchen Distillery Tour
After stumbling around Dorking for a while I eventually found the distillery at the back of The Spotted Dog pub where I met Helen Muncie (a co-owner along with Kate Gregory) and her two trusty Lieutenants, Meg and Emma. The Gin Kitchen is in reality a brick outbuilding tucked off the side of the smoking area […]
Gorilla Spirits Distillery Tour
We do like a road trip. Mrs. Gin and I had heard good things about the Gorilla Spirits distillery so we loaded up the wagon with survival gear, crampons and the like and set off for deepest, darkest Hampshire. We couldn’t miss the chance to meet co-founder Andy Daniels at his base in Four Marks, […]
The Distillery, Portobello Road
It’s one of my favourite bits of London so I decided to get off the tube early and walk down Portobello Road. I sang the old Cat Stevens (post Steven Demetre Georgios, pre Yusuf Islam) song Getting hung up all day on smilesWalking down Portobello Road for miles,Greeting strangers in Indian boots,Yellow ties and old brown […]
BA launch their own gin
BRITISH AIRWAYS GIN IS JUST THE TONICBritish Airways is introducing its very own exclusive brand of gin for premium customers.British Airways is introducing its very own exclusive brand of gin for premium customers.From today (November 23), the specially made tipple – British Airways Gin – will only be served to the airline’s First customers, from […]
Gin Based Christmas Ideas
Personalised bottle of gin - I love this idea, personalised bottles by Foxdenton Estate. Each bottle is hand engraved and then the engraved area is filled with gold or silver paint to produce the most stunning effect.They offer a bespoke engraved bottle using images or text of your own choice and specialise in family crests and house […]
Brighton Gin Distillery tour
I do love the sea. We were in Brighton and I came over all Jamie Cullum “I’m all at seaWhere no-one can bother meForgot my rootsIf only for a day”
Gin Tasting in Hampshire
It’s not just in the major cities that the gin message is being received and understood. In the village of Hartley Wintney, in the depths of bucolic Hampshire, the local off licence Auriol Wines has picked up the metaphorical gin baton and run with it. They stock over 50 gins’, have a few artisan bottles […]
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day” - Dean Martin