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Gintime's Gin Brands Bar of the Month

Socio Rehab

100-102 High Street, Manchester, M4 1HP

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Manchester’s flagship cocktail bar and a real institution, Socio Rehab is renowned for disco cocktails, and luminous concoctions with a garnish that wouldn’t look out of place in an ice cream van 10p mix. Brilliant gin holding with some two … Continue reading

Gintime Offer

Offer: Win a Bottle of Delicious Hendrick’s Gin

Hendrick’s is celebrating Leap Year 2012 with great gusto and we’re giving away three bottles of the superb juniper elixir to make sure that you can properly celebrate if your proposal is successful. Just enter your name in the Prize Draw. The offer is for 3 bottles of Hendrick’s Gin. Our Prize Draw will take place on March 20th 2012 and the winners will be notified by email. Bottles will be posted out to addresses supplied

Features

Musing on the Quest for Gin Authenticity

Geraldine Coates looks at the other side of the fashion for a return to the past in gin and classic cocktails. It seems that currently one can’t get through a day without a missive popping into one’s inbox bearing news … Continue reading

What Makes a Gin look like a Gin?

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The recent launch of Plymouth Gin’s new packaging has inspired Patience Gould to have a look at the design and packaging trends that prevail in the growing gin firmament. We all know the important role that design and packaging plays … Continue reading

Barkeep Under the Spotlight

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We’re currently LOVING Manchester so Gintime caught up with Jody Monteith of renowned Manchester bar consultancy, The Liquorists. Tell us a bit about you and what you do? My name is Jody Monteith. I’m 28 years old, living in Manchester … Continue reading