Drinks You Really CAN Make at Home

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As a drinks writer one is always being sent recipes for the most gorgeous cocktails with the helpful advice that these are ‘easy to make at home’. Truth is most of them require tracking down specialist ingredients and also some … Continue reading

Negroni Journey? We’ll Be Right Over

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The Negroni is the perfect gin cocktail, a marriage of the lush, herbaceous piney character of gin with the more bitter, more aromatic flavours of the classic Italian aperitifs of Campari and red vermouth. From this April London Negroni fans … Continue reading

How to Build a Gin Brand the Caorunn Way

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 Ibolya Bakos the Lowdown From Budapest, Hungary now lives in Glasgow. Global Brand Manager Caorunn Gin and White Spirits MBA, International Business, specialised in marketing (CEU Business School/University of the State of New York) Multinational experience in strategic brand management, … Continue reading

London Cocktail Week for Gin Lovers

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Today’s the day it all kicks off and London becomes even more of a mecca for cocktail lovers. So much to do and so little time but we’ve picked out a few special gin things to do every day. The … Continue reading

What We Learned Foraging with Caorunn Gin

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A bright sunny spring afternoon and our curious team led by expert forager Mark Lloyd heads off into Epping Forest to seek out wild food and drink ingredients amongst the surprisingly abundant flora. The invitation came courtesy of Caorunn Gin … Continue reading

Festive Cocktails from The Experts

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Eek how did it get to be December and looking a lot like Christmas already. We’re getting our priorities right and planning the drinks we’ll be enjoying this Festive Season courtesy of some of our favourite bartenders. Can’t wait to … Continue reading

London Cocktail Week For Gin Lovers

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Geraldine Coates rounds up the must do gin events of London Cocktail Week 2014. So here it is again, London Cocktail Week – that celebration of gourmet drinking and cocktail culture that galvanises the Capital every autumn. This year once … Continue reading

Caorunn Gin Making a Splash at London Cocktail Week

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We make no secret of how much we love Caorunn Gin. If you want to explore it for yourself here’s where you’ll find Caorunn out and about at this year’s London Cocktail Week. Just grab your wristband here London Cocktail … Continue reading

Caorunn Forage2Glass in Manchester

This week Manchester’s top bartenders have been out and about hunter gathering under the guidance of  urban forager David Winnward to find ingredients for Caorunn Gin’s ground breaking Forage2Glass cocktail initiative. One of the most delicious drinks they’ve come up … Continue reading

Caorunn Takes to the Hills

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Foraging for wild ingredients grown locally is now an established feature of the international gastronomic world led by the world famous Copenhagen restaurant Noma and others. Great to see that the foraging ethos has jumped from table to bar and … Continue reading