Our guest writer Patience Gould shares her experience of attending the launch of Bombay’s Gin Aroma Kit, a fantastic nosing experience that is a total first for the gin industry. And the cocktails.. Gin’s renaissance continues apace and it’s the … Continue reading
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Bombay Sapphire – It’s All About the Botanicals
Geraldine Coates gets the lowdown on Bombay Sapphire’s botanicals from Ivano Tonutti, Master of Botanicals at Bacardi Limited. The botanicals, that wonderful array of berries, barks, seeds, peels, roots and flowers, are what make gin gin. During distillation with neutral … Continue reading
Beefeater Winter Edition Cocktails
We’d love to have been along for the ride when the Beefeater team met with cocktail maestro Dre Masso to devise new cocktails to highlight the warm flavours of the new Beefeater Winter Gin edition. And here are the results … Continue reading
Caorunn Gin
Master Distiller, Simon Buley, the creator of Caorunn Gin, goes under the Gintime spotlight. Simon Buley is happy: “The best thing about Caorunn is I can make it today and you can enjoy it tomorrow!” This may not come as … Continue reading
A Very Unusual Mixologist!
Could there be a gin brand that’s captured the imagination quite as much as Hendricks? From its brown hued apothecary bottle to its quirky marketing campaigns the ‘Most Unusual’ Gin certainly deserves its place in the most interesting drinks cabinets … Continue reading
Spotlight on The London No.1
“The key thing is the recipe. The reason gin is back on the agenda is that there’s a range of really good products out there. You could pick them all out in a blind tasting.” Andrew Sinclair of The London … Continue reading
Blackwood’s Vintage 60
With gin currently on a roll and lots of brands experimenting with their botanicals recipes to create new and unusual gins, it’s good news to hear that Gintime Gin Brand Blackwood’s has come up with something completely different. In fact … Continue reading
Gintime visits the Hendrick’s Gin Distillery
As all true gin lovers know, every brand of premium gin has its own complex and sophisticated range of aromas and tastes. Partly that is to do with the different botanicals used in the recipe. Juniper is always present (the … Continue reading
Plymouth Gin – The Adventurer
Plymouth Gin is one of the oldest and most revered gin brands in the world. Indeed it is the only one still made at its original distillery at Black Friars in the medieval heart of Plymouth. By law, Plymouth Gin … Continue reading