




What a month! The sun has shone, spring has sprung and I’ve been super, super busy! Keep reading for gin, brandy, judging and cocktails galore…
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What a month! The sun has shone, spring has sprung and I’ve been super, super busy! Keep reading for gin, brandy, judging and cocktails galore…
Continue readingThe greatest innovation in gin for a generation?
That is the claim from the newest release to hit the market today; Aureus Vita Fibonacci Dry Gin.





Despite being the shortest month it’s been a busy one, with plenty of events and booze news, so do – please – read on.
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January was long wasn’t it?! But, luckily for me, it was also packed with a whole lot of fun including visiting two of the most wonderful – and completely different – distilleries in the UK. Oh, and a little namecheck in The Guardian too! They described me as a “spirits writer and gin expert” so I think that makes it official now, doesn’t it?!
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December was pleasingly peaceful in a professional sense, leaving me plenty of time to get on with everything that a family Christmas demands, but there’s still plenty to read about – including some booze news, new gin releases and a very honest review of Miracle at Henrietta – so what are you waiting for…?
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November has been a little more peaceful than previous months but there’s still plenty to read about, so what are you waiting for?!
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October was a hell of a busy month for me with one week alone sounding like something out of Chumbawamba’s Tubthumping: I went to a bar launch, I went to a Tequila launch, I went to a vermouth launch, I went to a vodka launch! As a result it’s taken me days to pull all of this together so please make it worthwhile and have a read.
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September was a super busy month (which is one of the reasons I’m not publishing this until October!) but it was also a hell of a lot of fun! And there was also some interesting booze news and some tempting new releases to check out so please do keep reading…
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It’s been a fairly quiet month for me – including a couple of magical weeks overseas – but there’s been plenty of new gin releases (and quite a lot of additions to my collection!) so read on to find out more…
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There’s no denying that the most exciting thing to happen to me this month had to be meeting Papa Salt Gin co-founder (and the one-and-only Barbie!) Margot Robbie, but I’ve actually had the pleasure of attending two other fabulous events in addition to the brilliant Papa Salt press launch. Read on to find out more!
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