The original and the biggest gin-themed social media challenge is back for its seventh year running! In 2019, #GinADayMay’s inaugural year, in excess of 4,000 images were posted on Instagram using the #GinADayMay hashtag, averaging at approximately 135 posts a day. With consistent global engagement ever since, there are now over 27,000 tagged posts on Instagram and I’m hoping for another successful year in 2025.
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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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