Before Lockdown we we’re underway with re-vamping our Gin Club. Moving the promotion to a Friday evening, and we’re wanting to give our guests the opportunity to try new gins, in a relax environment where we could learn, discuss and converse about the nations favourite spirit. Unfortunately, we couldn’t make

Now that the gin craze has been put to bed, what next? How did London drinking culture change afterwards? What was next in store for gin as we know it? To read up on our last instalment of the Gin Craze click here! INDUSTRIOUS GIN By 1761 the price of

This week brings the final instalment of the gin craze. We conclude our history with the Gin Acts, Tanqueray no.10 gin and we’ll be stirring down another martini riff, the Tuxedo cocktail.   See previous sessions to read about how it all began and what they were doing in the middle

Time for the third part of our gin craze tale as we continue to explore this monumental period in London’s drinking history. We’ve picked a historical gin to go with it, Plymouth dry, and we’ll be making the pre-cursor to the dry martini, the marguerite.  So far, we have discussed

After delving into the pre-history of the gin craze, it’s now time to examine the main impact of this huge event in the journey of gin. We will also be covering our gin of the week, Portobello Road and creating the Pegu Club cocktail. For the first instalment of the

This session we focus on Four Pillar’s gin, the Gimlet cocktail and the beginning of the Gin Craze. Last week we explored Hendricks Gin & how to make the Southside Cocktail, for a recap, click here! The Gin Craze of the 18th century was a massive event in the timeline

This session looks at gin during prohibition America, our featured gin Hendrick’s, and the Southside cocktail. Last week we looked at Sing Gin and how to make the white lady cocktail if you missed it click here! In the lead up to the 20th century, America had a thriving cocktail

Another week another gin club! If you need a refresh on anything covered so far you can start with last week’s here.  In this session we’re going to cover the White Lady cocktail, Sing gin, and the history of grape-based gins. A TIME FOR WINE As we’ve discussed previously, juniper

Last week we talked about different styles of gin and what they legally entail.Click here to read last week’s story! In today’s session we’re going to look at the history of the gin and tonic, the Bramble cocktail, and The Botanist gin.  THE NATION’S FAVOURITE Is there a more popular

Last week we talked about what gin is and the main four botanicals that give gin its character. Click here to see last weeks session if you missed it This week’s session we’re going to explore different expressions of gin and separate fact from fiction. Let’s take a look at