In the Welsh Wind Gin — A review

Item sent for review.   In the Welsh Wind Gin is a baby, it’s even younger than our five month old grand-daughter.  But this is one of the reasons I adore gin, you can make it and drink it just a few months later, unlike say wine or whisky.   You can make something and a week or so later sit down to enjoy it, without worrying that it is

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How to make the perfect gin and tonic

You might think that a “how to make the perfect gin and tonic” post would consist of simply saying “pour some gin and some tonic into a glass, drink”. Well you couldn’t be more wrong.  Actually that isn’t fair.  And whilst this is my perfect gin and tonic recipe, there is no such thing as a bad gin and tonic, it’s a marriage made in heaven after all, but this

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Mermaid Gin — A review

Contains an item sent for review The name “Mermaid Gin” was repeated a few times when I asked recently what the next gin in my collection should be.  To be honest I kicked myself for not thinking of it myself as I had actually spent an afternoon with one of the co-founders a few years ago and had learned all about the gin and its origins on the Isle of

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My (almost) 100 Gins Shelfie

My 100 gins shelfie Yes it is true, I have been on a quest to find the last few gins to take my collection of gins up to 100.    In fact I didn’t realise I was so close until I brought four new ones back from Wales recently and it led us to counting just how many were in the collection.  I was on 98!  I asked on Twitter

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