Category: Spirits

A cocktail for New Year

This sophisticated and uplifting concoction is dubbed a Christmas Three – but we think it would work perfectly to see in the New Year. It’s a combination of our four-time award winning No.3 gin, sparkling wine and warming ginger. And, it’s as simple to make as it is delicious to drink. You can easily scale […]

How to mix a gin martini

How to mix the perfect gin martini.

Glenmorangie Cognac cask: a symbol of innovation

Our Spirits Buyer Rob Whitehead looks to the future of Glenmorangie – and raises a dram of 13-year-old Cognac Cask Finish to its innovation. There are few distilleries in Scotland so well-recognised as Glenmorangie. From their unusually tall stills, via the famous “16 men of Tain” who craft every drop that leaves the distillery, to […]

How to make sloe gin

It looks like 2021 will be a fantastic year for sloe berries; the blackthorn bushes are laden. Here, forager Julius Robert shares his favourite recipe for sloe gin. Sloe gin: the famous elixir. A deep maroon, viscous and warming potion. A friend of the flask and something we used to sneak sips of from the […]