Gin the Mood: 50 gin cocktail recipes that are just the ticket

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O'Neal got the keys to the arch when her son was four weeks old and spent most of the time building it up while he was strapped to her. Ten months later, it was up and running. O'Neal's commitment and energy is relentless and she is a natural entrepreneur having comfortably morphed from make-up artist, to shoemaker and now to gin distiller. Thinking of starting a business this January? How to get free expert help 'Gin wasn't my first love' It was a bit light on Australian gins for me, but as the authors admit, there are so many gins coming to market every day, that it would be impossible to make this book a comprehensive list. Gin history has always fascinated me and this book brings the whole story of gin and its connection to London to life.

I don’t feel that his understanding of gin is anywhere near that calibre. I think he was asked to write a book by his editors because it was a trendy topic, as opposed to him having inherent knowledge.

More worried Britons put milestones such as home renovations, holidays and weddings on ice to save instead From all of the surveys that we do in the UK, 65-70 per cent of gin is consumed in a gin and tonic.” I'm a postman - morale is at an all-time low: What posties REALLY think of Royal Mail... and why you're waiting weeks for post

The Curious Bartender’s Gin Place is a comprehensive guide to all things gin. It covers gin history, various production methods, gin botanicals, gin distilleries and a range of different gins for you to try. Tristan is a celebrated bartender and bar owner, so there are some interesting recipes to try, including a very old gin recipe called Purl. Let’s go through the books you’ve chosen. The first one on the list is Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason (2002) by Jessica Warner. It’s an illustrated history about the gin craze in the 18th century. It’s quite ironic because, these days, gin and tonic has slightly posh connotations—but it started off as a drink of the poor.

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It would be very remiss of me not to include my Junipalooza Melbourne partners, Emile and Olivier’s book in this list. O'Neal has a clear entrepreneurial flair but it was her mum's death that really pushed her to start her own business.

Is it true then, that in colonial times in India, people started drinking gin to improve the taste of the quinine? With the change also came the news that 58 and Co had become a certified B Corp. O'Neal initially chose not to announce it for seven months, reflecting her own modesty but also her approach to sustainability for the brand. I look at it as if I'm creating brand ambassadors. The idea of creating something that has people laughing and enjoying - my mum always had an incredible table, always feeding people, she was the ultimate host. Gin school is that for me. Introducing people, connecting people, creating a memory.' It was an amazing time of discovery, not just of alcohol but the effects of alcohol in a pre-police society. There were no police and the only way that society was kept together was by everyone trying to force people into thinking that they had a very set class and were not allowed to move out of that. That was what got the gentry so upset—because if people don’t know their place, then we might get challenged. So, I don’t have a favourite gin per se. It’s more of a specific gin for a specific occasion. I think that conscious consumption is where I place the value in what I buy. I don’t feel I ever buy a gin for the sake of a flavour. I buy a gin as an endorsement of who, how, and where it’s made.

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Stealth tax to ensnare millions: Full state pension to rise above income tax threshold in coming years due to freeze on allowances There are obviously way more than 300 gins to choose from these days (this book was published in 2015) – there are probably 300 different ones in Australia alone. However, Aaron’s style of writing is refreshingly approachable. What people don’t really talk about with ‘Gin Lane’—this illustration of a debauched, broken society—is the fact that it was commissioned by the beer industry.” A chance meeting with her former business partner led to the launch of her gin brand 58 and Co in 2016, just as interest in the spirit started to shoot up. Absolutely. She writes well and the best thing about it is that she doesn’t let the research or the academic side get in the way of the story. It clearly shows the references—if you want to look something up, you can—and there’s nice annexing and indexing. But it’s narrative-driven, as opposed to being just academic, although it is an academic project.