"Do you want to check out the festival?" "Sure." "Good, because I need to find the gin tent." "Gin tent?" "Gin tent." Hendrick's Gin is one of Mona Foma's sponsors and gives me a very specific reason to look forward to festival season. Official sponsors mean official cocktail recipes, so it means we'll be able … Continue reading Ginuary 21st: Hendrick’s Summer Punch @ Mona Foma.
Ginuary 15th: Pink Victrola.
Tonight I went out but just to the local pub so expecting something new for Ginuary there was a bit much to ask. (The cheeseburger was terrific, though.) I had to remain sober enough to put something together once I got home. I may have succeeded? Pink Victrola 30ml gin (I used Hendrick's) 15ml lemon … Continue reading Ginuary 15th: Pink Victrola.
Ginuary 11th: Grapefruit Vieux Mot.
Yesterday I said I wanted to use up a bunch of Green Chartreuse this year, and after re-sorting all my Pinterest drink links, I've realised I also want to make a bunch of drinks with grapefruit juice. Like... a bunch. I'm glad Pinterest Boards can now have sub-boards because one within my gin board is … Continue reading Ginuary 11th: Grapefruit Vieux Mot.
Ginuary 22nd: lemon rice pudding with gin syrup.
You wanna know something I love? Yes, ok, gin. But also rice pudding. My nanan used to make the best rice pudding ever when I was little, and now I live in a beautiful cold climate (well, in winter, anyway) I find curling up on the couch with a blanket and a bowl of rice … Continue reading Ginuary 22nd: lemon rice pudding with gin syrup.
Ginuary 15th: Cool Hendrick’s @ Cott & Co’s Beach Club.
Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men aren't actually that well laid and your energy's diverted by the swell surrounding you that's all focused on the fact that your brother's getting married tomorrow and you've been helping to set up and entertaining family all day and you just have to find the nearest … Continue reading Ginuary 15th: Cool Hendrick’s @ Cott & Co’s Beach Club.
Ginuary 9th: G+T iceblocks.
Hot dang, am I glad I made these up last night or what! This afternoon was warm, and I couldn't think of anything I wanted more. I polished one off for the photoshoot and then strolled to work eating a second one, because summer is here. G + T Iceblocks Or G + T Popsicles. … Continue reading Ginuary 9th: G+T iceblocks.
Ginuary 6th: gin & lime cake.
Here it is! What I meant to post yesterday, but it was literally still baking at 10:30pm last night (like I said yesterday, I was a fair bit birthday lazy) and you gotta let a cake cool to ice it, so instead of birthday cake last night I had birthday cake for breakfast. Living the … Continue reading Ginuary 6th: gin & lime cake.
Ginuary 30th: Alexander.
Tonight I needed a comfort drink that would get me through the Parenthood finale. This one filled that quota exceptionally. Kinda cool, this one. You've heard of a Brandy Alexander, I'm sure. Even if you don't know the drink and its contents, you've at least heard the phrase (Feist's song—and Ron Sexsmith's song in response—is … Continue reading Ginuary 30th: Alexander.
Ginuary 26th: Gold Rush Tea.
One I've been wanting to do for the last three years on this day—Australia Day! This cocktail was created for Australia Day by Hendrick's gin's Australian gin ambassador back in 2012. Sorry to betray you, Hendrick's, but in the spirit (giggle) of Australia Day I had to go with a home-grown gin: the shiny new … Continue reading Ginuary 26th: Gold Rush Tea.
Ginuary 6th: Hendrick’s, St-Germain and soda.
Because sometimes you spend your whole day running around Manhattan and end up in a cinema session that doesn't finish until 11:30pm because it's bloody Scorsese and then the cinema has turned off the elevators since you got a ride up to the fourth floor so you're stuck on the fourth floor of a Manhattan … Continue reading Ginuary 6th: Hendrick’s, St-Germain and soda.
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