Oh, no. Don't say it's true. It's with a pretty heavy heart that I do this one. Gin Genie 30ml gin 30ml sloe gin 15ml sugar syrup 30ml fresh lemon juice 8 mint leaves In a highball glass, lightly muddle the mint leaves. Add the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup and stir well. Add … Continue reading Ginuary 11th: Gin Genie.
Ginuary 10th: Bespoke Tasmania Gin Workshop @ McHenry Distillery.
Today I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Turns out I was just on Bespoke Tasmania's Gin Workshop tour at McHenry Distillery. This is the first time I've added "gin event" to the category list, but it makes perfect sense to me for something like this to count as a different way to experience … Continue reading Ginuary 10th: Bespoke Tasmania Gin Workshop @ McHenry Distillery.
Ginuary 5th: TCBC’s Gin, Tang & Spice.
Trust me to find a bottle with Batch #1 on it when it comes to gin. I spotted this with my eagle eye at the Taste festival the other day and grabbed it for safekeeping, but then birthday adventures got away with me today and I had to crack it open sooner than expected! The … Continue reading Ginuary 5th: TCBC’s Gin, Tang & Spice.
Ginuary 28th: Honey Beer.
Today I was inspired by guest poster Jenn's mad love for beer combining with her stellar Ginuary efforts, so I did some sniffing around for recipes and found a couple. I also finally made a solid connection between my love for gin and my love for wheat beer, because a number of the beer cocktail … Continue reading Ginuary 28th: Honey Beer.
Ginuary 24th: Gin & Lavender Dark Chocolate Truffles.
INDULGENCE ATTACK. I've been hanging onto the original recipe for this since JULY 2012, when a friend threw the link on my facebook wall with "OMG" as her only comment. Made sense. She was visiting earlier this month, but at that stage I was still trying to track down some culinary lavender, so I heartbreakingly … Continue reading Ginuary 24th: Gin & Lavender Dark Chocolate Truffles.
Ginuary 19th: Gin Penne Pasta.
Cooking with gin! Tonight I was determined to do a better job than my last and most tragic kitchen adventure. You can't really go too wrong with pasta sauce, especially when it's so well laid out for you like in the original recipe. I was super excited to try this and, spoiler alert, it was … Continue reading Ginuary 19th: Gin Penne Pasta.
Ginuary 13th: Cherry Crush.
This is another one of those posts that's mostly Ginuary but with a bit of "I love Tasmania", and it's because today, I went cherry-picking. Cherry Crush 45ml gin 30ml maraschino liqueur 15ml lemon juice 5 x whole (pitted) cherries Muddle four of the cherries in a bar glass with the lemon juice and … Continue reading Ginuary 13th: Cherry Crush.
Ginuary 3rd: McHenry Classic and Fat Pig Farm cordial at the Taste Festival.
Happy Thursday, Ginuary fans! Three days in already, can you believe it? I can see the month escaping us before we even know it. Today I was on location, exploring Hobart's esteemed Taste Festival for my Ginuary fix. I ended up with a very special one-off, some home made cherry and lemon verbena cordial with … Continue reading Ginuary 3rd: McHenry Classic and Fat Pig Farm cordial at the Taste Festival.
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