Category: gin
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New arrival
Gins of the North West From the Solway Firth in the north to the River Dee in the south and from the Pennines in the east to the coast, the North West of England’s wealth of gins and distilleries are the focus. Discover the gins of Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Manchester and Liverpool. order the book…
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Next project
ginadaymay2022 May was the now traditional feast of gin news and views in Gin A Day May, so I took the opportunirty to break off form my current project to share some news: Day 3 #book Exclusive for #ginadaymay2022 followers. I’m now working on my third book – and no surprise it’s about gin (again).…
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A Ding for Gin 2021
I enjoyed posting for #GinADayMay again this year but only managed 11 posts this time. Still, I thought it would be good to collect the posts to look back at in the future. These are from Instagram as they were more detailed and the #hashtags have mainly been removed. (Some were on Twitter as well).…
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Ae fond kiss?
TONIC REVIEW: Find out if Walter Gregor has “ae fond kiss” on Burns Night To celebrate Burns Night, a little bit of experimentation with a liquid accompaniment for the haggis. I’ve gathered three Scottish potato-based spirits and the recently launched neep-flavoured tonic water from Walter Gregor, the Aberdeenshire mixer maker. The vodka and gin I’ve…
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Gold-plated backstage pass
As an author and journalist, I am often allowed to see behind the scenes – the things people don’t often get to see – and usually I write about them. Now, I’ve put my inside knowledge to good use by making a podcast and sharing my backstage pass with listeners. For my very first podcast,…
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Author escape – Angus
NEXT ADVENTURE I sent the last text for my next book Yorkshire’s Gins to the publisher in January, and immediately set off to the East Coast of Scotland to do research for some articles based around the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath, the document asking the Pope to recognise Scotland’s independence and acknowledge…
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Yorkshire’s Gins
WHAT THE GIN CLAN DID NEXT A year ago, a comprehensive guide to Scottish gins made its appearance on the bookshelves. Now Fiona Laing, the author of The Gin Clan, has surveyed all the gins of Yorkshire. Using the same approach as The Gin Clan, Fiona has profiled all the members of Yorkshire’s gin distilling clan who make their own…
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Virtual journeys 1
On a Borders Breather The writing of The Gin Clan was pretty intense at times, but it was a delight to be transported to different parts of Scotland. These virtual journeys often brought back happy memories of real visits. As I was writing up the profile of the Lilliard ginnery, I recalled a trip to…
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Festival time
Author on the stage at Edinburgh Foodies 2 August
The GIN CLAN 