Category: gin
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Hot off the press
The GIN CLAN is building up quite a lot of press coverage. Here are a few of the recent newspaper cuttings (in their digital format) New book a tonic for gin loves, Aberdeen Evening Express, April 2019 Read it here Edinburgh’s gin boom: How did the Capital become the home of quality gin? Edinburgh Evening…
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Summer Garden Party
What makes gin Scottish? Find out at the Summer Gin Party on the terrace at One Square at the Sheraton, Edinburgh on Friday 12 July. Bite magazine and One Square, the bar at the Sheraton hotel, are putting on a gem of a gin event. There will be serves of One Square Gin, Garden Shed…
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World Gin Day
World gin day: time to explore Scottish gin? The GIN CLAN will guide you on your journey. Meet the gins from Scotland’s distillers and makers.
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Big Big Masterclasses
Festival date The Gin Clan author Fiona Laing will be giving masterclasses on Scottish gin at the Big Big Gin Festival at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 26 and 27 April. The festival brings together all things gin over three sessions and Fiona will join a line-up of experts for breakout sessions for festival-goers who…
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Blackwell’s launch
Gin Clan Launch event, 2 April 2019 Time to have a formal launch of The Gin Clan and Blackwell’s on the South Bridge in Edinburgh is hosting it on Tuesday 2 April. My close neighbour Leith Gin is sponsoring the event so guests will be welcomed with a G&T. You get the chance to meet…
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Edinburgh: the capital of the gin world?
I recently wrote an article to publicise The Gin Clan for the Edinburgh Evening News. People elsewhere in the world might debate the idea that Edinburgh is the capital of the gin world but it is certainly at the heart of the modern gin scene in Scotland. There are innovative makers right across the Scottish…
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A gin adventure
How did I get into this gin adventure? It all started back in my days of freelancing. And one of my editors commissioned me to write about Edinburgh Gin. For a whisky lass, who had been working with a malt distiller for a decade, this was an eye opener. All those lovely botanical flavours could…
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The Gin Clan
The Gin Clan by Fiona Laing will be published in March by Great Northern Books. Pre-order a copy here