Tag: gin
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Gin families
It sometimes seems that the current love affair with gin is a UK wide phenomenon but there are different forces at work in different places. Yorkshire Day (1 August) seemed like a good time to compare the gin scenes from the areas of my two books. My thoughts are in the article posted on the…
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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
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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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A whisky lass?
A whisky lass? Cards on the table: my malt heritage is rather unconventional – I have been a public relations consultant for an Indian malt whisky distiller. I had just left a PR job with a multi-national electronics company when an industry contact suggested I met a friend of hers who was looking for some…
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