John the Poacher, an urban forager who rustles up ingredients for East London’s finest restaurants, is a great inspiration for new ideas. Two Brooks hard seltzers are crafted using only 3 ingredients, with quality and provenance at the core of the process. They use pure fruit spirit made from British apples to give them a smooth and slightly (but naturally) sweet spirit base. They then blend with gently sparkling water and only use 100% natural fruit flavourings. I want 58 Gin to be a household name. I want everyone to know who we are and what the brand stands for.

Branding squared away, it was time to find a distillery. “I wanted to stay in Angel, where I started,” Mark says. “But it was too expensive. Beyond that, I didn’t want to be working out of an industrial space in the middle of nowhere. I wanted to be part of a community, not just working on my own in a shed somewhere.” Pre-pandemic, the crew hosted festival stages at Secret Garden Party, Standon Calling, Taste of London and Rumbellion Festival, the brands 2000 person rum and reggae focussed event, held in London during September. As with all its ciders, Thatchers Blood Orange Cider is gluten free, and suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It uses natural blood orange flavour and is free from any artificial sweeteners. Thatchers Blood Orange is Thatchers’ second citrus flavoured cider. In 2020, its Cloudy Lemon Cider was launched and has proven to be a big hit with drinkers.Yes! Because there is no waste, freeze-drying ensures more of each fruit is used for drinks serving and the rest is used by the food flavouring industry, freeze-dried fruit weighs approximately 85% less than fresh, reducing carbon emissions and there is no need to refrigerate, keep in your cupboard for up to 2 years. Additionally, Diageo is offering complimentary Diageo Bar Academy Training Courses for anyone working in the drinks trade--including virtual training and learning modules for bartenders. The premium Small Batch Dry Gin recently won Silver at the 2022 World Gin Awards. Each batch consists of only 42 bottles, distilled with 14 botanicals to create its unique flavour, including fresh orange, pink grapefruit and lime, alongside Grains of Paradise, cloves and cinnamon. Carmen: I’m originally from Canada 🇨🇦 and have had an entrepreneurial spirit for as long as I can remember. I started my first business aged just six years old, making and selling Christmas wax ornaments to my friends and family – I think they knew then just how tenacious I can be! 🎄 Mirroring the company’s original Goram IPA recipe, Goram IPA Zero is an easy-to-drink and refreshing ale made with a punchy blend of English, US and New Zealand hops which balance stone fruit, citrus and bitter notes. Named after Bristol’s legendary giant, Goram IPA Zero has all the strong, big flavours of a normal IPA but without the alcohol.

They have just released some brand new flavours recently - the Strawberry Daiquiri and Peach Bellini. A classic vodka lime seltzer joins snazzy new taste pomegranate - which as its a super food means that you can enjoy a tipple and say you're doing it for your health, right? Multi-awarding winning Green Room Distillery was started in 2020 by two friends from the world of theatre, when Covid hit and stage doors closed. This year (Covid-19 restrictions allowing), the 58 Gin team has also made a pledge to plant rounds of juniper bushes at Loddington Farm for future use in its gins. The company was launched in 2014 by husband and wife team Ray and Rachel Woolhead who met whilst serving in the Royal Air Force.The US-import is a gluten-free, low calorie alcoholic sparkling water - and they're the perfect replacement for wine and beer. I wanted a Prohibition-style tattoo,” he says. So, he turned to one of the finest tattoo artists in London: legendary Mo Coppoletta of The Family Business. O’Neal added: “We’re incredibly proud of our sustainability efforts, collaborative approach to spirit making and community focus, and achieving B Corp status is wonderful, particularly given the challenges that we’ve faced during the pandemic. Don’t feel bad for us but Luxe Bible thought we better undertake the painstaking job task of tasting ALL of these gins all in the name of finding you the very best ones of 2021. Here’s 15 of the coolest luxury gins. 58 Gin – Apple and Hibiscus The Coolest Gins of 2021: 58 Gin – Apple and Hibiscus

We love these retro-style cans of gin & juice, which are made with Dorset Dry Gin, and flavoured with apple and elderflower. Throughout the pandemic, VCL Vintners saw an increase in high-end investors based in South-eastern Asian buying into whisky, anticipating the upturn in the market following the vaccine rollout and lifting of restrictions. Gin is blazing a trail in making sustainable distilling work in an urban setting. So, what’s her advice for other eco-conscious city-based distillers wanting to do more? Temi decided to celebrate by trying a real gin and tonic, and as she describes it, it was love at first taste! These delicious (and low-calorie!) spritzers come in botanical, white and pink varieties - and all are 100 per cent vegan as well.

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These delicious hard seltzers are described as a 'no-nonsense' blend of fruit, sparkling water and alcohol. Adnams brewary last year launched a range of delicious pink gin and tonic cans. They're made with Adnams Copper House Dry Gin mixed with their own tonic, plus fresh raspberry, hibiscus and juniper.