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Welcome

• Hello and Welcome to Episode 38
• Are you getting value from the podcast ?
• Do I need to have more guests on ?
• Would I be better embracing lives ?
• This week live with Tristan from Massingberd Mundy

Review

• Reviews really help the podcast in a given podcast directory. So if you did have a chance to review the podcast I would be most grateful

• Weekly Gin Recommendation is Leonards Lee Gardens Botanical Gin
• Leonards Lee is very close to where I live and I was given this as Christmas by Jon and Elaine. Shout out to you two.
• It is from a really exciting gin distillery very close to me called Cabin Pressure spirits and it really embodies the true kind of country garden flavour in a lovely floral gin
• The nose of the gin has a sweet floral aroma
• The flavour profile starts with a dryness followed by a rose flavour sweetened by the honey and elongate with the chamomile. At the end of the profile you get the lavender which is a really lovely bonus.
• In tonic the flavour completely changes and the lavender really comes to the front of the profile.
• I think this would be really interesting in a cocktail with a lavender based sugar syrup of The Starlino Rose Aperitivo. The are so many interesting flavours to play off.
• I didn't think I would be saying this but this has definitely got to the top of my long buying list and one I would really recommend trying. They also do a 10cl bottle which is really good for testing purposes.

• Alcohol often is not calorific but a few cocktails are not the best thing for you but we still like to have them
• You know not great safest way to browse the internet have not internet
• Interesting experiment as I have finished quite a few of the peripheral spirits like Strawberry and Raspberry liqueurs etc could I replace them with sugar syrup
• Double whammy of sugar hit and high performance taste
• The answer is a profound yes. Less alcohol. More taste
• So I decided to buy Le Sirop de Monin. I have had their sugar syrup for ages. For the live tonight Tristan encourage me to buy one which started off this process
• If you want to know about that one you will have to listen in tonight
• Strawberry - already used in Daiquiri but would like to use in Martini. Rich taste
• Blackberry - lots of serves recently by Nessymixedit which included this
• Hibiscus - really gorgeous flavour. Bit Campriesequ dry so I have found adding additional Raspberries good idea
• Raspberry - would be ideal with Marie Jeanne or Stockport’s Pink gin. Really lovely flavour or Rhamanta
• Honey - lots of hot serves recently have had honey in. Really nice not too sweet and really runny. Does not work with pancakes as it is a bit insipid.
• Pineapple - really looking forward to using this very soon. Not quite sure how.
• So many other flavours like floral Rose, Lavender or Violet
• Coconut or Passionfruit Mango or Vanilla
• Cherry, Ginger, Lychee (Claire at The Edge Gin)
• Go out there and try them. I sincerely don’t think that you will disappointed.

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• Claire is one of the most lovely people I know and she is fantastic to talk to.
• She came on the podcast in Episode 14 and was brilliant in describing her brand
• The Edge is such a playful brand all around the Wizard at Alderley Edge. It really inspires so many people and is such an...

Whether you want to party or have a quiet night in gin will ignite

Welcome

• Hello and Welcome to Episode 37
• By far the biggest bit of news this week is still the news that Paul has left his job of 17 years.
• I am still so over the moon for him. I am also suitably impressed at their new website. It is really slick and really improves the navigation. If you have a moment why not go on and have a look.
• Sip and Share have grown past 200 members. So proud of you Kate.
• I will be going live on YouTube this time not this Friday but next Friday 19th February at 20:00. I am going to be talking with Tristan from Massingberd-Mundy all about Marie Jeanne.
• He is my instagram should this week.

Review

• Reviews really help the podcast in a given podcast directory. So if you did have a chance to review the podcast I would be most grateful

• I have always been a big fan of dill. Even when I had to chop a lot of it to add to Gravalax when I worked in Munich.
• Nose - vague smell of dill. Not the normal in your face
• Flavour profile dry slight delay then a slight acidic tone follow by a smoothness full of dill, which almost dances on your tongue and then finally you get a bit of heat from the alcohol
• I quite like it as a sipping gin. Could really see it working with a gravalax.
• With tonic, usual Mediterranean get dryness and a much clearer dill taste.
• Absolutely desperate to try this as a dirty martini. Also keen to finally try some bourbon as I think it might go very well with this. Such a fun flavour. Will keep you posted on other cocktails
• It has a proud place on my gin shelf. Thank you to The Botanical Trading Company.

• Daiquiri = Sophistication, Suarve & Panache
• Ernest Hemingway allegedly had 15 in a night. I struggle to do 4 cocktails if I am lucky before I got to sleep !!

Where did it come from ?

• Jennings Stockton Cox from the iron mines of Daiquiri in Cuba. Came up because ran out of gin ! That was very careless that would not happen to you or me.
• John F Kennedy sipped Daiquiris after beating Nixon in 1960’s
• Traditional recipe with rum I am always keen to find a good gin. This week I tried it with Rhamanta and it was really nice.
• Basic recipe 2 parts alcohol, 1 part citrus and 1/2 part sugar
• Sometime I use sugar syrup but I have just recently invested into the wide plethora of Monin syrups so I tend to use. I have got flavours from Strawberry to honey to hibiscus
• This basic recipe kind of works really for any spirit but I think it work for gin really well. These days I am a bit of a lime fan so I would probably try and mix it to that but you could easily go down the orange or the lemon route and find a suitably well chosen gin.

Gins to try it with

• Dulwich with a bit of a dill vibe
• Love with Rhamanta
• Very interested to try with Stockport Pink Edition or Twist of Lime Edition
• Would love to try with Lind and...

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Welcome

• Hello and Welcome to Episode 36
• Paul is working full time at Stockport Gin
• The Gin Guide awards are accepting applications.
• Lots of things are a foot that I can’t confirm at the moment. The podcast is changing and evolving.

Review

• Reviews really help the podcast in a given podcast directory. So if you did have a chance to review the podcast I would be most grateful

• One of the biggest questions Paul and Cheryl got asked at markets was “Do you do a pink gin ?”
• Paul and Cheryl never really intended producing a pink gin because they are not really fans because a lot pin gins in the marketplace are either full or sugar or too full of flavour.
• They finally decided to take the plunge and work on a pink gin but it had to be on their terms. They took their original gin and post infuse it with raspberries, strawberries and pomegranate.
• So is it any good ?
• It is definitely my favourite Stockport Gin and it does not surprise me that they were the winner of the flavoured gin category at the The Gin Guide Awards.
• The nose of the gin has the aroma of red fruit
• The flavour profile starts sweet followed by a burst of fruit then dryness then heat from the alcohol and finally fruit.
• The colour is slightly pink
• When you add tonic, in my case you guessed in Mediterranean tonic, you still retain the fruit and dryness flavours. It is so refreshing. I can definitely seeing this one going down a storm on a summers day !! This would work well with any premium, standard, light tonic and Elderflower but again I would avoid other tonics with strong flavours.
• This is a must have dry Martini 😀
• I have tried this in many cocktails from simple Martinis 15:1 Montogomerys to more complex Martinis to Negroni and it work in all of them. I would really like to try this in a Cosmopolitan and a strawberry or raspberry daiquiri.
• I can thoroughly recommend this gin and it has a proud place on my gin shelf.
• Thank you Paul and Cheryl for all the work you do on Instagram in particular to enhance everyone’s experience with your one liners and congratulations to Paul going full time at Stockport.

• Lets not think about what we can do for Valentines rather than what I can't
• Plan with a gin. Mine is a Massingberd Mundy Marie Jeanne
• Buy cards, flowers and gifts online
• Think about the evening
• Shop in plenty of time and don't forget the ice
• How are you going set the mood. Smart lighting or candles ?
• What are you going to start with to drink ? For me a Rhamanta Gin 1:1 with a Starlino Rose Aperitivo
• Plan your meal so you can spend time with your loved one. Think about an oven based meal.
• If you are having a takeaway then get your order in early
• Turn off your phones and Instagram and social media
• Take your time with the meal
• Decide what you are going to drink. I would suggest something like Lind and Lime or