Funny Gin Girl All The Way Jolly Christmas T Shirt

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After identifying the most intriguing flavours, Dan and his team went on to develop 60 different recipes. It took a fair bit of drinking and friendly debate amongst the four of them, but eventually, they were able to whittle it down to their top three. All three were beautiful liquids, but with the help of local flavour experts, they chose the winner.

Chair of the judging panel, Adam Hardie, Partner and Head of Food and Drink at Johnston Carmichael, said: “It continues to be a very tough and challenging year but many are not just surviving but excelling. Advent calendars have taken off so much in the last few years that they are often more luxurious than the presents you receive on Christmas Day – particularly the recent craze for beauty advent calendars, some of which contain gifts worth hundreds of pounds. There are also some amazing chocolate advent calendars and plenty of other food advent calendars, from cheese to candyfloss, or Christmas hampers if you’re gifting.In the highly sought-after taste competition, 11 Gold Medals were presented with Edinburgh Gin collecting two gold medals. Premium drinks mixer brand, Fever-Tree, is always a hit with gin – all of its tonics are made with quinine sourced from original Cinchona ledgeriana trees (or 'fever trees'), with endless flavours to choose from.

To make a Sloe Gin Fizz, you simply add some lemon juice and sugar syrup, shake it up, decant it into a glass with fresh ice, and then top it up it with soda water. 8. Hot Gin Old Fashioned Gone are the days when cheap and cheerful chocolate advent calendars were the only option: these days, you'll find plenty of luxe designs filled with boozy treats behind each door with some of the best gin advent calendars around. Christmas is a time for indulgence and what better way to embrace that than spoiling yourself with one of the best alcohol advent calendars of 2023? Whether your preference is gin, wine, whisky or even alcohol-free beer, there’s plenty of choice online from mainstream brands like BrewDog and Laithwaites to lesser known craft options. Almost 200 gins - all distilled in Scotland - were blind tasted this year and medals awarded in 11 categories.This 1920s gin-laced sour is a tour de force that combines the zesty tartness of good gin, bitter orange botanicals and lemon juice, which are beautifully tamed by rich egg white that adds a silken texture for sophisticated sipping. 5. Gin & Tonic The ultimate award, Scottish Gin Distillery of the Year, was presented for a second year in a row to North Uist Distillery. They also collected the award for Best New Product of the Year for their Downpour Coast & Croft Gin. The Scottish Gin Awards have revealed gin brands which have successfully achieved medal status in 2023, following the awards dinner in Glasgow this month.

First of all, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the snowball – an acquired taste maybe, but if mixed well, this drink which uses Advocaat, is a wonderfully refreshing long festive drink. Serve with a glace cherry of course. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ If you'd rather avoid the beer bloat, then a spirit-filled calendar is perfect for a daily treat in the lead-up to Christmas. Beinn an Tuirc Distillers, South Loch Gin and Linlithgow Distillery also won multiple taste medals.

Gintrigued? Read on for our selection of the best gin advent calendars available to buy now. Best Gin Advent Calendar At a Glance The results are highly regarded as they are independently audited by a panel of experts and judged live in a rigorously assessed blind tasting event. The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on, so buying an advent calendar should be high on your to do list. After all, there's only a few weeks until the first advent door needs opening. These days there's more choice than ever, so if you're a little tired of the traditional chocolate advent calendar, (though it's hard to imagine how) consider your alternatives. It combines 60ml gin, 120ml blood orange syrup, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice, which is shaken up, poured into a Champagne flute or tumbler, charged with Prosecco, and garnished with sliced blood oranges. 12. Hot Toddy It combines 45ml gin, 15ml sugar syrup, 2 dashes of orange bitter, and 45ml of boiling water with a twist of orange. You gently heat the gin, syrup, and bitters in a saucepan, add the boiling water, and serve it in a heat-proof serving container like a teacup or a tankard, with an orange twist as garnish. 9. Christmas Negroni