J.J. Whitley Nettle Gin, 70cl 10015536

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We’d drink Tarquin’s Seasonal special all year long. Better than Christmas cake in a bottle, this gin tastes like nutmeg, cinnamon, marmalade, glacé cherries and almonds – yum! This Blood Orange Gin is the latest addition to the range… and judging by how good Malfy Con Limone is, we are sure that it will not disappoint! We can see ourselves making lots of Negronis with this one – it’s a dangerous one. Kew Gardens Organic Gin Having already made their mark on the local gin scene in Stirling with their Stirling Gin Festival in 2014, which was met with critical acclaim, June and Cameron McCann noticed one thing was missing – a gin from Stirling with local botanicals. This started the wheels in motion and whilst out walking their dog and discussing potential botanicals they realised the answer was literally all around them – the Stirlingshire nettle.

To make I collected approximately 40 nettle tops, which I washed and dried in a salad spinner, and then popped in a jar with the zest of 2 lemons. Why the perfect pairing? The orange gin is strong enough to hold the sweet hibiscus; together they make for a full bodied long serve. We loved it so much we served it at our Good taste launch party. At Rose Cottage Drinks we focus on what we do best and our deliciousfruits and floral flavours are compounded with the finestgin. Ingredients: 35ml J.J. Whitley London Dry Gin, 100ml Lamb & Watt Original Tonic Water, 10ml freshly squeezed lemon juice, 35ml cranberry juice and a lime wedge to garnish We try to despatch all products by Royal Mail second class post within 3 working days. If you are purchasing for a birthday try using the note box to send them a birthday wish and we will enclose a postcard with your text handwritten. Also let us know the birthday date and if its time critical we will try to make sure it arrives on time, by early despatch, or upgrading you to first class post.We haven’t tried this one yet but we’d love to… how beautiful does it look?! Dodd’s Gin partnered up with Kew Gardens in London to make produce Kew Gardens Organic Gin. Its peculiarity stands in using seasonal flora from Kew Gardens as part of the 42 botanicals that come from all around the world. Ingredients: 35ml Whitley Neill Quince Gin, 100ml Lamb & Watt Cucumber Tonic Water, 2 squeezes fresh lemon juice, 2 squeezes fresh lime juice, 10ml Elderflower cordial, cucumber to garnish Method: Serve long over ice and garnish with a thin slice of ginger and a wedge of lemon. Whitley Neill Quince Gin with Lamb & Watt Cucumber Tonic Why the perfect pairing? Nettle and basil complement each other beautiful with subtle earthy and peppery notes. Ingredients: 35ml Liverpool Valencian Orange Gin, 125ml Lamb & Watt Hibiscus Tonic Water, 25ml freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice, 1 tsp pomegranate seeds, grapefruit zest to garnish

Lamb & Watt Basil Tonic is beautiful and herbaceous yet with a hit of natural quinine that leaves you in no doubt you are drinking a tonic; the basil lasts well and leaves behind a satisfying dry finish. It has a pleasant earthy taste, and you definitely know its nettle based, with a taste reminiscent of the Nettle Cordial we made last year. Why the perfect pairing? This tonic pulls forward and complements the juniper in this gin to offer a classical G&T – it is also fantastic with a splash of cranberry juice. Why the perfect pairing? The basil complements the flavours of this gin without overpowering the rhubarb or the ginger, meaning you won’t miss a thing. There are young nettles wherever we look at the moment, here in our part of the UK. I’m not sure when it crossed my mind to try and make a liqueur from them, but the seed got planted so I decided to give it a go.

Our Nettle Liqueur is definitely a more earthy affair than that, but is equally simple to make, and really tastes rather good. Over the 48 hours our infusion got progressively darker, and to be honest I expected it to taste pretty disgusting when I tried it, but in fact it tastes really rather good. JJ Whitley have produced a rather unique gin made using nettles, not the first botanical that comes to your mind when you think of gin! It is interesting, in a delicious way. Imagine the fresh smell you get walking in a forest on a summer evening when the sun comes out after the rain bottled… If you’ve not tried it yet we suggest you get yourself a bottle of JJ Whitley Nettle Gin!