Gin News

If London had a taste, Beefeater Gin may just be it. BEEFEATER Gin is the world's No.1 premium gin with annual sales of 2.4 million nine-litre cases, enjoyed in over 100 countries.

During the holiday season many recall memories, renew familiar family traditions and create new memories along the way.

Beefeater 24 is a new London Dry Gin that debuted last year. It follows the stringent regulations to be classified as a "London Dry," and possesses wonderful fruit and tea hints.

It is hard to doubt that for Sam Galsworthy and Fairfax Hall, lifelong friends and spirits experts who have worked at Fuller's and Diageo, founding the artisan distillery Sipsmith was what they were born to do.

I can't tell you how to make the perfect martini. No one can. For the martini is the Rorschach test of cocktails.

This afternoon, I snagged a copy of the drink list for the new Mr. Rain's Fun House from Elizabeth Large .

WHAT a lark - it's the Plymouth Songbirds' charity warble. The seasonal gig features Kat Marsh, Alex Hart, Suzie Meguillen, Lucy Walker, Amie J, Becca Langsford, Katy Hooper and Esther Alexandra.

With the arrival of the holiday and entertaining season, it's time to take a close look at your home bar.

Routine: It happens to the best of us. We go with what we know, and we hold on for dear life.

Looks like a variation on a gimlet. One of my favourite bars serves a frothy gimlet like this one.

Lately many gins have been attempting to break tradition and it has caused quite a debate in the spirit category as to what can be called gin and what is on its own.

Plymouth is the biggest city of Devon, in the United Kingdom. Located on the south coast it has a maritime and naval heritage, and also a few good sites of note.

Jeff Donahue, manager and beverage director at Province in Chicago, talks about what kind of drinks his customers want, why there's so much fuss about mixology these days and how much you can really charge for cocktails.

The evening began with talk of a "vodka backlash" occurring in New York. Too many brands, too much ubiquity, too neutral a flavor.

Diageo , the world's biggest spirits group, suddenly became the favourite tipple of thirsty punters as intoxicating rumours of an imminent major acquisition helped the shares fizz 13p higher to 1033p on turnover of 40m.

For friends who own a muddler and know how to use it: Difford's Encyclopedia of Cocktails , Galliano L'Autentico and Tanqueray London Dry Gin.

This recipe is adapted from the version in George Kappeler's 1895 Modern American Drinks .

A signature cocktail is a simple but effective way to carry out your wedding style.

Korea's oldest liquor, makgeolli, is a milky liquor that's lightly carbonated and sweet, a close cousin of sake.

Morris dancing is a joy to behold, if you like to watch guys with tall hats on their heads, and bells tied to their shins, wearing brightly colored suspenders and waving handkerchiefs in the air with one hand while banging sticks together with the other.