Gin

If there's one clear Spirit trend in the recent years, it is the rise of gin. From a cheap spirit to a refined spirit for fashionable cocktails, the gin journey has been fascinating.

The festival celebrated international and Indian mixologists. It also had some amazing pop-up restaurants and a lineup of musicians!

Gin, lemons, sugar and mint: a simple but effective formula for the perfect alcoholic lemonade, from Felicity Cloake's perfect picnic.For a non-alcoholic version, replace the gin with 150ml elderflower cordial.Serves 10-20 8 unwaxed organic lemons, ...

Got some cheap vodka, a good stock of spices and a jar? Then you can make your own gin.

For many of us, there is only one summer cocktail: the gin and tonic.But this summer is shaping up as an opportune time for devotees to pause and add a new twist to their warm-weather ...

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If you have a fragrant summer bounty of herbs from your kitchen garden or are just driven to try devilishly delicious recipes with secret ingredients to keep your guests guessing, then 'its past time to ...

The gin in your tonic was first used to mask the bitter taste of medicinal quinine.

Homebrew wines may not amuse as ales do, but its hard to turn up your nose at a sloe gin.

Are bloody marys the only thing to drink before lunch, or a weird hybrid of soup and snifter? Do you prefer yours with gin or vodka - or neither - and why do we order ...