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Hendrik’s Orbium Gin
The name Orbium comes from the Latin plural for a circle. A name chosen to reflect the rounded character of its botanical profile. It is the first quininated gin, with the addition of bitter quinine and wormwood. The iconic black apothecary style bottle of the original has been replaced with a lotus blossom blue one.
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Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger Gin
Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger Gin is one of the most popular rhubarb gins. Its eye-catching purple bottle is a fixture on a lot of supermarkets shelves. But is its sugary sweetness all rhubarb?
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Foxy Lady
With Valentines Day approaching I thought I would have a go at mixing up a special cocktail for the occasion. What better than a pink Foxy Lady, a strawberry gin sour. Strawberries are considered aphrodisiacs and in Ancient Rome the strawberry was a symbol of Venus, the goddess of Love. And for the unromantic among you who think Valentines Day is a consumerist ploy to get us to spend money on pointless stuff such as red roses and cards then take heart, strawberries just happen to be full of Vitamin C. So there is no excuse not to indulge. But for the more romantically inclined mix up this pink delight…
