The Gin To My Tonic Club May 2021
Meet-the-Makers Virtually on Saturday 29th May 6.00pm-8.30pm

The Gin To My Tonic are back with our 5th Virtual Gin Festival of 2021. And if you haven’t heard the news, we are also the newly crowned winners of Best Virtual Gin Event at this year’s Gin Guide Awards. Sip Sip hurray! So there’s plenty to celebrate…
We are embracing some truly summery flavours this month, alongside classically distilled gins each with their own unique influences and stories. As always, we continue to champion local provenance, sustainability and sheer graft as we celebrate gins and producers that continue to push the boundaries. This month we are delighted to be joined by the creators, makers and champions of Explorer’s Gin, Penrhos Crafted Gin, Slingsby Rhubarb Gin, Sloemotion Hedgerow; Three Wrens Bloody Apricot Gin.
The weather maybe wet, but our gin is most certainly dry, so expect everything from foraging, fruit to cocktails, as we bring you a well-deserved bank holiday escape and liquid sunshine in your glass.
Whether you are a ‘Gin To My Tonic’ returnee, or this is your first time joining us, we promise to look after you….
Love,
Em & Paul – Co-Founders, Best Friends & Fellow Gin Enthusiasts
ON THE NIGHT - MIX WITH THE BEST
EXPLORER’S GIN – Fever-Tree Light Tonic & Orange or Red Grapefruit
PENRHOS CRAFT GIN – Fever-Tree Indian Tonic & Blueberries
SLINGSBY RHUBARB GIN – Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic & Raspberries
SLOEMOTION HEDGEROW GIN – Fever-Tree Indian Tonic & Green Apple
THREE WRENS BLOODY APRICOT GIN – Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic & Blood Orange / Orange
PLEASE NOTE, you may wish to purchase an additional Fever-Tree Ginger Ale to pair with Slingsby Rhubarb Gin as an alternative to the suggestion of Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic. Please substitute Raspberries for Orange in this instance.

6.00PM - 6.30PM: From The Orchards To Your Glass with Penhros Spirits
Penrhos Spirits is located on the Herefordshire Marches and is the coming together of two fruit farming families.
For many years, Founders Charlie and Dickie had often felt compelled to try and use the wasted fruit that the supermarkets refused to take, before stumbling across the genius idea of making gin. For the longest time they had been gin lovers, and one day they just asked themselves…. why not? Their wives Sally and Kate soon realised this was more than a mid-life crisis and joined the team.

6.30PM - 7.00PM: The Slingsby Experience with Slingsby of Harrogate

Slingsby Gin is an ultra-premium, award-winning gin brand based in the North Yorkshire spa town, Harrogate. Since launching Slingsby London Dry Gin in August 2015, Slingsby has received more than 75 industry awards from around the world for its products and the full range now includes seven variants including three fruit flavoured gins, Rhubarb, Gooseberry and Marmalade, alongside an Old Tom Gin, Navy Strength Gin and a Vodka.
The Spirit of Harrogate flagship store and experience is located in the historic Montpellier Quarter of Harrogate. Visitors can sample the award-winning Slingsby spirits, discover the range of developmental gins and enjoy two unique gin experiences, including distilling your own personalised bottle of gin on one of the mini copper stills.
7.00PM - 7.30PM: Era of Discovery with Downton Distillery
Downton Distillery is a micro-distillery located in Wiltshire between Salisbury and Fordingbridge on the River Avon.
Wiltshire has a rich tapestry of history dating back to the Middle Stone Age. A prehistoric settlement was found in the area of Downton dating back to 4,000BC. Since then, the Romans, Britons, Saxons, Vikings and Normans have all found themselves within this small village of Downton. However, the inspiration came from a character who was an adventurer, explorer, privateer, soldier, poet and a court favourite of Queen Elizabeth 1; his name was Sir Walter Raleigh. The queen gave him Downton manor as his first grace and favour property.
In 1584, Queen Elizabeth I provided him with a warrant to explore the New World, now America. When she came to stay at the manor in 1586, it was extended by Sir Walter Raleigh in order to make her stay as comfortable as possible. To do this, he towed one of his ships up the Avon to Downton, where it was dismantled, and the timber was used to build the great hall. The hull is in one of the bedrooms.

7.30PM- 8.00PM: Celebrating the Hedgerows of North Yorkshire

Founded in 2002, Sloemotion Distillery is an artisan business creating great tasting spirits and liqueurs. They are based at Green Farm, in the village of Barton-le-Willows, just north of York and near to the market town of Malton, Yorkshire’s food capital.
The business began almost by accident, when a farming initiative to improve wildlife habitats resulted in an abundance of sloes. To Joff Curtoys, an ecologist by training, who had grown up drinking his father’s home-made Sloe Gin, an idea began to take shape and Sloemotion was born.
The fields, rich meadows, woodlands and especially the tangled hedgerows in North Yorkshire provided the inspiration for the business and are still at the heart of every decision made.
8.00PM - 8.30PM: A World First with Three Wrens Distillery
Three Wrens are a beautiful boutique distillery nestled in woodland in rural Cheshire, located opposite a 12th century class with famous botanical gardens. As a small team three, they are the epitome of innovative style and creativity and pride themselves on creating premium single shot distilled gins in a copper pot still with a vapour basket. Lead by Master Distiller Nick Wadeson, they produce a range of world firsts such as Apple Crumble, Raspberry Modena Cask and Bison Grass to name but a few. The latest creation to join the Three Wren’s family is their Blood Orange & Apricot edition, which has become their best selling gin since it’s launch. Nicknamed ‘Bloody Apricot Edition’ this new release is distilled with juniper, dried blood orange, ginger, sweetgrass, apricot and coriander seeds.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FEVER TREE

Fever-Tree began in 2003 with a meeting of minds and one simple premise: if three quarters of your G&T is the tonic, wouldn’t you want it to be the best?
It became apparent that Charles and Tim had both come to the same conclusion – namely that the growing prevalence and popularity of premium spirits had not been matched by what was on offer in the tonic category.
From the very beginning, Charles and Tim approached their business in a different way – there would be no compromise at Fever-Tree. Flavour and quality were of the utmost importance. This mindset led them on an 18-month adventure from the archives of the British Library to facing the wrong end of a Kalashnikov in the Democratic Republic of Congo and concluded with the launch of our Premium Indian Tonic Water in 2005, with the belief we still operate by today.. If 3/4 of your drink is a mixer, mix with the best. As well as quality, Charles and Tim wanted to put the choice back into the category.
The whole company has been built on innovation. Constantly developing new mixers, new flavours, new ideas, thus creating, an array of flavours to pair with the myriad of premium Gins, Vodkas, Whisky’s and Vermouths.
SAVE THE DATE
We are back on Saturday 26th June 6pm-8.30pm where we’ll be enjoying FIVE new gin creations.
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