There are some unusual flavours featured in this bunch of drinks reviews including the under appreciated elderberry, sea buckthorn and gooseberry…
Author - Nick
Blend it like Britain: a taste of the nation’s favourite teas...
UK tea growers Tregothnan have teamed up with water purification experts Brita to create a tea blend based on the nation's favourite tea flavours…
Interview: Urban foraging and whiskey cocktail making with John...
Foraging expert John Rensten has teamed up with Bushmill's to create cocktails using ingredients foraged in urban locations. Sounds like our kind of...
New booze round-up #9: Father’s Day whisky
Father's Day brings out booze marketeers in full force looking to plug their brands, with whisky often leading the charge. Here's a pick of the...
New booze round-up #8: World Gin Day
June 8 is World Gin Day and thre's a lot of new gins aroud for fans to try. We've been sent a few, along with a classic French gin. Find one you...
Wormwood and the making of vermouth
Wormwood is one of our favourite garden plants, not least because it's used in the making of vermouth, a summer sipping aperitif that's on the...
We’re going wild for bees: our new natural hive to attract...
Want to have more bees on your allotment or garden but don't want the fuss of a regular bee hive? Then a natural 'Gardeners Beehive' could be the...
New booze round-up #7: Low- and no-alcohol beers (and shandy)
We've recently got our chops around four new low alcohol beers, ranging from 0.4% to 3%ABV. And one of them is a rare thing – a pre-packaged shandy.
Brewing beer with a Joule Sous Vide
Until a few months ago we didn't know what a Sous Vide was. Now we've brewed a yarrow beer with it and here's how it works…
Interview: The Old Dairy Brewery – a taste of Kent’s...
The Old Dairy Brewery uses local Kent hops to brew an excellent range of beers. We caught up with brewery manager Ginny Hodge to find out about the...