A cracking day’s gin tasting yesterday @junipalooza for World Gin Day. Great to bump into some old friends but also meet loads of new faces on the gin scene. Just when you thought the market might be over saturated there are some genuinely excellent, interesting things still being revealed. Top marks go to @warnersgin from Northamptonshire who use fresh farm-grown ingredients picked only two months of the year in their lemon balm gin (the honeybee edition is worth a go too), lots of samphire being used (@tarquinsgin) and despite potentially gimmicky packaging the rock samphire and cucumber makes @mermaidgin from the Isle of Wight a real treat. Estonian @junimperium have a very dedicated barman in their recently-borne fold-boasting two sleeve tattoos of this baby label (a mere 4mths old)... umami, lemon meringue pie and @caorunngin raspberry seed (not sweet at all) some other highlights. Top festival of some truly exploratative #gin #worldginday #worldginday2019 #junipalooza #tobaccodock #samphire #scotland #ginandtonic #filthymartini #flavour #power #disruptive #distillation @luceerascal 🍸🍋🌿 (at Tobacco Dock Venue LTD) https://www.instagram.com/p/BygX6WUnADj/?igshid=ctqstw0p6tsh
