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What is your Christmas cocktail going to be ?

So this is released on Friday so we have exactly one week to get into the Christmas spirit

Review

Reviews really help the podcast in a given podcast directory. So if you did have a chance to review the podcast I would be most grateful

Weekly Gin Recommendation - Pitwheel Distillery Classic Dry

I have always been a real fan of Pitwheel distillery and it seems only fitting when reviewing 2020 to highlight this wonderful gin brand.
Even though I had small batch gins it was not until I started tasting this gin that I realised how different craft gins are.
This was also the first gin that I tasted neat.
The nose of the gin has that familiar London Dry aroma and does not give any indication how special this gin actually is.
On tasting it neat you get a dryness followed by a very, very subtle citrus flavour which reminds me of a very subtle parma violet taste on your palette.
The taste is so smooth I would be quite happy to have this as a sipping gin.
I tested this with Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic as usual and it created a very pleasant G&T. It would work well with a standard light tonic or Elderflower. It may even work with a hibiscus based tonic given that this is one of the key botanicals.
This definitely has the smoothness for a dry martini but would not work for me personally.
The palette is quite delicate so I would be careful what I paired it with cocktail wise. Maybe a lime based Tom Collins would be a good call.
This is a gin which will be added to my long list of gin wants and is not on my gin shelf yet but I anticipate it will be in the future finances permitting

Merry Christmas

So I thought I would review the year and wish you a very Merry Christmas all at the same time.
So before I review the year I would like to thank all of you for taking your valuable time to listen in to me and my guests.
I have managed to connect quite a few people together this year and I am really pleased about that.

Negativity

There has been some negativity, especially related to Vanessa @nessejay91 who got here account shutdown for a while due to an unnecessary investigation because she was reported for impersonating somebody.
Also Kate from @sipandshareuk had a troll which caused her no end of issues on some of her lives.
I am glad to say that both of them talked about this and showed such strength through all of this and I am so proud of both of them.
I am also so pleased that they hooked up and are doing a live with Charles and Mike on Monday 21st December 2020 at 20:00 which is really exciting.

2020 Review

Nikki Mendes @theonlywayisgin

Nikki Mendes was my first guest and she was planning to get her gin school, signature gin and distillery...