I recently happened upon St. George Spirits at Canard, one of my favorite craft cocktail bars. As I often do, I look at a bar’s gin selection and see if there’s any I haven’t tasted. In this case, I was excited to find out they actually had three gins from …
Several months ago, I was in a popular cocktail bar and, as one often does (it’s not just me, right!?), ordered a drink of which I didn’t know/understand half the ingredients. One of the listed items was a shrub. I paused a bit at that, wondering if I was going to …
You know that saying “you can’t judge a book by it’s cover”? The Velvet Tango Room in Cleveland, Ohio, was a double whammy for me. I’ve been visiting Cleveland – well technically the suburbs of Cleveland – for 20+ years, visiting family. For years, the visits were focused around weddings, …
Gin lover or gin novice – have I got the resource for you! Shortly after I started this blog, I created a Twitter account for Ginerations and kept seeing @GinventoryApp referenced by established gin distillers, enthusiasts, and bloggers; so naturally I had to check them out! I downloaded the free app …
“What exactly is it?” A question I kept hearing as I started to talk with my friends about my growing passion for gin. It’s a funny question, as I’ve never heard anyone ask the same about vodka, rum, or many other of the popular spirits. I think it goes back to …