In a very gin-centric week, people up and down the country have been panicking about the reported shortage of the spirit while also getting excited at the prospect of a gin advent calendar.
And, while all around me people have been losing their sh*t in various ways, I couldn’t be more confused. I had thought that it was commonly accepted that gin was the scourge of the alcohol world but somehow, whilst I have been naively drinking cocktails that DON’T taste of Dettol, its popularity has snuck up.
Before gin starts to take over the world, it’s time we held our hands up, hung back on the enthusiastic cucumber slicing and just saw the turpentine-esque… Read the full story