Episode 17 - Clare Ryan from The Edge Gin

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News

• Hello and Welcome to Episode 17. Today we are talking to Clare Ryan from the Edge Gin.
• Talk about her and Mikes magical brand. Where it came from.
• Merlin the Wizard
• London Dry, L’Orange and Pear gins

Small Gin September - third week.

• Please support this event. We have had Anfield Gin, The Wandering bartender and now we have Lava Spirits.
• I interviewed Laura in episode 11 for her launch day. It was amazing fun being involved in a launch.
• Looking forward to see how progresses during the week.
• Looking good so far.
• So a scoop from Vanessa. Would not tell me the distilleries but she has revealed there are not one but two more gin brands

The City of Aberdeen Distillery Signature Gin Vote

• Enjoyed my chat with Mark @the_wanderingbartender
• Got me chatting with City of Aberdeen distillery
• Deciding on their signature gin but not doing it alone
• No they are doing it in style and getting the people of Aberdeen and friends of the distillery. Plus it has the added accolade of becoming Aberdeen’s gin
• You order a box of 4 gins for £19.99 and you taste them neat and you taste them with your preferred tonic and you get a chance to vote.
• If you need more help you can tune in to their live tasting on Saturday at 15:00 at the Taste of Grampian event.
• If you are in Aberdeen it is in the Have a tipple tent. What a great name.
• Not around it is being recorded and will be available to watch.
• The gins are made from organic alcohol which costs twice as much but worth it for the taste
• The packs are sold for another week after this weeks event and you have to till the end of the month to vote.
• Such a great way to decide your signature gin
• Please support them
• https://cityofaberdeendistillery.co.uk/products/taste-and-vote

Weekly Gin Recommendation

• Weekly Gin Recommendation - Stranger and Sons Gin
• From the third eye distillery in Goa in India comes this gin based on a mythical beast with 3 eyes and 2 tails who came upon juniper berries hidden in a sari
• My hats off to co-founders Vidur, Sakshi and Rahul
• The nose is of a London dry but there is something fresh about it probably the lemons and something spicy I think perhaps the bergamot
• Taste very smooth. Initially sweet taste then the lemon and bergamot in the middle followed by juniper and a corriander bit at the end. The whole flavour I think is heightened with the black pepper.
• I was worried that all of these ingredients together would create a very spicy gin. They are all held to together in a beautiful flavour profile.
• I tried initially with Mediterranean tonic and this creates a very pleasant G&T.
• Due to its robustness I think there are not many tonics you could not throw at this gin but my favourite is not my beloved Mediterranean but Elderflower.
• This gin is certainly smooth enough for a dry martini although I think on balance I would prefer to us it in a whole host of other cocktails.
• It was my first gin from the