Episode 30 - Review of 2020

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• Hello and Welcome to Episode 30

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

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Weekly Gin Recommendation

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

2020 Review

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

• So now I wanted to look back at the guests that I have had on the show.

Nikki Mendes @theonlywayisgin

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