[Ad- gifted product] Sue Telford has written a new book called How to Drink Gin – which contains all sorts of information on gin; from various gin types to how to make garnishes, you’ll have everything you need to know if you like gin. Not only does this book touch on sipping gin vs mixing gin, but it also provides a lot of tips and subtle differences between loads of different aspects of drinking, making, and mastering the art of gin. It’s a great book for someone who enjoys gin and wants to start making their own cocktails or someone who likes to entertain and would like to start with gin! There are lots of information on the methodology of mixology, rather than just being a recipe book. Personally, we tend to like citrus drinks, so when it came to covering one of Telford’s recipes, we went for the Spiced Clementine Gin Fizz.
The Spiced Clementine Gin Fizz has an almost sherbet taste, being on the sweet and botanical side, which is probably a combination of the citrus and the cloves, possibly leaning on the botanical from the gin. The syrup flavor is very present – it’s a really fun drink – one that would be good for entertaining, as apposed to a drink for late in the evening.
As this cocktail used soda water, we used tonic water provided by Yorkshire Tonic, as apart of our cocktails made with Yorkshire Tonic series.
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