The First Lady of Mixology
Audrey Saunders’s energy is as invigorating as her cocktails. Juliet Lawrence Wilson meets a woman of integrity and passion...

The Best Is Yet To Come
UK mixologist Charlotte Voisey is taking the USA by storm and she tells Gintime about her Stateside adventures...

Dancin' and Drinkin'
Miss Martini catches up with cocktail loving, husky voiced, legend, Lenny Love as he prepares for the month long marathon that is the Edinburgh Festival. With his swinging tunes and eclectic style, Lenny Love never fails to get hipsters on the dance floor at his Vegas club at top festival spot, the Famous Spiegel Tent...

Here comes the sun!
At Gintime we like our summer cocktails long, cool and fresh. These recipes are as sophisticated as the classic G&T with a dash of elegance and more than a measure of glamour. Enjoy on a deckchair and serve an aroma of fresh cut grass on the side. Perfect for Wimbledon!

Peculiarly Potent Cocktails at Tempus
Chris Deacon from Tempus in Edinburgh tells Gintime about his explosive new cocktail list...

Sean Excels
Sean Harrison is in charge at the UK’s oldest Gin Distillery and is savouring every moment. Juliet Lawrence Wilson meets him...

Lipstick, Cocktails and Burlescapes
Miss Lilly White shares her secrets with Miss Martini...

It's always time for tea at The Hoxton Pony
Gerry Calabrese takes time out from opening Shoreditch’s latest bar to talk to Gintime about, tea parties, pie and mash and rock n’ roll...

It doesn't get better!
Nick Blacknell, Beefeater Brand Director, gives Juliet Lawrence Wilson the low down on Cowboys, Marilyn and his iconic brand....

The Great Edinburgh Cocktail Trail
Edinburgh is now recognised as having the best bars in the UK outside London. George Street and its environs is the epicentre of the cocktail scene and the best place to start...

Desmond Payne, Master Distiller for Beefeater
Desmond Payne, Master Distiller for Beefeater, celebrated 40 years in the industry in September 2007. Gintime got the lowdown from the world's most experienced gin...

What's in a name - London Dry Gin
Nowadays most bottles of high quality gin, the kind Gintime is interested in, will carry the wording 'London Dry Gin' on the label. Why London and why Dry?

Forza Italia!
The Negroni is la dolce vita in a glass summoning up images of all that is best about Italy and the Italian way of life. It's an exquisitely simple drink made from gin, Campari and sweet vermouth either in equal parts, or a 2:1:1 ratio. And, this taste explosion is one of the few classic cocktails whose provenance can be traced to a specific time and place...

Seasons's Drinking

Drinking seasonally is fast becoming as commonplace as eating seasonally making full use of ingredients that are available locally in abundance. Now, just as restaurants change their menus to reflect the different seasons, so too do the best bars who feature a range of winter drinks from hot toddies to spicy martinis...

Sloeing down for winter

Sloe Gin is a British liqueur, which is traditionally drunk neat as a warming drink in winter. It's a combination of gin and sloe berries, the fruit of prunus spinosa, the blackthorn tree that...

Matching food with Plymouth Gin »
Plymouth Gin has invited celebrity chef James Tanner and his brother and culinary partner Chris, to create an exclusive collection of easy, mouth-watering recipes inspired by...

Blackwood's Vintage 60 »
Blackwood's have come up with something completely different. In fact it's a whole new way of thinking about gin...

Gintime's Top Party Tips »
Whether you're having a few friends over for drinks or hosting a big bash, serving stylish gin cocktails and food to match is the best way to impress.

The Iconic Martini »
Where the Martini came from, as with everything else to do with it, is a minefield of rumour and disinformation.

Dutch Courage, by Geraldine Coates »
Distilling with juniper in Europe almost certainly goes back to the 11th century when the monks of Salerno in Italy were making medicinal potions

Gin Palaces »
In the 19th Century the consumption of beer was actively encouraged as a counterpart to the gin mania of the last century

GORDON'S Gin^® at the Cutting Edge »
Geraldine Coates, editor of Gintime, takes a look at the new Gordon's Distiller's Cut.

London Dry? - Not Always »
By the early part of the twentieth century, Greenall's was supplying hundreds of local public houses, inns and hotels with its wines and spirits.

Gintime visits the Hendrick's Gin Distillery »
As all gin lovers know, every brand of premium gin has its own complex and sophisticated range of aromas and tastes.

Gin Madness - We've Been Here Before »
The urban poor of London took to gin like ducks to water. And, although gin was drunk by both sexes, it developed a strong female association

Plymouth Gin - The Adventurer »
Plymouth's export trade was jumpstarted over 250 years ago by the Royal Navy.