Muddle Magazine June 2018

ISSUE 11 - Gin Edition

June 2018 - £4.95 FEATURED SPIRIT

Drinks For Dad Treat your father to a tipple

INVENTIVE GARNISHES

Add the finishing touch to your gin cocktails

GIN & ELDERFLOWER CUPCAKES Bake a batch of gin-soaked cakes

INSID E : 6 O ’ C LO C K GIN | BR AM L E Y & G AG E | B OT TLEGREEN | GINTENSIF Y

MUD DLE

Is s ue No . 11 - Th e Gi n Ed i t i o n

Chin-chin, let June be-gin!

Editor: Claire White

If you hadn’t already guessed it, we’re celebrating all things gin with our juniper-infused edition of Muddle Magazine.

Contributors: Claire White Stephen Spiers Josue Romero Paul Toulson

The start of this month marks World Gin Day, a global celebration of all things gin, so we’re equipped with insider gin knowledge, hints, tips and tricks for you to raise a gin or two.

Photography: Josue Romero Paul Toulson

Why limit your celebrations to just one day? We’ve teamed up with food blogger Paul Toulson who has shared a delicious cupcake recipe inspired by our June Cocktail Club tipple, the Elderflower Buzz, so you can add some booze to your summer baking.

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Alongside our Cocktail Club inspired tips, cocktail instagrammer Josue Romero has shared his advice for discovering innovative and unconventional garnishes to make your cocktails picture perfect.

After all, it’s never too early for gin o’clock...

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Cheers, Claire

INSIDE MONTH’S

THIS BOX

6 O’clock Gin

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Welco me A L et t er From Tippl e Tow ers

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Insi de Thi s Mo nth’s Box

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Ti ppler’s Tren ds U K Gin Fest iva l s Bot t l es & Ba rs

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Ti ppler’s Tales Drin k s for Da d

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Ti ppler’s Ti me 6 O’ c l oc k Gin Bot t l eg reen Bra ml ey & Ga g e

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Ti ppler’s Treats Gin t en sify

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Ti ppler’s Ti ps & Tri cks In ven t ive Ga rn ishes

Fever-Tree encapsulate tastes from across the globe with their mixer alternatives, the Madagascan cola and the Sicilian lemonade.

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Ti ppler’s Treasu res El derfl ow er Buzz Cupc a kes

Fentimans Ginger Beer

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Ti ppler’s To ast Compet it ion Time #Ta gMyTippl e

A juniper-led gin, 6 O’clock is a smooth gin created in a custom-built copper pot still using seven botanicals including coriander and angelica.

Bramley & Gage Liqueurs

Made in small batches, Bramley & Gage use the best quality fruit to create their delicious liqueurs using traditional recipes passed through generations.

Bottlegreen Elderflower Cordial

The original bottlegreen elderflower cordial is a light, crisp and distinctive cordial which is free from artificial colours, flavours and sweeteners.

Tiptree Pure Honey

Using a blend of Chinese Acacia and Fennel Honey, Tiptree have produced a smooth and sweet honey.

Fever-Tree Mixers

A traditionally brewed ginger beer with a complex taste, Fentimans Ginger Beer is made using the finest natural ginger root, producing a fiery and full of flavour drink.

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TIPPLER’S TRENDS

U K G I N F E S T I VA L S J U N I P E R F E S T I VA L June 1st - June 3rd Juniper Festival will return to Edinburgh’s Summerhall for three days of gin sampling. From the Distillers Room inviting you to chat with experts and sip on samples to Masterclasses and Laboratory Tasting experiences, day tickets cost £20 and include access to all gins, masterclasses and a G&T of your choice.

G I N F E S T I VA L N E W C A S T L E

June 8th - 10th

The UK’s biggest gin festival will make its way to Newcastle Racecourse with gins from across the world, including exclusive bottles you won’t find anywhere else. Alongside gin sampling, you can take part in gin-infused masterclasses while enjoying live music and tucking into delicious food.

W O R L D G I N D AY L O N D O N

June 7th - 10th

London will celebrate World Gin Day with a three day celebration across the capital. Teaming up with 75 of London’s best bars, you can purchase a digital pass which will give you access to gin pop-ups and parties, alongside exclusive access to £6 cocktails in the bars for World Gin Day pass holders.

J U N I PA L O O Z A

June 9-10th

London’s Tobacco Dock will play host to another edition of Junipalooza, with over 60 gin distilleries in attendance. With a strict owner or maker policy, you can chat direct to the distiller. Equipped with your tasting glass and show guide, your ticket allows you to sample gins (responsibly) from across the world, alongside access to masterclasses, a ‘World of Gin’ room and gin cocktails at the bespoke cocktail bar.

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TIPPLER’S TRENDS

BOTTLES & BARS BAR IN BLOOM

The team behind luxury garden shop The Chelsea Gardener have opened a new cafe with botanical-inspired cocktails from Stefano Zampieri, the former head bartender at Berkeley’s Blue Bar and The Corinthia’s Bassoon Bar. The cocktail menu is set to blossom with exclusive drinks including the Gardener’s Iced Tea and a Dandelion and Burdock Old Fashioned.

Find The Chelsea Courtyard at 151 Sydney Street.

F R O M T H E C A R I B B E A N T O C O R N WA L L

Lyme Bay Winery has launched a new spiced rum. The Caribbean inspired rum is aged in bourbon-charred oak barrels with a full spice profile including nutmeg, orange peel, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla. Toning down the sweetness and vanilla taste, the rum has been created with mixers and cocktails in mind.

Lugger Rum is available direct from Lyme Bay priced at £38.50.

THREE BARS IN ONE

Southam Street is a new multi-venue space in London with bespoke cocktail menus for each level. The tequila and Mezcal Parlour will flow with Margaritas and Picantes, the Sake bar features Japanese inspired cocktails and the ground floor bar and terrace serves up fizzy cocktails and classic twists. It’s time to discover your new favourite drink under one roof.

Head to 36 Golborne Road for a tipple or two.

C O O K I N G C O C K TA I L S

Putney’s pop up venture Bar Canek invites you to ‘cook’ cocktails El Cartel style, inspired by the Colombian party scene. The interactive experience will teach you how to mix your own cocktails using laboratory equipment to create drinks using dry ice, bubbles and whipped cream with themed tipples from a specially curated menu.

Book your masterclass at Bar Canek via CanekBar.com

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T I P P L E R ’ S TA L E S

DRINKS FOR DAD GROG OLD FA S H I O N E D

SMOKE & SOUR

BANANA CO

LONDON

GLASGOW

YORK

The Pirate’s Grog Rum Bar will pop up at Taste of London from 13th to 17th June serving up a twist on the traditional Old Fashioned for Dad. Combining Pirate Grog’s Five Year Rum, Pedro Ximenez Sherry and orange and chocolate bitters.

Head to Ubiquitous Chip for a twist on the traditional whiskey sour. Aelder liqueur has created a cocktail infusion combining the liqueur with Islay whisky, lemon juice and egg white, shaking up a smooth cocktail with balanced notes of fruit, peat and citrus.

Banyan in York s version on the tradi combining Santa Ter Kanu coconut lique pineapple juice, bou banana foam.

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Forget the stereotypical beer, we reckon Dad deserves to be treated to an alternative tipple this Father’s Day. We’ve discovered some of the top cocktails across the UK waiting to be sipped for the Sunday celebration.

OL ADA

shakes up its own itional Pina Colada, resa Claro with Koko eur, lime, milk and und together with a

TWISTED ESPRESSO MARTINI

BRAMBLE

MANCHESTER

CARDIFF

Manchester’s Vesper is renowned for its signature cocktail menu including this twisted tipple, featuring Jim Beam bourbon, white chocolate and caramel espresso.

Step back in time with a 1980’s classic cocktail with Cardiff’s 10 Feet Tall.

The cocktail bar has created a nod to the quintessentially British cocktail combining Beefeater Gin with citrus and blackberry liqueur.

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TIPPLER’S TIME

6 O’CLOCK GIN The story of 6 O’clock Gin dates back to the mid 1980’s in the kitchen of a small South Devon farmhouse.

Edward Bramley Kain and Penelope Gage began experimenting in their kitchen making fruit liqueurs using fruit from their family farm.

With a surplus of fruit at the end of each crop, they began to create small batches of liqueurs in the kitchen and upon discovering an abundance of sloe berries, the couple soon decided to develop a sloe gin which quickly became their best seller.

Following 20 years of making liqueurs, the couple looked towards retirement and considered selling the business, but in 2007 their son Michael and his sister Felicity bought Bramley & Gage from their parents and decided it was time to make a new gin.

In 2010, 6 O’clock Gin launched as a refinement of the gin that the couple had made for years as the basis of their sloe and damson gin.

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It had taken two and a half years to develop the 6 O’clock Gin recipe. The family aimed to create a juniper-led taste aligning with their liqueurs which portray the predominant ingredient as the strongest flavour, ensuring to capture the true taste of the fruit.

6 O’clock Gin is a smooth gin created in a custom-built copper pot still with a unique double sphere head. Made using seven botanicals, including coriander and angelica, only the pure heart of the run makes the cut.

The gin gained its name from the great grandfather of the Head Distiller Edward Kain who was an engineer, inventor and world traveller. Travelling to exotic countries, he required anti-malarial medication and 6 o’clock is believed to be the time he drank the tonic.

The Bramley & Gage family also believe that their gin is worth the wait and 6 O’clock is the perfect time to treat yourself to a tipple!

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In search for a sublime summer flavour…

You’ll want to seek out our classic elderflower cordial.

Simply dilute with water or add a dash to your G&T for a delicious twist.

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TIPPLER’S TIME

FRUIT LIQUEURS

This month’s Cocktail Club box features two delicious fruit liqueurs from Bramley & Gage. Producing liqueurs using the best-quality fruits sourced as locally as possible, Bramley & Gage use a maceration method similar to that practiced in France.

QUINCE

Quince is an ancient fruit, traditionally grown across Southeast Europe, Asia and North Africa. The fruit grows on small trees and is most closely related to apples and pears, with golden flesh and yellow skin that can be smooth or covered in a fuzz layer, dependent upon the variety. Unlike apples and pears, which are instantly edible, quince is tough and bitter until cooked as the fruit flesh turns pink and mellows into a smooth sweetness.

SLIDER

Using a traditional Devon recipe passed through generations, Bramley & Gage make their slider by infusing hand-picked sloe berries which have been steeped in gin for up to six months, before infusing them in Perry Brothers Cider creating a liqueur featuring the flavours of apples, floral botanicals and sloes. The name Slider is simply a portmanteau combining the two ingredients - sloe and cider.

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TIPPLER’S TIME

DISCOVER THE PERFECT GARNISH WITH GINTENSIFY Established in 2017, Gintensify hit the rapidly growing gin market with an idea to individualise gin and tonics.

After becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the poor quality tonic and slice of citrus traditionally served up in various bars, founder Carole Sommerville decided to take matters into her own hands.

Following several months of experimenting, she created a unique range of ready-to-serve fruit and botanical fusions, each one designed to bring out the most of your gin.

Whether it’s to enhance the botanicals, intensify the flavour or add to the appearance, each fusion will elevate your gin drinking experience.

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A former greengrocer, Carole sources the fruit locally and according to seasonality. She slices each fruit by hand before it goes through an air drying process which takes up to 12 hours. The dried fruit pieces are then combined with carefully matched, tried and tested botanicals before each sachet is hand-packed and labelled ready for dispatch.

Each fruit and botanical combination has been tailor-made to provide maximum flavour and aroma, adding the final touch to your gin that you never knew it needed!

Every box contains six sachets, with each sachet lasting up to three consecutive gin and tonics.

This month’s Tipple Box contains a bespoke Gintensify fusion, perfect for our Summer Fruit Cup! Be adventurous and try something new, your gin and tonic will never be the same again...

Gintensify boxes are available at www.gintensify.co.uk with a full list of stockists available online.

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TIPPLER’S TIPS & TRICKS

INVENTIVE GARNISHES My name is Josue Romero, although many people call me the Garnish Guy. I am a full-time bartender whose bar of residence is Odd Birds located in St Augustine, Florida. I am also a Drinkstagrammer on my days off which means I am surrounded by cocktails all the time - and I love it!

Even though I have a finance degree, my passion for the arts fuels my inspiration for photography while visits to local farms and distilleries inspires my cocktail recipes.

While on my days off, my journey includes short trips to museums and art galleries, followed by a trip to the local farmer’s market to influence my cocktail recipe ideas.

Garnishing a cocktail is like dressing up for a party.

You can do a simple dehydrated orange slice or a mint sprig to edible flowers and cakes, it depends on the message you want to convey.

Edible garnishing is always the best so make sure you spray the flowers with some absinthe to add an extra aromatic layer, or sprinkle edible glider for an extra shine. Your cocktails should always be dressed to impress!

The Candyman is a modern approach to the classic Sidecar cocktail, taking the sugar rim to the next level with a chocolate doughnut, thus being the inspiration for the garnish of this cocktail!

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TH E C A ND Y M A N 25ml Nolets Gin 25ml Campari 25ml Grapefruit Liqueur 12.5ml Grapefruit Juice Champagne (To Top)

Combine your gin, Campari, grapefruit liqueur and grapefruit juice in a shaker filled with ice.

Shake to combine.

Fill a highball glass to the top with cubed ice, then strain in your cocktail. Top with Champagne, add a straw and a spoon, then garnish with a doughnut. The more sprinkles the better!

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TIPPLER’S TREASURES

ELDERFLOWER BUZZ CUPCAKES We’ve teamed up with food blogger Paul Toulson from Cake And Slice to share his exclusive recipe for Elderflower Buzz cupcakes, inspired by our June monthly box.

Infusing 6 O’clock Gin and quince liqueur syrup into a classic vanilla cupcake, you can create his boozy bake twist on our monthly cocktail!

CUPCAKE

SYRUP

BUTTERCREAM

125g Unsalted Butter 125g Caster Sugar 2 Eggs 125g Self Raising Floor 1 tsp Honey 1/4 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

25ml 6 O’clock Gin 20ml Quince Liqueur 30g Caster Sugar

250g Unsalted Butter 400g Icing Sugar 25ml Elderflower Zest of one Lemon

MAKES 12

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METHOD Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and line a 12 hole muffin tin with cases.

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, roughly around 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, making sure the first egg has been fully combined before adding the second. Beat in the honey.

Add the flour and bicarbonate of soda and fold in with a metal spoon. Fill your cupcake cases until 2/3 full, place in the oven and bake for 22 - 25 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.

Just before your cakes are baked, you need to prepare your syrup. Add all ingredients to a small saucepan, bring to a gentle bubble and simmer for 2-3 minutes.

As soon as your cakes are baked, take them out of the oven and pierce them several times. Using a pastry brush, cover the tops of each cake with the syrup and set the cakes aside to cool completely.

Next, prepare your buttercream. Beat your butter until light and pale, this will take a minimum of 5 minutes, add the icing sugar and elderflower in two batches, the elderflower will stop the icing sugar going all over your kitchen. Finally, add the lemon zest and beat your buttercream for a further 3 minutes.

Fit a piping bag with a star ended nozzle. Starting at the centre of your cooled cupcakes, pipe clockwise slowly building up a tall swirl. If you do not have a piping bag then you can simply spoon your buttercream onto your cupcakes.

Now enjoy your decadent cupcake!!

You can keep up-to-date with Paul’s baking adventures via @CakeAndSlice on Instagram!

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TIPPLER’S TOAST

CO M P ETI TI ON T IME Happy World Gin Day! What better way to celebrate than with a 70cl bottle of our featured spirit 6 o’Clock Gin? We’ve teamed up with our June featured distillery to giveaway a bottle so you can enjoy refreshing G&Ts and gin cocktails this summer.

6 O’clock Gin is a smooth gin created in a custom-built copper pot still with a unique double sphere head. Made using seven botanicals including coriander and angelica, only the pure heart of the run makes the cut for the juniperled gin.

For your chance to win a bottle of 6 o’Clock Gin, simply visit Tipple Box on Facebook and enter via our Giveaway section!

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SUMMER EDITION

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TIPPLER’S TOAST

# TAGMY TIPP L E Shake then snap to win...

It’s time to grab your cocktails, head outside and share a snap with us!

By posting your Tipple Box cocktails on social media, you can be in with the chance of winning a Tipple Box Barware Set. Simply submit your photos using #TagMyTipple to enter our monthly competition.

You can win all the tools you need to create the finest cocktails each month, including a shaker, bar spoon, bar blade and jigger.

Each month, one lucky winner will be selected to win our bespoke barware set and see their photo published in Muddle Magazine!

Our latest winner is Megan Rathbone who shared her frozen strawberry daiquiris from our Daiquiri Cocktail Set! Before you get snapping, check out #TagMyTipple to see the snaps from our cocktail lovers across the UK who have enjoyed a tipple or two!

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C O C K TA I L S YO U R F R I E N D S W I L L L O V E Enjoying your Tipple Box? Why not invite your friends to join our Cocktail Club!

If you’re a monthly member, head over to TippleBox.com and claim your unique code to share with your friend who will receive £10 credit towards their first box.

For each friend you refer, you’ll receive £10 worth of points credited to your account which can be redeemed on speciality products via our shop!

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