Food & Drink

Retro Chick Reviews Hoxton Gin

7 December 2012

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I’ll start with a disclaimer. I’m not a gin drinker. When I was offered a bottle of Hoxton Gin for the advent calendar giveaway I decided to be cheeky and ask for a bottle for myself as well so I could review it (read: drink gin). The website promises tastes of coconut and grapefruit, and [...]

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Cocktail Hour – Frankie and Bennys New Cocktails

1 October 2012

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I have very few hard and fast rules in my life. But I think that one of them may well be “Never turn down a free cocktail”. Last week I got an email from Frankie & Benny’s asking me if I wanted to go and try their new revamped cocktail menu. So I said “Oh, [...]

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Land Girls, Beer and Sunshine

23 May 2012

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One of the things I did over my holiday that warrants a little more attention is a trip to a pub. Pub visits are not normally a note worthy event for me. I am a CAMRA member and I love trying different real ales, so pubs and beer festivals are common haunts for me (and [...]

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Make Mine a Manhattan

25 April 2012

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Todays post is devoted to my favourite cocktail. The Manhattan. The Manhattan appears to have originated in the mid to late 1800′s, like most cocktails there are largely apocryphal stories about it’s origins. There are references to many similar cocktails about this time, but it is claimed that it was popularised at a banquet held [...]

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Hot Mars Bar Vodka

6 February 2012

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IT’S SNOWING! Well, it was snowing at the weekend and the newspapers are gleefully reporting weeks of travel chaos and arctic temperatures. When it snows there’s really nothing for it but to hunker down under a blanket with some nice warming booze. I mentioned Hot Mars Bar Vodka over the weekend on Facebook and Twitter [...]

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