A rare foray

I spent rather a lot of time during my PhD at the Euston Tap. Far more time than I really should have. The Euston Tap is a collection of two pubs in the base of what was formally the Doric Arch – the big arch that was the entry to Euston Station, before it got…

It’s gin oop north

The other half of the christmas present from my sister was a hamper of gins. Last night we opened the largest of the bottles (still only 40cl). It’s a gin called Masons and it’s from somewhere in Yorkshire. It’s a London Gin made in small copper stills. When I first opened it there was a…

Piss up in a distillery

My sister got lovely-girlfriend and I tickets to go on a tour of the Sipsmith distillery for christmas this year. Yay! When we came to redeem the vouchers, the choices were last Wednesday, or waiting until the end of April. Patience not being one of my virtues (I suppose it’s higher up the list than…