Events Get Ready for The Manila Gin Festival 2024 Gin lovers unite! Following the success of last year’s event, the Manila Gin Festival 2024 is back and bigger than ever. With a line-up of over 45 brands, this much-awaited event promises to be an epic celebration of gin. Join fellow gin lovers on March 8 and 9 at the BGC Highstreet Amphitheatre for two days of gin-fuelled fun. With … Read More
Events What You Need to Know About the 1st Manila Gin Festival It’s no secret that Filipinos love gin. As the biggest market of gin in the world, it’s only fitting to finally have a festival to celebrate this clear spirit. The first ever Manila Gin Festival, a celebration of the creativity, diversity and spirit of craft gin culture, is set to take place on April 21 to 22, 2023 at the … Read More
Events Drink-Related Online Events in November 2021 Drinking establishments are slowly but surely opening back up, but it will take a while for us to have in-person events again. For now, we turn online to find events where we can learn about drinks, and find a community of people with similar interests. Here’s a list of online drink-related events in November. Virtual Training with Bacardi Ambassador Niño … Read More
Events Have a Drunken Poetry Night on Independence Day and World Gin Day Booze and the written word are inextricably linked. Alcohol has played a major role in the creative lives of some of the most famous writers and poets of the last few centuries. It only makes sense to mount events that center on the art of poetry mixed with the spirit of alcohol. Inspired by their collective experiences, friends Franchesca Casauay, … Read More
Gin Cocktail Pinoy Collins We’ve made a Pinoy twist to the classic Tom Collins by swapping lemon juice with calamansi and using local ARC gin to be the star of the cocktail. This refreshing citrus-forward cocktail can be enjoyed any time of the day, any day of the year. Ingredients: 45 ml gin 30 ml calamansi juice 30 ml sugar syrup soda water - … Read More
Recipe Fire up Your Passion With These Aphrodisiac Cocktails There are tons of supposed aphrodisiacs out there to get the juices flowing, and booze does loosen one’s inhibition. We thought to combine a few of them into powerhouse aphrodisiac cocktails to fuel your desire. Aphrodite’s Kiss Take the fresh oyster and slide it into your mouth and drink the Bloody Mary-ish concoction and let the tastes marry in your … Read More
Recipe Valentine’s Day Cocktail Shots Need a bit of liquid courage to profess your love? Or are you just fed up with all this lovey dovey stuff and just want to drink? Either way, we have cocktail shots to help you out with that. We’ve got something sweet, spicy, and bitter, so there’s a shot for whatever mood you’re in. Momol MOMOL, the abbreviation for … Read More
Tipple Tales Reliving Old Manila with Santa Ana Gin Growing up, I’ve heard countless stories of how life used to be in Manila. There were black and white photos taken when my grandmothers were still young, showing their travels, how they dressed, and the food they ate that seemed painstakingly prepared. I can just imagine the flavors and the scents! The elegance and affluence of the old word captured … Read More
Feature Take a Journey Across Southeast Asia with Tarsier Gin East meets West in Tarsier Gin, a colorful duo of flavorful gins representing the unique and mysterious flavors of the orient. Filipino-Brit Sherwin Acebuche created his own unique liquor as a tribute after being inspired by his backpacking trip across Southeast Asia. “Gin is such a great spirit to work with. It allows you to create several expressions, hence the … Read More
Gin Cocktail Celebrate World Gin Day With These 3 Cocktails to Make at Home Gin is a spirit that is near and dear to us. Over the years, we’ve made numerous recipes using this diverse and delicious spirit, done tastings to explore its nuances in flavor, mounted events for World Gin Day, and even extending it to a month-long celebration. While we can’t go partying just yet, it doesn’t mean that we can’t enjoy … Read More