Why the perfect pairing? Nettle and basil complement each other beautiful with subtle earthy and peppery notes. Our Nettle Liqueur is definitely a more earthy affair than that, but is equally simple to make, and really tastes rather good. Method: Serve long over ice and garnish with a slice of cucumber. J.J. Whitley London Dry Gin with Lamb & Watt Original Tonic

We haven’t tried this one yet but we’d love to… how beautiful does it look?! Dodd’s Gin partnered up with Kew Gardens in London to make produce Kew Gardens Organic Gin. Its peculiarity stands in using seasonal flora from Kew Gardens as part of the 42 botanicals that come from all around the world. To make I collected approximately 40 nettle tops, which I washed and dried in a salad spinner, and then popped in a jar with the zest of 2 lemons. Ingredients: 35ml Whitley Neill Quince Gin, 100ml Lamb & Watt Cucumber Tonic Water, 2 squeezes fresh lemon juice, 2 squeezes fresh lime juice, 10ml Elderflower cordial, cucumber to garnish Saying that this one is delicious is an understatement! Boutique-y Gin Company are responsible for creating this one by infusing gin in a pineapple that’s been covered in sugar roasted over a flame. This creates an irresistible caramelised piece of heaven, which they then combine with one of their classic gins. Weather you have a sweet tooth or not you have got to give this one a go…Rose Cottage is the owners' family home built by his father in the 1950's and at the time was the only thatched home in the North East of England. Try 50:50 in your prosecco to make a Nettle Bellini, Your guests will be swinging from the chandelier a long time before the starter arrives !! If you don't have a chandelier, try just a 'girly splash' in your fizz. JJ Whitley have produced a rather unique gin made using nettles, not the first botanical that comes to your mind when you think of gin! It is interesting, in a delicious way. Imagine the fresh smell you get walking in a forest on a summer evening when the sun comes out after the rain bottled… If you’ve not tried it yet we suggest you get yourself a bottle of JJ Whitley Nettle Gin! Why the perfect pairing? This tonic pulls forward and complements the juniper in this gin to offer a classical G&T – it is also fantastic with a splash of cranberry juice.

We’d drink Tarquin’s Seasonal special all year long. Better than Christmas cake in a bottle, this gin tastes like nutmeg, cinnamon, marmalade, glacé cherries and almonds – yum! Pour the gin into a glass filled with ice. Top it with light tonic water and garnish with a lime wedge. We are storing it in a dark cool place and will be testing it regularly to see how it matures over time. We use a very narrow cut of the purest triple-distilled grain spirit and introduce this to a copper pot still. Method: Serve long over ice and garnish with the fresh lime wedge. J.J. Whitley Nettle Gin with Lamb & Watt BasilThis is where he developed his love of all things gin and started to develop his special blends, based on ingredients he could find in his own traditional English country garden. We try to despatch all products by Royal Mail second class post within 3 working days. If you are purchasing for a birthday try using the note box to send them a birthday wish and we will enclose a postcard with your text handwritten. Also let us know the birthday date and if its time critical we will try to make sure it arrives on time, by early despatch, or upgrading you to first class post. Over the 48 hours our infusion got progressively darker, and to be honest I expected it to taste pretty disgusting when I tried it, but in fact it tastes really rather good. Ingredients: 35ml Liverpool Valencian Orange Gin, 125ml Lamb & Watt Hibiscus Tonic Water, 25ml freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice, 1 tsp pomegranate seeds, grapefruit zest to garnish