Twisted Nose Premium Dry Gin – World Gin Award Winner – 70cl Gin Bottle

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Favourite pub: " The Horse & Groom, a perfect location in the heart of Alresford and great for either a pint or a family meal. Plus, it has a courtyard for those warmer evenings." In contrast to the very selective conditions that wasabi needs gorse will grow anywhere. Including along the paths down to the beaches in Southbourne, which on a hot spring day are perfumed with the coconut aroma of these golden yellow flowers. Rupert Holloway makes Conker Spirit Dorset Dry Gin in Bournemouth using gorse flowers collected in a range of places from Golden Cap in West Dorset to the New Forest in Hampshire. It’s one of the locally sourced ingredients in his gin, the others include samphire and elderberry. Rupert creates his award-winning gin in small batches at Conker HQ in Southbourne where those Dorset botanicals are combined with classic juniper, coriander seed, angelica, orris, cassia and Seville orange livened up with lime peel which adds a crisp, almost dry sweetness. Conker Spirit is Dorset’s first Gin Distiller and won Drinks Product of the Year in the Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Awards in 2015. Favourite restaurant: "In Alton it's the Thai Boutique; in Alresford it has to be Polpo Negro for innovative tapas dishes."

Much like Hjem in the village of Wall, the second stop was close to Hadrian's Wall too in Wallsend. Belle and Herbs fermentary in Rising Sun Park was started during the pandemic by friends Sam Storey and Pan Phyu Phyu Hmwe. Nestled in the North Hampshire Downs near the quintessentially-English village of Bentley, the vineyards cover 12 acres of what were once hop fields. Si, who made an impassioned speech at a cost of living rally in Newcastle in October, added: "It's a very different country to what it is 18 months ago, people are properly up against it."

Describing fermenting food as the next "megatrend", Belle and Herbs make fermented foods using fresh fruit and vegetables, with their take on kimchi being used in the Bikers' pork and kimchi stew. Si and Dave made the spicy Korean cabbage dish with Pan and Sam, one of several products that they sell through their online shop.

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Andwell Brewing Company was founded by Adam and Helen Komrower, first brewing at Newland’s Farm in a potato shed. The micro-brewery can be found along the riverside in the hamlet of Andwell. Another thing I love about working with the fresh ingredients is that no batch is exactly the same. Talking to Ron at the salad farm he explained that the watercress he had just harvested was very young; the first crop. So it would have a lovely fresh vibrant taste but wouldn’t be as firey as the watercress harvested later in the season that has had time to mature. I just think that’s so interesting and wonderful. So no excuse saying you have a bottle of the gin in the cupboard – drink up and buy a new one each season for the full flavours! A former software developer, Paul left behind his career and daily commute to London to pursue his love for gin and to become more involved in the local community. Despite living in Winchester for years, Paul felt like a visitor in his hometown and wanted that to change. To support and balance the watercress it’s carefully paired with nine other botanicals – including juniper, locally grown lavender and coriander from the South Downs – which is distilled slowly to maintain their fresh and delicate aromas. Nestling at the western end of the South Downs Way, surrounded by the rolling Hampshire countryside, clear chalk streams and watercress beds for which the county is known, you will find Winchester Distillery, home of Twisted Nose Watercress Gin.

traditionally used by the old masters. They use classic grape varieties and traditional methods to craft award winning sparkling wines. Fans expressed their disappointment that the series had come to an end, but it's likely to be the only one of Go Local. Si and Dave revealed on their podcast Hairy Bikers Agony Uncles that at the very least, they would do the show differently were they to make it now. Angelica – remember the green, crystallised stuff people used to bung on the top of cakes, that is from the Angelica root. The beers are light, refreshing and perfectly carbonated, delicious yet subtle flavours infused from their own hops makes Baynhams’ Beers great. And so in June 2015 the first bottle of Dorset Smugglers Vodka was released into the wild. It is the beer base that gives Smugglers Vodka a flavour quite different to anything else on the market. Cristophe describes it as “a true sipping vodka.”Each part of creation and distillation is carefully considered resulting in an intensely herbaceous yet delicately floral gin, developing into spicy undertones and finishing with a peppery sparkle. Apart from volunteering on the railway I occasionally drive the town's community minibus and most weeks I volunteer one day for the county's Countryside Service." The Chief Medical Officers' guidance for both men and women recommends adults do not regularly drink more than 14 units per week