March Gin Monthly

March was one hell of a month! Alongside Mothers’ Day and my birthday, there were tastings, trade shows and a fair bit of judging as well as the first ever World Hanky Panky Day and even a bit of much-needed sunshine. And there was no shortage of booze news and new gin alerts either!

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#GinADayMay 2026

The original and the biggest gin-themed social media challenge is back for its eighth year running! In 2019, #GinADayMay’s inaugural year, in excess of 4,000 images were posted on Instagram using the #GinADayMay hashtag, averaging at approximately 135 posts a day. With consistent global engagement ever since, there are now over 29,000 tagged posts on Instagram and it would be amazing to break the 30k barrier in 2026.

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January Gin Monthly

January was long, wasn’t it? Even if you weren’t doing Dry January (which I most certainly was not!). But the good news is we survived! It was also a pretty quiet month for me but there’s still plenty of booze news to catch up on, and a couple of new releases worth checking out, so do, please, give my first post of the new year a read.

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