Edinburgh Lifestyle

Celebrate Autumn With Thomas Dakin Gin

As summer turns to Autumn it’s time to move the party from outdoors to indoors and this month we decided what better way to celebrate the start of one of our most favourite times of the year in Edinburgh than with a cocktail or two!

So we thought we would ask the experts at Harvey Nichols Bar Edinburgh what cocktail they would recommend for our celebratory drink, the verdict: a Tom Collins. But this isn’t just any old Tom Collins, this one is made using new luxury small batch gin brand Thomas Dakin.

Thomas Dakin Gin is a classic style juniper-led gin whose namesake created the world’s first quality English gin and founded the world’s oldest gin distillers in 1761. In a world first, the launch was in Manchester. This new gin, named in honour of Thomas Dakin, the young gin innovator, has been created by Master Distiller Joanne Moore and is distilled in a baby pot still, using a secret recipe of eleven botanicals including juniper, orange peel and English coriander, with the unique addition of red cole*,a root botanical used in the 18th Century and known today as horseradish.

A Harvey Nichols Tom Collins

DSC04688

First of all you need a high ball glass

DSC04692

Then add 2oz of Thomas Dakin Gin

DSC04695

Add 1oz of lemon juice

DSC04699

And 1oz of sugar syrup

DSC04701

Add everything to your cocktail shaker

DSC04705

Give it a good shake

DSC04709

Pour over ice

DSC04716

Top with Fever Tree Tonic, garnish and voila!

DSC04717

Win a Bottle

We don’t think it’s fair to have all the fun ourselves so we have one 70cl bottle of Thomas Dakin Gin to give away to one lucky reader. All you have to do to win the prize is answer the following question, fill in your details below and make sure you are following us on Facebook to see if you have won!

In which city was Thomas Dakin Gin launched?
a) Manchester
b) Edinburgh
c) Bristol


    Your Name (required)

    Your Email (required)

    Answer (required)

    Address

    City

    Please Accept The Terms and Conditions

    With thanks to Harvey Nichols Forth Floor bar who do a mean Tom Collins in addition to lots of other gin based cocktails!

    Thomas Dakin is available at Harvey Nichols stores countrywide including London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin and Edinburgh. Price £37.50.

    T&C’s:  One lucky winner will receive 1 x bottle of Thomas Dakin Gin. No purchase necessary.  Competition opens 11th September 2015 and closes 30th October 2015.  Open to UK residents 18+ only.  A winner will be drawn after the closing date.  Normal restrictions apply.  Promoter Thomas Dakin Gin, Quintessential Brands Company Ltd, Melbury Park, Clayton Road, Warrington, Cheshire W13 6PH.