I've decided to keep my membership for the Craft Gin Club, a monthly subscription box featuring a full bottle of gin, various mixers and snacks, and a monthly magainze Ginned!. The Ginned! magazine contains information about the products in the box and highlights the special gin of the month (the large full-sized bottle) and includes various cocktail and food recipes that you can use with your gin. April's box comes with a stunning pink bottle with gold lettering gin called QVT Dry Gin Edition CGC, which is from Provence in France. It is described as having a pine and juniper notes with floral tones.
In the box, we also received two bottles of Indian Tonic Water and a bottle of Soda Water from The London Essence Co. This company started in 1896 by distilling essences for London's perfume industry, but they now focus on the drinks market.
The box also contained a miniature bottle of Campari for mixing a Negroni cocktail with the gin and a small bottle of cocktail syrup called Pink Gin Spritz for making the monthly cocktail. The box also contained dried orange slices and rosebuds for garnishing the gin cocktails.
The snacks received included Snail & Garlic crisps from The French Kitchen. These are vegetarian, but I could not bring myself to eat these because I just do not like the idea of snails. We also received gourmet popcorn brand Joe & Steph's popcorn in Cambembert Cheese & Herbs De Provence flavour, which is a good savoury flavour paired with gin. In keeping with the French theme due to the bottle of gin this month, we received a white-chocolate covered meringue in either Lemon or Raspberry Crumble. I received the lemon one, and it was delicious and just melted in my mouth. I would definitely buy these if I saw them. Additionally, we received a small bar of Lindt LINDOR chocolate; I'm not a fan of this chocolate, so I gave it away. The last treat received was a Bon Maman's Madeline, a spongey buttery cake to pair with the gin.
The Ginned! magazine has a couple of recipes, one for a lemon tart, that I am dying to try, and I have not attempted any of the other cocktails nor the Campari cocktail.
What was my verdict on the April 2021 Craft Gin Club subscription box? Overall, I was not impressed by the box this month as I found most of the snacks a miss, and I struggled with the ingredients for many of the cocktails in the magazine this month as they were not traditional and required more preparation. I've also been a bit strapped for time and health this month.
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