Craft Gin Club is a monthly subscription box featuring one full bottle of gin, mixers for the gin, snacks, and a monthly magainze "Ginned!". The "Ginned!" magazine contains a wealth of information about the products in the monthly box with features on the full-sized bottle of gin, and several cocktail and food recipes that you can use with your gin. June's box comes with a full bottle of gin from the Isle of Man and is inspired by mythology and folklore: Fynoderee Manx Dry Gin Elder Shee Special Edition.
Fynoderee Manx Dry Gin Elder Shee Special Edition is a floral and fresh flavour of elderflower and pink grapefruit, rosemary and lemon thyme. The box came with two Coast British Tonic bottles to make a classic gin and tonic from using the monthly June gin. Coast is inspired by the world's coastlines, and the British Tonic is a crisp flavour with a hint of sea salt, grass, and citrus. It compliements the Fynoderee Manx Dry Gin quite well. Grapefruit slices and cardamon pods add a subtle flavour to the mix and came with the monthly box.
June's subscription box also came with a pack of Bahlsen Choco Leibniz biscuits, and I am already a fan of these. The bicuits are crumbly and slightly salty with a delicious chocolate layer on top. They pair with gin, and I've not paired them with gin before and never thought of doing so.
Tame & Wild Strawberry, Cucumber, and Lime Flower was one of the mixers received in the box this month. The brand is focused on using the best British ingredients and mixing fresh fruit with botanicals. The mixer was combined with the "Fairy Juice" mixer to create the June cocktail of the month. The "Fairy Juice" is described as a tart but fruity flavour, but I found it hard to describe the flavour. I enjoyed the flavour of the Tame & Wild mixer and found it refreshing and an unusual flavour.
I received the Bepps (black-eyed pea popped snacks) in the barbecue flavour, but other subscribers would have received the sea salt and black pepper flavour. I would have been happy with either flavour, and the snack was enjoyable. It's also vegan and gluten-free and make a healthier alternative to potato crisps.
Another savoury snack included in the June Craft Gin Club subscription box is Fairfields Farm's hand-cooked potato crisps in the Bacon & Tomato flavour. The company are a third-generation farming family that use renewable energy in East Anglia. It's another vegan and gluten-free snack.
The third savoury snack is also a vegan snack from The British Popcorn Co. Subscribers received their new Caramel & Espresso flavour. I am not a coffee drinker as I dislike it, but it was a subtle flavour that I was able to ignore and enjoy in this snack with a glas of gin and tonic. However, I wouldn't buy this flavour again as I'd opt for a different flavour.
One of the other mixers received is the CRAFTED drink range by The Cracker Drinks Co. Their drinks are made in small batches and mix well to create perfect cocktails, and I am more than impressed with these mixers. I received the Blueberry & Blackberry flavour, and other subscribers would have received the Cloudy Lemon flavour. The flavour I received had a cocktail recipe to use with spiced gin, and it was absolutely delicious. It was one of the best cocktails I have had from this subscription box, and I will be purchasing some of these mixers. The little carton made four cocktails, and I still had enough left over to make one more.
Overall, I found this box to be a real winner for me. I loved the snacks and the mixers and enjoyed a few good cocktails.
Previous Craft Gin Club boxes that I have posted about are included below:
Craft Gin Club: May 2021
Craft Gin Club: April 2021
Craft Gin Club: March 2021
Craft Gin Club: February 2021
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