GINSPIRED

On today’s episode, my guest is Chris Ferg Co-Founder/Head Distiller of The Durham Distillery located in Ontario, Canada. Today, we learn about the distillery and gin products, as well as Chris’s path to becoming a distiller. We also share some laughs and of course cocktails. Grab your copy of GINSPIRED: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook TODAY About The Durham Distillery The Durham Distillery was founded...

On today’s episode, my guest is Lesley Quinn – an award-winning CMS & FWS sommelier and owner of Stellar Somm Wine Experts located here in Prince Edward Island. Today, Lesley shares some of her path to becoming a wine and spirits expert, and we learn HOW to properly taste a new gin (and what glass to use!), and we’ll discuss some of Lesley’s favs. Join us for this content-filled episode.  Grab...

On today’s episode, my guest is Lou Bolden-Flett - a seriously funny GINthusiast, living in Sussex, England. Today, we chat about our love of GIN, we swap gin stories, Lou shares her top 5 gins, and we definitely get up to some GINanigans. Be prepared to laugh when you join us for this episode. Order your copy of GINSPIRED: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook TODAY You can find and follow GINspired at:  htt...

On today's episode, I welcome back my good friend Carl Richards. We talk about the wonders of gin cooked in beef, pork, and lamb recipes. I share 3  GINSPIRED recipes, we share some laughs and of course cocktails. Please do join us for this tasty GINtastic episode.     Order your copy of GINSPIRED: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook TODAY You can find and follow GINspired at:  https://theginshop.ca/ (...

On today's episode, I welcome back my good friend Carl Richards. We talk about the wonders of gin and chocolate and how they are truly a match made in Heaven. I share 4 chocolate GINSPIRED recipes, we share some laughs and of course cocktails. Please do join us for this chocolatey GINtastic episode.     Order your copy of GINSPIRED: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook TODAY You can find and follow GINs...

On today’s episode, I’m excited to welcome Marlene Cameron – Clarity & Confidence  Coach, Speaker, Trainer!  We’re going to chat about her experiences with gin and her Martini Club. She'll share some tips on how to have your own Martini Club, we'll have some laughs and of course sip Martinis. Please join us. Pre-Order your copy of GINSPIRED: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook TODAY NOTE: pre-...

 On today's episode, I’m excited to welcome my amazing friend Julie Butler – real estate agent extraordinaire! Shockingly, Julie hasn’t really tried many gin brands and so today she’ll be trying three gins that she has never had before. We’ll make a gin lover out of her I’m sure. We also share the story of how we met and Julie shares a hilarious GINcident.  Join us as she experiences these gi...

On today's episode, we switch things up a bit and I'm the guest! Carl Richards, my podcast mentor and friend, interviews me on what it takes to create and publish a cookbook. It's quite the GINspired journey that you don't want to miss. If you've ever wondered what it takes to create a cookbook, this is your episode. We also share some laughs ( talk about why Larry ate car...

On today's episode, I'm speaking with Nicolas Duvernois – founder of romeo’s gin and Pur Vodka. Today, we’ll be chatting about how Nicolas got started in the spirits industry, the story behind romeo’s gin and the artwork they use on the bottles, art museums, and so much more. We had a ton of fun on this episode sharing cocktail recipes and stories.  Please do join us. Like this episode?...

On today's episode, I  welcome back Alexis Green Marketing Manager – for Fever-Tree Canada. Today, we chat about going beyond the Gin and Tonic and we’ll discover OTHER mixers you can use in a cocktail, as well as some fall inspired cocktails. We share cocktails and of course have some laughs. Like this episode? Please rate/review our podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. About Fever-Tree....

On today’s episode, I’m on location with my guest Steve Murphy, co-owner of Slaymaker & Nichols Gastro House, located right here in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Together, we chat about the history of the location, Steve's philosophy, process and approach to creating VERY tasty original cocktails, how you can adopt his process at home, as well as a rather hilarious GINciden...

On this episode, I welcome back Kate Dingwall, wine and spirits expert, journalist, and co-author of our upcoming gin cookbook.  Together, we discuss the ins and outs of creating and using GINfusions (infusing gin with something yummy). We also share our cocktails of the day and a fun GINcident or two. Order your copy of GINSPIRED: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook TODAY About Kate Dingwall Kate Dingwall...

On today’s episode, I chat with Susan Epstein – one of my very best friends, super business coach for coaches, therapists, and healers – AND a fantastic cook. We discuss her experiences cooking with gin, along with her own personal journey with gin and of course some fun GINcident stories. Like this episode? Please rate/review our podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. About Susan Epstein Susan...

In today's episode, I chat with Jill Linquist, president and distiller of Raging Crow Distillery (located in Nova Scotia, Canada). We learn the story behind the distillery, including its name, and how Jill got into the distilling business, along with their award-winning products. We also share some laughs and fun stories...and of course GINtastic cocktails. Like this episode? Please rate/revi...

On today's episode, I chat with Alexis Green, Marketing Manager for Fever-Tree Canada. We learn all about the history of Fever-Tree (including a fun fact around where the brand name came from), its commitment to sustainability,  what makes Fever-Tree mixers unique, and SO much more. We share cocktails and of course have some laughs. About Fever-Tree... They started with the idea that, if ¾ of...

On this episode, I chat with Andrew Cameron, co-owner and distiller at Still Fired Distilleries. Andrew and I have a rather hilarious conversation about his GINspired journey to becoming a distiller, what Still Fired Distilleries is all about, their products and awards, and of course some rather fun GINcidents and cocktails. Like this episode? Please rate/review our podcast wherever you listen to...

On this episode, I chat with the love of my life, Larry Colbran. We share the GINspiring story of our 30+ year romance (how we dated in high school, were apart for 30ish years, and found each other again in 2019), why we love gin, how The Gin Shop, gin cookbook, and this podcast came to be.  We also talk about our trip to Ireland and some fun GINcidents that happened along the way. GINSPIRED: The...

On this episode, I chat with Kate Dingwall, wine and spirits expert, journalist, and co-author of Ginspired: The Ultimate Gin Cookbook.  Together, we talk about a brief history of gin, what makes gin - gin, how it's made, and so much more. We also share our cocktails of the day and a GINcident or two. About Kate Dingwall... Kate Dingwall is a spirits and wine writer by day, and working WSET-t...

Welcome to the first episode of GINSPIRED! This podcast explores and celebrates everything about that wonderful juniper-laced spirit called GIN. I LOVE gin and I could seriously talk about it all day. There is SO Much to talk about when it comes to gin – and we are going to dive into all of it in future episodes. I’ll be speaking to guests from around the world including gin and mixer experts, dis...