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Shetland Reel Filska Gin – Exclusive Launch through the Craft Gin Club!

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Hand-distilled on Unst, the northernmost of the Shetland Islands, Shetland Reel Filska Gin is being exclusively launched through the Craft Gin Club this month! It won’t be widely available until early 2019, but you can sign up to the Craft Gin Club for just £28 and/or enter to win this month’s Craft Gin Club box in our fabulous giveaway! 

Shetland Reel Gin Filska

I am so silly excited to be sharing this with you! Today, my postie (Gordon, bless his cotton socks for working so hard in this dreich weather!), delivered this month’s Craft Gin Club subscription box.

Imagine my delight and surprise when I opened it and saw that this month’s beautiful featured gin is none other than Shetland’s own Shetland Reel Gin – and it’s a brand new exclusive gin I had no idea existed!

Craft Gin Club - Shetland Reel Filska Gin Exclusive Launch

Shetland Reel Filska gin is being exclusively launched through the Craft Gin Club this month, and it won’t be widely available for sale until early 2019 – so sign up to the Craft Gin Club now if you want a taste! If you’re a new subscriber, this incredible box, worth £61, can be yours for only £28!

Ginned - Craft Gin Club Monthly Magazine Shetland Filska Gin Cover

Shetland Reel Gin is Britain’s most northerly gin distillery, located on the wild and remote island of Unst. This month’s Ginned! magazine gives you an in-depth interview with the team behind the gin, as well as taking you on an epic road trip of the islands. You’ll learn some Shetland dialect, tips on how to host a perfect ceilidh and there’s even a feature on the Shetland Islands folk band Vair!

For those who love cooking with their gin, there are a few gorgeous sounding recipes to whet the appetite, but for those of us who prefer to drink our tipples there’s a fabulous selection of cocktail recipes to choose from such as The Merry Dancer and Reel Ale: A Big-Hearted Jug Recipe for when you’re entertaining.

Shetland Reel Filska Gin Craft Gin Club Launch

CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER’S CRAFT GIN CLUB BOX

  • 70 cl bottle of the exclusive Shetland Reel Filska Gin
  • Firefly Botanical Mixer – either peach & green tea or kiwi, lime & mint
  • Monty Bojangles Scofflets – maple & hazelnut truffle bites
  • London Essence flavoured tonics – grapefruit & lemon verbena soda PLUS either the classic, bitter orange or grapefruit & rosemary tonic
  • Mackie’s of Scotland haggis & cracked black pepper crisps
  • a copy of GINNED! magazine

The total value of the contents of this month’s box is £61, but if you sign up to the Craft Gin Club now this can all be yours for just £28!

Craft Gin Club The Merry Dancer Recipe

Filska is the Shetland dialect word meaning ‘high-spirited’ and this gin was designed to be citrus-forward with a flirty red grapefruit peel and red grapefruit juice forming the cornerstone of its botanical blend. The bright burst of grapefruit explodes on the nose, according to the GINNED! magazine.

“On the palate, the zest of grapefruit plays a starring role, supported by warming cinnamon. Ground almonds give Filska the classic Shetland Reel smoothness, while the elegant notes of coriander seed and piney juniper play a vital role in the structure of this gin. Angelica root and orris root bind these flavours together to fabulous effect.”

For the perfect serve, add 50 ml of Shetland Reel Filska Gin to a glass packed with ice and top up with 150 ml of your favourite premium tonic water. Garnish with a slice of red grapefruit and get ready to dance!

Visit the Shetland Reel Gin website to find out more about this company, and sign up to the Craft Gin Club to get your hands on one of the first bottles of this exclusive gin!

Shetland Reel Gin Filska

CRAFT GIN CLUB – SHETLAND REEL FILSKA GIN LAUNCH BOX GIVEAWAY

The Craft Gin Club have very kindly offered one of my UK readers the chance to win this subscription box featuring Shetland Reel Filska Gin worth £61! To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below.

HOW TO ENTER

For your chance to win a Craft Gin Club – November Shetland Reel Filska Gin Launch Box worth £61 enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winners will need to respond within 30 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.

The prize is offered and provided by the Craft Gin Club. The prize is to win Craft Gin Club – November Shetland Reel Filska Gin Launch Box worth £61. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.

There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway. The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.

Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.

If you need some help using Rafflecopter, here’s a quick clip to show you how. Rafflecopter will pick the winners at random from all the entries received. I will be verifying entries and any automated entries or those who have claimed they have made the mandatory blog post comment and really haven’t will be disqualified.

Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 26 November 2018 (GMT) and the winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This is not a paid post, although Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary has received a complimentary Craft Gin Club yearly subscription (you want one of these, honestly, it’s like Christmas every time it arrives through the post!). All thoughts and opinions are our (slightly gin-induced) own. Thank you for supporting the brands who make it possible for me to do what I love: mess up my kitchen and share recipe stories.

Comments

  3. A gin and tonic has 91 calories. A banana has 115 calories. My doctor told me to make the healthy choice. I love my doctor. I stole this joke from the internet but I stand by every word.

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  4. The grapefruit notes really appeal to me, I love the way gin has evolved recently and I love trying new ones so this would be a lovely treat.

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  5. I’d like to win so that all us adults cann have a lovely drink together after the kids have gone to bed on Christmas Day

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  15. I love trying new Gin’s as each has a unique character. I like the idea of getting cosy with a glass of gin and the ginned magazine, reading about the Shetland Islands where this exclusive Reel Filska Gin is from and tasting the free haggis crisps!

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  18. My friend Michelle and I have our own secret little ‘gin club’ we meet once or twice a month when our husbands have a boys night out,& love to try new tipples – it’s almost a competition to see who can find the most unusual and distinctive flavours to try!

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  26. hubby and I are enjoying trying a variety of gins and trying to improve our undesrstanding of the different botanicals used so this would be another great tasting opportunity

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  37. Ive never been a drinker…Dont like the taste Until i tasted these Gins…Wooohoooo Love them…I need more..Lol x

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  38. I would love to win this for girls night in (wednesdays) as a couple of us are Gin drinkers and it would be fantastic to try something new.

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