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It has taken a year for us to get what we want and just in time to celebrate our first year at Curborough Countryside Centre…

Now on sale at The Cheese, Gin & Ale Barn is our very own Banshee Etcher – Spiced Orange & Cranberry Gin! It is available in store for £40 ~ why not try it with Walter Gregors Spiced Tonic…Mmmmmmmm PERFECT!

Thank you so much to the following people: made by leah . Masons Yorkshire Gin . Graphic Wizard Ltd

These new ale popcorns from Joe & Seph’s have just arrived! Check out these flavours:

• Pale Ale Popcorn
Air-popped popcorn hand-coated in our smooth buttery caramel infused with a 29% pale ale. Sweet and fruity with a bitter undertone.

• German Weissbier Popcorn
Air-popped popcorn hand-coated in our smooth buttery caramel infused with a 29% German weissbier. A lovely, smooth, earthy flavour with a bitter finish.

• Irish Stout Popcorn
Air-popped popcorn hand-coated in our smooth buttery caramel infused with a 29% Irish stout. Creamy, rich and maty with a classically bitter Irish stout finish.

Don’t miss out, pop in and pick up yours today!

How exciting we have Elsa & Anna coming to visit and they are bringing along some of their friends. Follow the map from Lichfield Garden Centre all the way round to The Potting Shed meeting friends on route to meet Elsa & Anna.

Cost is £7.50 per child siblings £5, children will collect sweets from characters around the centre. Booking is essential as time slots will be allocated, bookings are only secure once payment is made, which can be done via BACs, over the phone or in person. We will also have Katie Pixie Dust face painting with us on both dates and will only be charging £1.50pp.

THIS IS OUR LAST TWO BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Come and join us for our cheese and gin sampling evening, where you’ll get to sample 25+ British cheese split over 3 tasting platters. Each of the platters is accompanied by a full-sized British gin & tonic. In addition to this, you’ll sample 3 mini G&Ts along with the fabulous chutney, produced by the very local Karen In a Jam and Derbyshire crackers.

We also have a bar should anyone wish to buy any additional drinks during or after the evening.

The price of this evening is £25.00 per person – booking is essential and places will only be secured once a £5.00 deposit (non-refundable) has been paid.

We look forward to having you join us!

This is it guys what you have all been waiting for…our limited Edition Christmas gin is almost ready, we only have 215 bottles of this festive delight and we are very excited to be sharing this with our customers.

We believe in supporting other small British businesses so with the help of master distiller Karl (Masons Yorkshire Gin), my vision of what I wanted the flavour to be, trial and error we are finally there.

Why Banshee Etcher you ask? See if you can work it out?!! Our label is an original illustration designed for us by local artist ‘Made by Leah’ and labels will be printed by local business Graffic Wizard. Are you as excited as us for the big reveal?!?

THIS IS OUR LAST TWO BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Come and join us for our cheese and gin sampling evening, where you’ll get to sample 25+ British cheese split over 3 tasting platters. Each of the platters is accompanied by a full-sized British gin & tonic. In addition to this, you’ll sample 3 mini G&Ts along with the fabulous chutney, produced by the very local Karen In a Jam and Derbyshire crackers.

We also have a bar should anyone wish to buy any additional drinks during or after the evening.

The price of this evening is £25.00 per person – booking is essential and places will only be secured once a £5.00 deposit (non-refundable) has been paid.

We look forward to having you join us!

Nature’s Nectar is perfectly balanced with an irresistible texture, the figs adding a slight crunch to the creamy cheese.

The sweet honey notes perfectly complement the rich and fruity dark Rum.

Our Gin, Vodka and Whisky Baubles are now available to buy, postage is £3 for under 2kg and all baubles currently available are as follows:

GIN
• Poetic license Rarities Espresso (limited numbers) £5
• Poetic license Rarities Tutti Fruitti (limited numbers) £5
• Sibling Lemon & Rosemary £5
• Copeland Strawberry & basil £5
• Sacred Christmas pudding £5
• Sibling Cranberry & clementine £5
• Nelson’s Rhubarb & custard £5.50
• Tom Cat Mango £5
• Sibling Strawberry & Black Pepper £5
• Copeland Rasp & Mint £5
• J J Whitley Violet £5
• British Polo Gin £5
• Warner Edwards Honey Bee £5
• Warner Edwards Elderflower £5
• Copper Frog £5.50
• Norfolk Gin £5.50
• Duncan Gin £5.50
• Liverpool lemongrass & Ginger £5.50
• Psychopomp Pinga £5
• Aber Falls Rhubarb & Ginger £5
• Aber Falls Orange marmalade £5
• Fattys Organic £5.50
• Boe Violet £5
• Two Birds Rhubarb £5
• Strawberry & Vanilla £5
• Peaky Blinders £5
• Dr Eamers firelit £5
• Rarities Agave Nectar (limited edition) £5

Don’t miss out, get your orders in!

And Rarity #8 is *drum roll*…

Agave Nectar Gin!

The last release for 2018 with only 1000 bottles these never last long so grab one while you can.

The gin is a vegan-friendly alternative to the popular honey gin style and takes flavour-inspiration from Mexico, where most of the world’s agave is grown. It is distilled and I infused with agave nectar as well as hibiscus which gives it its soft pink hue.

The perfect pour for this gin is simply with premium tonic and orange peel. The cocktail, however, is a little more flamboyant; an Agave Nectar Gin Margarita. This drink is similar to a gimlet but adds the bit extra fun this Mexican-inspired gin deserves with a traditional margarita glass with a less-traditional hibiscus sugar-rim.

And if you do miss out don’t worry we have Agave Baubles too!

Cuppa anyone?? Two German In British tweed and a passion for tea & alcohol, yet nowhere were the two fused together, a wrong they felt compelled to right.  Noveltea takes the best loose leaf tea cold brewed to extract as much flavours as possible and botanicals to produce the finest blends imaginable, it’s traditional tea with a twist.  This premium beverage is delightful served ice cold in the summer or warm as a winter night cap.  So the collection:

Earl Grey – Earl grey tea, slightly spicy, citrusy and a hint of floral with British gin.

Tangier – Moroccan green mint tea, with an added hint of apple and complemented with white rum.

And soon to arrive

Oolong – A fragrant Chinese oolong flavour with natural sweetness and floral traces complemented by a Scottish whisky blend.