The Pink Pig

Yes that’s right. We’ve created a cocktail featuring Percy Pigs!

Here at Hogarths we love taking your favourite treats and turning them into something magical. As a nation, we adore it when our favourite flavours are re-imagined into boozy treats. We have taken everything from Parma Violets to Fruits Pastels and turned them into cocktails to remember.

When deciding on our next innovation – there was one sweet treat that we all were raving mad about. Perched in the pen at M&S, these perfectly piggy treats are a must have whenever we pop into the department store. So when it comes to creating a new Perfect Serve with the nation’s favourite sweet flavour well – this time – even we have outdone ourselves.

Here’s introducing The Pink Pig.

Made with your favourite M&S piggy treats, our Pink Pig cocktail contains Percy Pigs, a dollop of Percy Pigs sauce and garnished with a sweet amount of candy-floss. Creating a pig-tastic cocktail that you will love time and time again.

Our Pink Pig contains:

Gordons Pink Gin, (some of our bars may swap this to Puerto D’Indias Pink Gin) Strawberry Syrup, Cranberry Juice with M&S Percy Pig Sauce all Topped with Lemonade.

Available in Hogarths, this pink piggy potion will put a curl in your tail and leaving you oinking all night long.

When it comes to drinks, this is not just a Perfect Serve, this is a Hogarths Pink Pig perfect serve.

Our Best Pancake Recipe Yet!

Pancake Day – One of the nation’s favourite celebrations. An entire day dedicated the fluffy, flour based treats that makes the entire of the British Isle go absolutely flippin’ mad.

Tuesday sees many of us grab our frying pans, clutching our spatulas and tossing multiples of these scrumptious snacks before coating them in an array of taste bud tingling toppings. From Lemon and Sugar to Chocolate & Strawberries, we love everything about pancakes and here at Hogarths we feel the passion for the pancake.

As many boozy blogs out there will be focusing on how to make your pancakes gintastic. We’ve decided this year that we would do something a little different and provide you with a pancake recipe that we believe is just simply rumtastic.

Here’s introducing Spiced Monkey Pancakes.

Based on the base recipe from the great minds at Spicy Southern Kitchen, our version is created from a concoction of spices, rum caramel sauce and topped with delicious bananas – resulting in a pancake recipe to rumember.

Here’s what you need

1 Large Banana

2 Medium Eggs

Splash of Vanilla Extract

½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg

½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon

 

Topping

Banana (sliced evenly)

Rum Caramel Sauce (https://spicysouthernkitchen.com/)

1/4 cup melted butter

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/4 cup water

Tablespoon of Spiced Rum (we recommend Dead Man’s Finger or Cargo Cult)

How to Make these Perfect Pancakes

In a bowl, mash 1 large banana with a fork until it becomes puree

Stir in 2 beaten eggs and spices.

Heat a large non-stick frying pan or pancake pan over a medium heat and brush with ½ tsp oil.

Pour the mixture into the pan (depending on the size of your pancakes) and cook for 1-2 minutes each side.

How to Make Cracking Caramel Sauce

Combine all the ingredients together and bring to a boil.

Continue to boil until mixture thickens slightly, about 2 minutes.

Remove from heat and add your hearty splash of spiced rum.

So if you are fancying a little something extra this Pancake Day. Get yourself in the kitchen and rustle up these rumtastic treats that will definitely keep you flipping time and time again.

Why a Date in Hogarths Is What You Need

Valentines Day is here, whether you’re taken, single, it’s complicated or looking for a night with your ‘Gal’-entines or ‘Pal’-entines. Look no further than – Hogarths.

An ideal date for gin-lovers, rum lovers, cocktails lovers, beer lovers and more, a date in your nearest Hogarths is what you need.

Here are our top three reasons, why a date at Hogarths should be at the top of your list this Valentines.

Gin Flights

Our flight of gins can be enjoyed all to yourself or if you’re wanting to spread some love you can share them. Simply choose which gin flight you would like, you will receive a measure of 3 different gins presented on a wooden tray accompanied by the perfect serve mixer, either tonic or lemonade.

There are 4 different flights to choose from: ‘Pretty In Pink’, ‘Tanqueray Flight’, ‘Edinburgh Liqueur Flight’ and our very own ‘Willie Hogarths Flight’.

Gin Sharing Trays 

The clue is in the title, sharing, is after all, caring. Our gin sharing trays have been carefully selected with our best selling gins and gin liqueurs. Each tray comes with five 50ml measures of gin, or gin liqueur, and five mixers with a selection of garnish.

Think Pink

Best of the rest, as we have over 140 gins to choose from (bear in mind we’ve not mentioned our rum, vodka and cocktail selection) Here are best of the rest.

  • Edinburgh Raspberry
  • Puerto D’Indias Pink
  • Pinkster
  • Parma Violet

What’s even better is we aren’t all about gin, we have a great selection of cask ales, draught lagers, bottle beers and much more.

So whether you’re spending your valentine weekend with your significant other, boyfriend, husband, girlfriend, wife, gals, pals or even a friend with benefits – come to Hogarths and share some lovin with us.

 

Top 5 Gin Gifts for Valentines

As the most romantic day of the year soon approaches, love is in the air at Hogarths and we are here to help you spread the love this Valentines. Many of you will run out over the next couple of days, purchase flowers, chocolates and even the odd bottle of scent but for those of you struggling about the ideal present – we are here to help.

Wondering what to get for your loved one this Valentines? Well, look no further. Here at Hogarths we have taken the stress out of Valentines shopping and present you with our Top 5 ginspirational gifts to give your significant gin other out there something a little bit special this February 14th.

Our Ginspirational Gin Gifts

Not on the High Street – Gin Heart

Handcrafted in the West Country, this elegant elderflower gin liqueur is a must for gin lovers out there. Priced at just £10 this love-heart shaped gin bottle is a must for showing our significant gin lover out there how much you really love them.

Available on Not on The High Street. Com

 

Edinburgh Gin – Valentines Bouquet

Perfectly packaged, this limited release gift pack houses a 70cl bottle of Valentine’s Gin paired with its matching bouquet. Designed and hand-tied in partnership with MUD Urban Flowers and priced at £65, this is a gift to really show someone how much they love gin and how much you love them.

Buy Now https://www.edinburghgin.com/valentines-bouquet

 

Getting Personal – To My Valentine Gin Bottle

Their personalised bottle of Sorel gin is a gin-credible gift for the one you love this Valentine’s Day! Featuring a red and light pink love heart design label (that you can personalise with your lover’s name) alongside the words ‘To My Valentine’.

Available for £29.99 on https://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/

 

John Lewis – Keep your Gin Up Book

If your Valentines is a book worm then this is the gift for them. This book holds hundreds of quips and quotes interspersed with glorious gin recipes – Just remember to read the whole recipe before you start pouring your favourite G&T.

Available online for £7.99 https://www.johnlewis.com/allsorted-keep-your-gin-up-book/p3509749

 

Eden Mill – Love Gin Gift Set

Eden Mill Love Gin Gift Box Set is a perfect gift to give to someone special this Valentines. Containing a bottle of their famous pale pink ‘Love Gin’ this beautifully presented gift box includes two gorgeous Eden Mill embossed tulip glasses too!

Available directly from Eden Mill website for £36.99 https://www.edenmill.com/love-gin-gift-set-c-3-p-35061

 

If you want to give your special loved one a date to remember, then bring them along to Hogarth’s this weekend and share some of our perfect serves with your perfect partner and have a Valentines like no other.

Available links to buy gifts online:

 

Top 3 Reasons to Go Out Out For NYE

Here at Hogarths we love everything about a night out. From the music to the libations, sometimes there is nothing better than a good ole dance in your favourite bar. So if you’re sat pondering how to bring in 2020, we have 3 reasons why you definitely should be OUT this NYE. 

The Atmosphere

It might sound like a no brainer but the atmosphere on a night out literally can NEVER be recreated at home. We try. We fail. It’s a given. There is no greater atmosphere on a night out than at NYE. Plus, New Year’s Eve brings together the best experience in going out history – the pub-full rendition of Auld Lang Syne. We can picture it now, 100 or more people joining arms and hands wailing out the Scottish classic to bring in the hopes and dreams for the New Year – Could you wish for anything more?

The Drinks 

No matter how well stocked your drinks cabinet is at home, it will NEVER compare to the amazing amount of booze on offer at your favourite Hogarths. Whether it be gin, vodka or even those classic cocktails – going out on New Year’s Eve at least promises you can get your hands on your favourite Mojito that you really can’t be bothered making at home. 

There’s no need to worry about mixers, whether you have enough ice or even if all your glasses match. It’s just you, your cash and a bartender needed to get those lovely libations to get your NYE off to an amazing start.  

The Memories 

No one remembers the nights when they got plenty of sleep 

At Hogarths we live by this mantra. New Year’s Eve is all about those amazing parties, in those amazing places with amazing people. Whether it’s a fancy dress beach party, a midnight rave in a warehouse or a silent disco in your favourite bar, the nights of great events are the ones we most definitely remember. Think about it? What has been your favourite NYE story to date? The one at that house where you “saved money” or that party in the middle of the city that you spoke about for months later. NYE is all about celebrating what’s happened and bringing in the New Year with cheer – so do yourself a favour – pull out that party outfit, get on the phone to your nearest and dearest and this year go OUT OUT and have a NYE to remember.

Our Best Gin Advent Calendar

We’re sure, by now, you have heard about the Hogarths Gin Advent Calendar. A virtual advent calendar to rule them all.  Our first week has been a huge success and we’ve been thrilled to see so many people share the festive love and enter.

Please keep entering everyday and an amazing bottle of gin could be ‘driving home for Christmas’ to your door.

We are giving away 24 different gins every single day on the run up to Christmas. Each day winners will be picked at random.

The competition is running across our Facebook and Instagram pages. One winner will be picked each day after 9pm. You must follow all instructions in our post to be in with a chance of winning. We will announce who has won every day on the page the lucky person has won on.

The amazing gins up for grabs are:  

  • Eden Mill Candy Cane
  • Eden Mill Raspberry, Vanilla & Meringue
  • Eden Mill mango & Pineapple
  • Eden Mill Spiced Rhubarb Crumble
  • Eden Mill Love Gin
  • Warner Edwards Rhubarb
  • Gordons Pink
  • Zymurgorium Turkish Delight
  • Zymurgorium Unicorn
  • Zymurgorium Electric
  • Zymurgorium Cherry Bakewell
  • Zymurgorium Sweet Violet
  • Zymurgorium Pink Pornstar
  • Zymurgorium Peach Bellini
  • Puerto de Indias Strawberry
  • Bombay Sapphire
  • Tanqueray
  • Sipsmith London Dry
  • Gordons London Dry
  • Willie Hogarths Bubble-gum
  • Willie Hogarths Passion Fruit
  • Edinburgh Rhubarb & Ginger 40%
  • Tarquins Strawberry and Lime
  • Tarquins Rhubarb & Raspberry 

So if you fancy taking part in an advent calendar to remember to get following our instagram and Facebook pages for a chance to win a very merry ginmas pressie!