Raise a glass of your favourite juniper-based spirit to welcome World Gin Day (WGD) on June 11, 2022. Celebrated to unite all the gin lovers across the globe, the day brings festivals and carnivals never seen before.
Did you know?
The beverage’s name comes from the French name for the juniper berry, genièvre, altered by the Dutch to genever and shortened by the English to gin. Its origin is attributed to Franciscus Sylvius, a 17th-century professor of medicine at the University of Leiden in Holland. He distilled the juniper berry with spirits to produce an inexpensive mixture with juniper berry oil’s diuretic properties. The beverage became popular and was introduced to England by soldiers from the Low countries (coastal region of north-western Europe, including Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg).
Gin originated as a medicinal liquor made by monks and alchemists across Europe, particularly in southern Italy, Flanders and the Netherlands, to provide aqua vita from distillates of grapes and grains. Depending on how distilled and processed, it can take on many different strengths, tones and tastes. Gin’s flavour can also be easily transformed by adding various botanical infusions.
Gaining popularity and becoming a preference of the new-age consumers, the versatile drink has never left your side- a true companion in all the seasons. With the summer heat scorching up, revamp, remix and kick back with a glass or two as you groove past all your blues and seize the moment!
Here are some of our top picks of restaurants to witness the fun and indulge in liquid luck in Mumbai: Sip away your worries as you enter into a new world fuelled with healthy sours and fizzy tonics.
The Little Easy– Taking the classic route this time but of course, with a little twist, this quaint cafe gives you the absolute liberty to ‘Build your own G&T’ from the choice of your glass, garnish to fruit and tonic all at the price of Rs 595 from 10th to 12th June 2022.
TAFTOON – Located in the cosy corner of BKC, Taftoon restaurant & bar, is an unprecedented space in Mumbai that lets you time travel to a legacy. This WGD, celebrating the most-loved cocktail and presenting you the exquisite Grapefruit & Mint cooler with the coolest of refreshments to soothe all your worries.
DOME, InterContinental- Located on the rooftop of Intercontinental hotel, with an open-air lounge and a bar range that serves you a delicious range of cocktails. Bringing their A-game this WORLD GIN DAY, this rooftop resto & bar has curated an exclusive G & T bar with a variety of gins from French 10 with gin, Campari, lime and sparkling wine, Cucumber Basil Spritzer to Bombay Sapphire, Hendrick’s and many more. The wide range will leave you spoiled for choice but also leave you wanting for more!
Kebab Korner, InterContinental – Kebab Korner, has been indulging its customers since 1960. After a brief pause of almost three years, the restaurant is back with zeal and the mission to charm the customers with their delectable dishes and lip-smacking drinks. This WORLD GIN DAY, the in-house specials G&T will truly let you experience the finest of liquid delights and indulge you in an experience like never before.
Grill & Tonic – The rustic Mediterranean rooftop bar & bistro, facing the serene mountains of Sanjay Gandhi National Park serves you the perfect balance of hot grilled foods from around the world and unique trending cocktails. With specially-curated exclusives for WORLD GIN DAY, give your taste buds a delightful treat, the in-house specials like Smoke in your eyes- grapefruit and thyme served with gin, Rise n shine-chamomile tea infused with gin with cucumber, honey shrub, rose petal and egg white and Mor Yarim-gin infused with blue pea tea poured of an enchanting concoction of dry vermouth, lilac blend and elderflower.
KYMA – Inspired by an all-day casual vibe, the chic dining and bar space focuses on Mediterranean and Asian cuisines, at One BKC! The bar area is masterfully long and entices you to sit on the comfortable bar chairs and sip on the plethora of drinks that the place has to offer, like the Tanned in Shanghai- a Japanese gin with yuzu and hibiscus cordial or from Japan with Love made with gin, Midori, lemon grass syrup dusted with Matcha powder.
Blabber – Located in the western suburbs of Mumbai, an easy-going place that lets you sit back and relax and of course lets you blabber over some fine food and drinks. Blabbers in-house special G N T, made with Gordon’s Gin, lavender syrup, fresh rosemary, lime juice, and tonic water will leave you wanting for more or if you have a thing for classics then SIN-A-GIN and Gin Savour might just make up your WORLD GIN DAY!
With many options and varieties of drinks to pick from make your weekends healthier, lighter and happier. On the occasion of WGD raise a toast and wipe your worries away!
