**This hamper was featured on our Gin Subscription Club in November 2020 Website www.theginbox.ie for more details for monthly, bi monthly or quarterly gin boxes, just like this one** This gin comes from Dublin couple Pat O’Brien and Viki Baird. Their story is quite unlike any other that we’ve seen and their pursuit for a community as well as a product has taken far longer to bear fruit than even they thought. Originally due to launch in early 2020, Stillgarden Distillery is located in the heart of Inchicore. There is a community garden at the distillery, populated with social botanists, made up of Dublin bar men and locals alike. They were given mini herb and botanical gardens to grow at home during the first lockdown. When the time came and their gardens grew, they were invited one by one to come and plant their fruits at the distillery community garden. Stillgarden Gin uses the botanicals that are produced at the garden. It is a space for everyone in the area to come for coffee or cocktails and it struck me early on that this sense of community is more important for Viki and Pat than anything else. Just before lockdown, they launched their distilling academy which had just started to go really well. During an afternoon at the distillery you can make your own Gin, Sambuca or Vodka and it’s an afternoon worth spending. Next door is Rascals brewery and woodfired pizza, so you can see how an afternoon quickly turns into a day out as Viki says! When the initial restrictions came into place, this was adapted, and you could come to the distillery, walk through the community garden and have Stillgarden cocktails too.  Supporting their venture in this small way has helped through a tough time, but they have a solid foundation, a great community and a wonderful Social Gin that we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we did when we first tasted it. If you haven’t heard of Stillgarden before now, you will again. Mark it in your diary for 2021, and pay the distilling academy a visit when you get the chance. Viki was adamant that Poachers tonic with mint and orange is the perfect serve here. We tried some alternative tonics and some alternative citrus fruits but it’s hard to disagree with ‘The Boss Lady’ as she is known. Enjoy your cool reusable straws and beany hat too, very much needed in this chilly weather! Retail Price: €751 x 70cl Stillgarden Social Gin2 x bottles of Poachers Well Irish Made Tonic Water2 x reusable copper straws1 x Stillgarden BeanieEach Gift Box is packaged in a protective outer carton, with a Gift Card and a clear 'Gift For You' tag on the front of each gift box. Once opened, coloured tissue and gift packaging reveal to the recipient.