Didsbury Gin Original Crisp & Zesty, No Additives & Vegan Friendly - 70 cl

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And if vodka is your tipple of choice, Aldi will also be selling a strawberry and watermelon crush flavoured vodka liqueur. Obviously Old Granada Studios isn't in full time use and it was just from a water tank. The glasses all smelled of eggs. If we hadn't had that last minute practice to make sure, we'd have served them G&Ts that smelled like rotten eggs. This is a staggering 1295 per cent increase since the duo behind the company landed investment from entrepreneur Jenny Campbell in 2018. Jenny has been a fantastic partner and she is still really involved in the company today, added Liam.

Jo Hilditch made her first batch of cassis in 2005, and secured a contract with Fortnum & Mason a few years later in 2008.The business has also created bartender-quality ready-to-drink (RTD) products - securing listings in Co-op, Booths and WHSmith, as well as selling direct to consumers. Read More Related Articles Two dragons made the pair an offer during the show: Jenny Campbell and Tej Lalvani. Didsbury Gin’s founders had offered a 10% share in exchange for the money, but eventually settled on 33.3% for the same amount to welcome both Campbell and Lalvani on board.

Liam said he and Mark were motivated to help after seeing a number of businesses profiting from selling hand sanitiser to businesses at an inflated rate during the pandemic. The pair had been deliberating whether to serve the would-be investors a single or a double measure of gin as they waited in the green room for their turn.

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Since the show was recorded in April 2018, she has already guided them through a rebrand and an upscale of the business, as well as providing legal and financial advice, and they are just days away from announcing a number of listings with some of the UK’s biggest bar groups. The duo started their gin journey with a desire to encapsulate the spirit and charm of Didsbury within a bottle. After numerous attempts and meticulous tweaking, they devised a formula that does precisely that. Didsbury Gin marries traditional artisan methods and innovative flavours, offering a smooth, crisp, and nuanced palate that appeals to both traditional gin lovers and newcomers alike. We got two offers and went with Jenny Campbell who is a fellow northerner. She's still very much involved with the business now." But in April 2018 I was made redundant from Wates Construction where I had been since I was an apprentice and Mark also lost his job at the bar.

I feel like I may regret that,” said dragon Steven Bartlett, after choosing not to invest in hard seltzer brand Berczy earlier this year. musicMagpie: The inside story of how a High Street retreat led to going public and creating hundreds of jobs Aske and Stephenson secured the funding from three of the dragons: Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Tej Lalvani. All three dragons made an offer, and Aske and Stephenson negotiated a shared investment from the trio for a 15% share of Whisky Me. It looked to me like the government was just burying its head in the sand and not being able to rise to the challenge. Liam added: "We went in there with an open mind because regardless of where it went we were putting our product before a couple of million people on a Sunday night and the potential rewards were huge.We went down to London but the day before the show was due to record it was the Man Utd-Arsenal match. Mark and Liam started out making the gin in Liam's Didsbury living room in 2017 while juggling full time jobs. Their business hasn't been immune to the cost of living crisis though, with increasing volatility around energy prices and the cost of goods rising. But Liam is confident he has the right team and right product to weather the storm.

The ex-banker and business turnaround specialist said: "Didsbury Gin is all about Mark and Liam. They instantly drew me in with their charm and I thought this could work.We’ve proven over the past year that building a consumer-first, multi-channel retail brand works if you do it with honesty, integrity, transparency, and community."