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Like we need an excuse to crack open a tasty bottle of gin, this October 19th is National Gin & Tonic Day and us here at the Irish Drink Shop are feeling gin-spired! Did you know that the word ‘gin’ derives from the Dutch word ‘jenever’ which transla..

With roots dating back to colonial exploration, the slave trade triangle, piracy, and organised crime during the Prohibition-era, rum has quite the long and controversial history. Its origins date back to the 17th Century, which marked the first prod..