Celebrated Manchester gin distillery, Zymurgorium has revealed its epic list of Christmas gifts, including a Yard of Gin, a mini gin experience pack, and a collaboration with a northern brewery.
Zymurgorium is known for its industry-changing flavours in both its gin and its gin liqueurs, creating flavour profiles that excite and enchant.
Their products can be used to jazz up a glass of prosecco, create a festive cocktail, or simply added to mixers.
From unique artisan gins with flavours ranging from marmalade (made by the legendary Duerr’s), choc-o-bloc and the Original Manchester Gin to gin liqueurs including Turkish delight, fruit salad and sweet violet, there’s something to buy for just about anyone on your Christmas list.
Zymurgorium’s collaboration with Beartown Brewery. Credit: Supplied
Zymurgorium’s creative range also includes a new £50 Yard of Gin, standing at three feet tall and filled with 12 gins and gin liqueurs.
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For the indecisive, there’s also a £20 Zym Experience Pack, with five different gins and gin liqueurs in flavours like Bakewell and sweet violet, or a smaller £12 Craft Collection pack with three gins.
A new addition to the brand’s range comes from its collaboration with Beartown Brewery, a Congleton-based beer producer.
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The gin and beer experts have collaboratively created The Cub Gin, blending Beartown’s citra and mosaic hops with juniper, lemon, lime and vanilla.
There are loads of drinks under £30 too, for secret santas and tricky gift recipients.
Their Realm of the Unicorn gin liqueur shimmers and sparkles when you pour it and comes with a delicious vanilla flavour.
Those who believe Autumn is the best month can sip on a warming My My Apple Pie gin liqueur, with touches of caramelised baked apple, spaces and pastry.
You can browse the full range and start your Christmas shopping at zymurgorium.com.
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Food & Drink
All the free things you can get with a Great Manchester Run finisher’s medal this year
Danny Jones
What’s the best part about doing the Great Manchester Run, we hear you ask? All the freebies, of course. You’ll be glad to hear there are more free things than ever for finishers this year.
More than 35,000 runners are set to take on the challenge, be it the half marathon or the 10k, and we firmly believe every single one of these legends should be entitled to as much free stuff as possible.
If it were up to us, they wouldn’t pay for anything all day, but hey, we make don’t make the rules.
So yeah, without further ado, here are all the freebies you can get for taking part in the Great Manchester 2025.
Free stuff and offers for Great Manchester Runners to cop in 2025
Without further ado, here are a tonne of freebies, discounts and deals you can grab by simply flashing your finisher’s medals:
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Dishoom –Complimentary 330ml Kingfisher/Kingfisher Zero (0.0%) for anyone with anyone dining with a finisher’s medal.
Blacklock –Free glass of fizz on us with your medal.
Maray – Free glass of fizz/pint (or non-alcoholic beer/soft) for anyone with a medal who is dining on Sunday
Electric Shuffle – Free house wine, prosecco or pint for anyone with a 2025 medal.
Salon Madre – 2-4-1 margaritas all day Sunday for anyone with a race medal.
Suki Suki – Free bao bun for anyone with a medal.
Refuge/Kimpton Clocktower Hotel – 100 free pints of Manchester Union Beer (first come, first served)
Hello Oriental – Discounted soft serve ice cream, plus a free beer or soft drink with any meal for all finishers
The Shack – Flash your medal to claim a free glass of Prosecco or beer, plus parties with medals get 20% off their food bill.
Dough Religion (House of Social) – half price slice at Manchester Jazz Festival on Sunday
The purpose of this happy hour spotting app has definitely been a topic of discussion between friends while over a few drinks on a night out, and now this idea has been brought to life.
Titled ‘Hoppy’, the all-new app shows you all the best happy hours in Manchester, even going as far as planning nights out for you and telling you what times each venue is hosting their exclusive offers.
Crazy Pedro’s are just one of the bars featured on this Happy Hour app.Trof is another venue that has a happy hour offering and has made its way onto the app.
Whether you’re after £6 margs at Ramona, two for one cocktails at Rewind or £4 draught pints and cider over at Arcane Bar, this app spells everything out for you plain and simple.
They even go as far as using their social media accounts to plan nights out in Manchester to make sure you get the most bang for your buck.
In a post on their Instagram, they plan out the ultimate Tuesday night in the Northern Quarter, making the most of the various happy hours in the neighbourhood.
The happy hour app stops off at multiple pubs and bars, including frequently visited watering holes like Wolf at the Door, Trof, Bay Horse Tavern and Smithfield Social, before ending the night at Crazy Pedro’s.
Sounds like all the ingredients for the perfect crawl, if you ask us.
Revolución de Cuba, has a huge marg menu, is another drinks spot on Hoppy.Mother Mary’s serves some seriously good Guinness alongside some savvy savings too.
Go on, tell us looking at those hasn’t made you thirsty…
Next time you go out for drinks, why not download this happy hour spotting app along for the ride with you, and you won’t only thank yourself but your bank account will too.
‘Hoppy’ is available on the App Store now for everyone to make the most of their next night out and make finding the best happy hours in Manchester even easier HERE.
See you at the pub – provided happy hour is still on, of course.
The Manc -
8th December 2021 
