The Manchester-based spirits company is behind the award-winning Mandarin Dynasty Oriental gin.
The five-spice blended spirit will be the perfect tipple to celebrate the Year of the Tiger on 1 February.
It has been inspired by the Orient, which has some of the richest cultures in the world and has been a main player in the trade of exotic spices for millennia.
Zymurgorium is behind Mandarin Dynasty gin, perfect for Chinese New Year. Credit: Supplied
Zymurgorium’s Mandarin Dynasty Oriental craft gin is distilled with eight botanicals – juniper, coriander, sichuan pepper, cassia, cloves, fennel seeds, star anise and mandarin.
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The gin was a winner at the 2021 People’s Choice Spirits Awards in the Gin Fusion category.
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Zymurgorium will also be offering 100 voucher codes until Sunday 6 February, which will lower the price of a bottle of Mandarin Dynasty Oriental gin from £25 to £19.99.
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You can claim your discount using the code CNY22 – but there are only 100 codes available, and once they’re gone, they’re gone.
Zymurgorium’s craft distillery was launched in 2014, and has become known for its exciting innovations like its shimmering Realm of the Unicorn liqueur.
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It’s also behind the world’s first Parma Violet gin liqueur and Ruby Chocolate rum.
Zymurgorium now has more than 30 spirits and liqueurs in its range, with new drinks on the way this year.
You can order your bottle of Mandarin Dynasty Oriental directly from Zymurgorium’s website.
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A tiny new train station pub has opened at Manchester Oxford Road
Daisy Jackson
A tiny craft beer pub has opened at Manchester Oxford Road, making all those inevitable train cancellations a little sweeter.
The new boozer comes from the same team behind some of the UK’s best train station pubs, who already have bars at Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria.
The Oxford Road Tap has plenty of charming nods to its proximity to the great British rail network.
There’s the big red National Rail sign that they’ve restored and turned into a beer tap, an arch over the bar that mimics the shape of the station, and even a departures board so you can work out how many more pints you can squeeze in.
You’ll find plenty of British craft beers behind the bar as well as a great selection of European lagers, plus spirits and wines.
The bar from Bloomsbury Leisure Holdings Limited has taken over the former cycle hub at Manchester Oxford Road.
The small building is directly opposite the entrance to the busy train station on the southern side of the city centre.
The Oxford Road Tap pub is now open in Manchester. Credit: The Manc Group
This will be the third site for the pub group in Manchester.
They already operate the Piccadilly Tap, that two-storey beer bar on Piccadilly Approach with a heated rooftop space and outdoor patio.
The team are also responsible for the more recently-opened Victoria Tap, which took over the former bin store at Manchester Victoria.
That particular pub has a heated beer garden constructed just inches away from where the trams tootle past and has a departures board where time is measured by pints (got 10 mins til your train leaves? That’s one pint, sir!)
Oslo-born Doug’s Hamburgers is opening in Manchester, serving adult ‘Happier Meals’
Daisy Jackson
Critically acclaimed burger joint Doug’s is heading to Manchester for the first time, serving up grown-up ‘Happier Meals’.
The burger brand started life in Norway but is led by a very northern team – they’re also behind Madre, Medlock Canteen and London’s Breddos tacos.
Doug’s is an Oklahoma-style burger restaurant with a menu of classic burgers made with hand-pressed patties from premium dry-aged beef (it’s the thinly-sliced onions inside each patty that makes it Oklahama style).
A classic cheeseburger is the brand’s signature dish, featuring a smashed patty, onions, cheese, mustard, ketchup, pickles and Doug’s special sauce.
There’ll also be fried chicken sandwiches, hot tenders and fries, plus breakfast buns served all day.
The ‘Happier Meal’ is an adult twist on a fast food favourite – you get a burger, fries, and a martini.
You can get deep-fried pickles with your burger at Doug’s in Manchester.Doug’s Hamburgers is coming to ManchesterCredit: The Manc Group
Doug’s spot in Manchester will be its fourth restaurant.
It’s set to open on Oxford Road above the recently-announced Amber’s nightclub, open seven days a week from 11am until midnight.
The flagship restaurant on Oxford Road is designed by R2A studio and will be opening this December in Circle Square for eat in and take-out.
Doug’s is opening on Friday 20 December and will be handing out free burgers – just head down from 12pm to claim one.
Daisy Jackson -
31st January 2022 
