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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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.
The Manc -
8th December 2021 
