In recent times, much effort has been expended on a search for treatments for and vaccines against COVID-19, the so called Coronavirus. Pharmaceutical companies and research labs around the world are racing to be the first to find effective medicines. The chimps can exclusively reveal that the team behind Alnwick Gin have discovered something medicinal. …

Chimps have been quarantined for too long. Matted fur, grumpy, and that was the first weekend. However, we are now getting our bananas for half price due to Rishi, and we are waving to each other on Zoom. And now to gin. We are starting with Lyme Bay dry gin. With a promise of citrus, …

Keen readers will know that the gin chimps have a fondness for sherbet. We especially like Sherbet Lemons, and today we stumbled upon the Aldi Sugar-Free variety. Every few months we are allowed to Aldi without supervision, albeit on strict instructions not to buy anything from the middle isle. Whilst queuing at the checkout with …

What’s your favourite season? The chimps should really be hibernating now. OK, yes some pedants out there will say that chimps don’t hibernate. We do like a nice long nap, tho. Seasons do tend to pass us by in an alcoholic haze, so it it is fitting we are reviewing a gin called Summer Solstice …

Greying chimps look back at the 1970s with fondness. Anyone else remember Horror Bags? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9ISi9g_AQ Anyway, we remember the junk food and confectionery we were fed as baby chimps with great fondness, and we are happy to see that some of it is back – in the form of Holy Island Sea Pink gin. There …

The chimps have been sulking. SOME people say that they have been drinking gin and not blogging about it. SOME people might be right. chiz. However, as any fule kno, there is nothing that spurs a chimp into action than well-founded criticism of their frankly woeful work ethic. To try and remedy the situation, we …

When the chimps were young, Kendal meant Kenneth. Serious news read in a serious manner; Mary, Mungo and Midge; and for those chimps with a long memory for dreadful children’s tv, Teddy Edward! Ahh happy young chimps. Oh sorry – it’s spelt Kendall. Ahh and that was Richard Baker… As you were. Pennington’s Lakeside Moon …