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The mini gin event will take place at The Cellar Southside on Clarkston Road, with six local spirits producers including McLean's, Ellis Gin and Hazell & Hazell on hand to provide samples of their wares and to answer any questions gin fans might have.
Tickets costs £10 and include a welcome gin with a mixer of your choice and tasting notes, any additional gin and mixer will be charged at £4 on the day.
Drinks specialists the Dispensary Bar will offer to mix up the selected gins with their handcrafted bitters while Pop Right Up will be firing up the woodfired oven on their converted Piaggio Ape to provide the perfect pizza accompaniments.
As an added creative twist, the organisers say they have asked Print Clan CIC to give those in attendance the chance to purchase and live screen print their own tote bag on the day
DJ Andy Piacentini, who has had residencies at the Dance!Dance!Dance!, Deaf Monkey and Disco Not Disco parties, will provide the soundtrack on the day.
The six producers confirmed to attend include:
McLean's Gin - Born in 2017 in the cupboard of a Battlefield tenement flat, McLean's Gin now produce six colourful expressions from their new purpose built 'Gin Lab' on the outskirts of Strathaven in South Lanarkshire.
McGin - This exciting Glaswegian gin is made using eight botanicals: juniper, rosehip, blackberry leaf, angelica root, lemon peel, orange peel, coriander and liquorice.
Ellis Gin - Ellis gin is another up and coming small batch Scottish gin crafted in Glasgow - mixed with handpicked botanicals it is macerated to produce striking colours.
Hazell & Hazell - this popular gin brand is inspired by Bardowie Loch, near Glasgow and is designed by Alison and Mark Hazell to reflect the area.
Biggar Gin - This Family run small batch gin brand designed their exciting gin to have both a combination of tradition and innovation and a sense of place.
Illicit Spirits - The name of this innovative gin brand is both a nod to the Illicit distillers of old, who have inspired the choice of still, and a reference to the fact they are hidden away in an arch under the tracks leading south from Glasgow central.
The festival will take place on the 27th of April and will run from 12pm until 6pm at the Cellar Southside.
