Greetings, foul friends!
The end of the year fast approacheth. Very soon, people across the land will be encouraging a fat man to break into their homes, eat their food, drink their alcohol, and then leave without so much as a thank you.
Greetings, foul friends!
No sooner have the Halloween embers petered out than we’re lighting new fires to celebrate Guido Fawkes being hung, drawn, and quartered over 400 years ago.
Oh, how we love this quaint little country of yours!
Greetings, foul friends!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We realise that you humans usually associate that phrase with Christmas, but we fail to see what could be more wonderful than inclement weather, chilly mornings, dark nights and a higher-than-average chance of being attacked by a werewolf.
Glorious!
Greetings, foul friends!
Another lunar cycle has been and gone since we last saw you, and what a beauty it was. The Super Blue Moon on the 19th meant the moon was 100% illuminated, which sent the Lodge’s werewolves into a frenzy. You know when you see little dogs get “the zoomies” and they run around like they’re possessed? Imagine that but with six burly werewolves. It’s taken us days to clean up the distillery; glass and furniture all over the place…
Greetings, foul friends!
Well, the rain dance we performed on the summer solstice appears to have worked a little too well, as it’s barely stopped raining since. Isn’t it delightful?!
And, as it’s August, that means it’s officially less than a hundred days to Halloween, so we’re as happy as a worm in a cemetery this month.
Greetings, foul friends!
Brother G here.
As you may recall from last month’s journal entry, we were doing our best to try and learn more about you humans and your interests.
Amongst The Black Lodge’s cast of oddities, no one matched Brother T’s unbridled enthusiasm for the football experiment. However, owing to an unfortunate accident involving a two-footed tackle, an angry werewolf, and an ill-judged remark about the referee’s eyesight, he’s writing this month’s Black Lodge journal entry from his sick bed.
Now that the spooky season is sadly behind us and we’ve all openly enjoyed watching effigies of a certain Mr Fawkes burn on huge fires (ahhh, just like the good old days), Brother G and Brother T have turned their attention to the upcoming end of year festivities.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that they’ve done this reluctantly – after all, the festive season is traditionally seen as being full of cheer, happiness, and goodwill – but there’s more than a dash of darkness to be had too…as you’ll soon discover.
So, with that being said, let’s blow off the dust and spiders and unlock the Black Lodge Potions journal to see what devilish delights we have for you this month.
Markets and events
Although the Brothers are shy about making public appearances (especially in the daylight), they’re keen for you to try their delectable drinks so you can be won over by their spell.
That’s why you can see them in person at a number of events in the lead-up to The Big Day. Don’t be put off by their snarling and the funk of forty thousand years; come and say hello and sample some delicious flavoured gins that will tantalise and tickle your tastebuds.
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th November
Trentham Gardens Christmas Market
Friday 24th November
Tutbury Christmas Lights Festival
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th November
Trentham Gardens Christmas Market
Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December
Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December
Five gin gift pack – one of each flavour!
To celebrate the nights getting darker and the unspeakable things of the world having increased power, Black Lodge Potions is pleased to announce our five gin gift pack!
Comprising of Premium Craft (traditional style) Gin, Stinging Nettle & Honey, Wild Strawberry & Black Pepper, Dark Cherry, Chilli Chocolate and Smoky Berries & Liquorice gins, this gruesomely gorgeous gift pack is the perfect thing to slip into someone’s stocking or sample by yourself with a mince pie or two next to a roaring fireplace.
Click here to be taken to the Spirit Shop.
The 12 Slays of Christmas
With December fast approaching, be sure to keep a spare eyeball out for our 12 Slays of Christmas event – a series of features that will delve deeper into the spookier side of Saint Nick. Expect to find tall tales of tinsel terror, recommendations for ‘alternate’ Christmas movies, and flavoured gin promotions aplenty.
That’s it for this month, my fiends. The next time our post raven comes ‘a calling your way, that dreaded Mariah Carey creature will be piercing our collective ears on a regular basis with her incessant festive shrieking.
All the more reason to enjoy a gin, we say.
Stay spooky,
Brother G and Brother T
