Every spring, for one short window, the woodlands around Manchester turn white and pungent with ramsons, wild garlic, Allium ursinum. Carpeting the forest floor before the tree canopy closes in and the season disappears as fast as it arrived. It’s one of the UK’s shortest, most-anticipated foraging windows, and it’s exactly why Mouse Kingdom’s Wild Garlic Liqueur only ever gets one small run a year.
Last year’s release sold out in exactly 7 days, and it’s easy to see why: an entirely savoury, green, authentic and unique liqueur. This year, the recipe returns with the same seasonal ethos, but another chapter in the Mouse Kingdom story.
The story so far
Mouse Kingdom has never been a brand that plays it safe. Since 2022, the Manchester-based liqueur maker — founded by veterans of The Alchemist bar group — has built a reputation on flavour-first liqueurs made with real, named ingredients (no small feat in a category where UK law doesn’t even require it), storybook packaging illustrated by human hands, and small, collectible print runs that sell out and never get repeated in quite the same way twice.
Wild Garlic was one of the boldest moves yet: a savoury liqueur in a category dominated by sugar and berries. It proved that Mouse Kingdom’s audience wanted more than sweetness, they wanted something with a sense of place and season.
What to expect this year
- Base spirit: UK-grown winter wheat vodka, in keeping with the rest of the Mouse Kingdom range
- Key ingredient: Foraged wild garlic (ramsons), picked earlier this year, with more sharp green acerbity.
- Character: Green, savoury and grassy up front, balanced with almost citrus acidity and a touch of gentle sweetness & salt so it stays sippable and mixable.
- ABV: 40%
- 70cl, limited print run
Suggested serves
The Ramson Martini 30ml Mouse Kingdom Wild Garlic Liqueur, 15ml Gin or Vodka, 15ml dry vermouth, stirred over ice, strained into a chilled coupe, garnished with a twist of lemon peel. A savoury twist on the classic dirty martini, no olive brine required.
Wild Garlic Bloody Mary Swap a measure of your usual base spirit for 25ml Mouse Kingdom Wild Garlic Liqueur in a classic Bloody Mary build — the liqueur’s natural savoury note does a lot of the seasoning work for you.
Savory Gin and Tonic Mix a measure of your usual base gin with 25ml Mouse Kingdom Wild Garlic Liqueur and add a savory tonic — garnish with herbs and spices.
Neat, or over ice. Served alongside premium charcuterie, olives, breads, cheeses & pickles.
Why it won’t last long
True to form, this is a limited release — once the wild garlic season ends, so does the batch. If last year’s run is anything to go by, it’ll be gone within the week. So pick up yours fast.
Shop the Mouse Kingdom Wild Garlic Liqueur while stocks last.
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