The makers list the Shetland botanicals gathered to make their 2017 vintage as Wild Thyme, Meadowsweet, Cowslip and Eyebright (a group of flowering plants traditionally used to treat eye infections). Certainly from the documentary clips I have seen about the Shetlands and their climate I’m mildly surprised anything grows there apart from heather, but the quartet meld together in a flavour that has breadth and subtlety as well as initial impact. “And I have to say that my first sip of the neat spirit snatched my breath away like an arctic gale – but what a stunning aftertaste.”

Scotland’s first brewery and distillery, Eden Mill produce beer, whiskey and this beautiful looking gin.

Hayman’s Family Reserve Gin– lime wedge Hayman’s London Dry Gin – lemon peel Hayman’s Old Tom Gin – wedge of lemon and lime Anno Distillers are artisanal spirits producers based in Kent, Near Maidstone.Patience, their stunning copper-pot still, works her magic and transforms carefully selected natural ingredients into Anno Kent Dry Gin. Bulldog Gin– pink grapefruit and lemon peel Burleighs Distiller’s Cut Gin– pink grapefruit and rosemary

Jagos is the first vodka based cream liqueur in the world with a delicate vanilla cream flavour made with pure natural whole cream. A Juniper-led Gin, whichwill be handcrafted in a new artisanal distillery in the centre of Manchester; the first gin to be distilled in this great northern English city. The secret to RedLeg’s satisfying combination of sweet and spice is in the blending, as we combine the best rums from the Caribbean and leave them to rest in oak barrels before infusing with warming ginger and sweet vanilla for a great-tasting rum that’s made for mixing. Our second gin stems from our love for nature. Both of us SCUBA dive, and our connection to the oceans was the driving force to develop a gin that reminds us of our wild coastline. One of the distinctive elements in Cape Town waters is kelp. Somewhat unknown as a food source locally, we decided to experiment adding it as a key botanical to our gin. We liked the result, and thus our Cape Kelp Gin was born.We steep the botanicals in natural mineral water to release their gentle flavours before we go on to distillation in small batches using a traditional copper still. World Premix Awards Style Award 2020 | Winner (RedLeg Spiced Rum and Franklin & Sons 1886 Cola RTD can) Warner Edwards are craft distillers making artisan gin from their 200 year old barn, on Falls Farm in the picturesque village of Harrington, Northamptonshire. Over the years our vintage gin has won gold medals and been judged by experts, across the world beating many well-known brands in the process. Wrapped around the bottles waist is a sparkling bracelet, which can be removed and adorn your wrist to accentuate the Diva in you.

It costs nothing to share your appreciation for Scottish gins. Sign-up here for the Society's round-up of tastings and events. Campfire Gin is the first product from the Puddingstone Distillery in Hertfordshire and it is produced in small batches.BLOOM Gin Master Distiller, Joanne Moore is an internationally-revered expert in the industry and has worked at the G&J Distillery since 1996. For the past 300 years the British have been making and drinking gins of varying quantities and qualities, but they have never been so deliciously diverse as they are today”. Gin Glorious Gin, Olivia Williams. Despite its Oriental Spices, Opihr is made at the oldest distillery in England, where gin has been traditionally distilled since 1761. Our Shetland botanicals are infused with juniper and coriander, plus other botanicals including lime, to give our dry gin its unique and complex flavour.

Encased in each bottle is a shimmering wand containing bright Swarovski elements, each compiled by hand so no two bottles are the same. Two Birds Spirits was founded in 2013, in the quaint British countryside town of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.a b Morton, Tom (15 September 2015). "Shetland's whisky saga". Scotch Whisky Magazine . Retrieved 21 May 2016. Inspired by the beautiful nature of Shetland, we wait each year for the right weather conditions to harvest our botanicals. Each year’s harvest is determined by the plants available from these distant islands. Using a traditional copper still, they only produce small batches. The journey of Plymouth Gin is synonymous with the British Royal Navy, its sailors and ships. But its not just the choice of seafaring pioneers, but also bartenders around the world.