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Two distillers, two philosophies, one shared obsession with juniper. The rivalry between Tanqueray and Beefeater has sha...
Walter Graves
January 25, 2026
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In Kyoto, a former sake brewery is making gin with yuzu and hinoki wood. In Kagoshima, shochu distillers are redistillin...
Walter Graves
January 18, 2026
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In 2009, there were six gin distilleries in London. Today there are over eight hundred across the UK. This is the story ...
Walter Graves
January 5, 2026
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At 57% ABV, Navy Strength gin was born from a practical necessity: if a barrel leaked onto the gunpowder stores, the pow...
Walter Graves
December 28, 2025
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For two centuries, Old Tom was Britain's favourite gin. Then it vanished. Now, thanks to cocktail revivalists and curiou...
Walter Graves
December 15, 2025
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Not every gin survives the Negroni. We poured twelve bottles against Campari and sweet vermouth to find which gins hold ...
Walter Graves
December 8, 2025
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Lemon myrtle, Tasmanian pepperberry, finger lime — Australian gin makers are reaching into a continent of unique native ...
Walter Graves
November 28, 2025
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Long before London Dry, there was genever — a malty, complex spirit born in the Low Countries that gave gin its name, it...
Walter Graves
November 10, 2025
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Pink gin, rhubarb gin, parma violet gin — flavoured gins have divided the gin world like nothing since the Gin Craze its...
Walter Graves
October 25, 2025
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Pot distilled, column distilled, vapour infused, vacuum distilled, compound — every method produces a different gin. Und...
Walter Graves
October 10, 2025
