When I was told the recent history of British gin making it went like this: Up until about 10 years ago, English distilleries amounted to those making Gordon’s, Tanquerey, Beefeater and Bombay Sapphire (and more recently Chase). Supermarket gins were coming from the same sources using lower grades of distillate. Then, in the 1980s, Dick Bradsell reignited London cocktail culture, and suddenly there was a desire to expand the range…
