Smögen, a Swedish distillery, has created a London Dry gin that’s 165 proof called Strane Ultra Uncut. That’s 82.5 percent ABV, or 12.5 percent higher than many rubbing alcohols. Except unlike rubbing alcohol, you’re supposed to drink Ultra Uncut.
A teenager living in Northern Ireland has created alcohol-free gin, after being given free rein to create the ‘spirit’ at her parent’s distillery as part of her Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds have announced a partnership that will see Reynold’s Aviation American Gin served on Virgin Atlantic flights.
Gin has come a long way since it first appeared as genever in the mid-1500s. François De le Boë (sometimes known Franciscus Sylvius), a Dutch doctor looking to cure the tropical maladies suffered by Holland’s traders, is generally credited with spreading genever’s popularity.
Summer evenings beckon and Brockmans Gin, the gin like no other, is responding with four new summer cocktails that offer a contemporary twist on some of the summer’s most classic drinks.
