Riding at the crest of Britain’s gin renaissance, newcomer Fishers Gin is another example of superb English craft distilling.
Although gin originated from Denmark, we most often associate it with the United Kingdom. Indeed, this is where gin had its first renaissance (we’re in the throws of potentially it’s third right now), with the spirit produced and interpreted across the British Isles by innovative distillers who sought to use locally-sourced ingredients to give their distillate a distinctive flavour profile.
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The common ingredients of the London Dry Gin style ended much of this musing. However, a few small producers still maintain the recipes of golden years past.
A perfect he-gift for the plutonic plonk lover in your life, Fishers Gin is produced by Adnams’ Southwold distillery and incorporates once-forgotten English botanicals like spignel and rock samphire into the traditional London dry gin style. The spirit captures the wild flavours of the English coast thanks to wild fennel, bog myrtle, and wild angelica, all of which are either grown for or foraged by the gin’s producers.
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With a distinctive caraway-like nose thanks to the spignel and a herbaceousness that lends itself to modern gin and tonics (the distiller recommends a sweet garnish to counter the savoury notes), this beautifully crafted gin is presented in a stout, eye-catching bottle with a colourful net-like motif that echoes the origin story and the sense of transcendence of this distinctly modern spirit.
Because sometimes the old ways are the best ways.
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