Marylebone Gin, 70 cl

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But most importantly I want to create high-quality, bespoke products that people really enjoy drinking!

Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! My great-grandfather, Harry Neill went out to Australia with the gold rush in 1851 with his younger brothers, one of them being Percival, who then went out to New Zealand and Sam is his great-grandson. We're delighted to announce that we have a brand new Club Gin, and what could be a better gift in time for Christmas?Moving on to the 1830s, his son-in-law John Neill joined the family firm to create gin: ever since, the love of the craft has passed through eight generations of the line to Johnny Neill, who carries the family torch onward today at Marylebone Pleasure Gardens Distillery Company in Bond Street.

Nose: Lots of pine, oily citrus and a herbal twinge of coriander root lead with help from deep, concentrated notes of juniper. We wanted to play in the age range with Gelston’s to separate us from the Pogues brand and because cask finishing has got a great history behind it, it’s what my family did 150 years ago so that’s nice to think about too. The soothing jazz might lull you into a reverie, but Purl’s standout cocktails will soon shake you out of it.Mr Fogg’s House of Botanicals is one of the quirkier bars in the area, sporting an original drinks menu that – true to its name – goes big on the botanical theme. The whole of London got to laugh, dance and play in the same space – and, according to French author Francis Wey, the atmosphere was always one of good natured frivolity. He says, “We’ve tried to develop something balanced and delicate, where the botanicals work in harmony, but also a spirit with a certain robustness.

When it came time to make his own name in the gin world, he looked to his adopted home for inspiration. At just a shilling, entry to the Cremorne Pleasure Gardens in Chelsea was a steal, giving you access to elaborate fountains, a theatre where ballets and burlesques alike were performed, a fairy bower and a banqueting hall. They had long been built over – they didn’t even make it into the 19th century – but they were still an important part of the neighbourhood’s history and identity.I think the fact that we chose different colours for the bottles worked really well and had great shelf appeal. Built in what used to be the outskirts of London – Chelsea, Marylebone and Vauxhall, to name just a few – the pleasure gardens of the 18th and 19th centuries were so much more than picnic spots.

It’s easy to communicate a ‘quince gin’ as opposed to a product like Whitley Neill, which has got nine botanicals, so we created spirits that led with a predominant flavour. The Pleasure GardensDistillingCompany is situated less than a mile from the Mayfair-based RAF Club, a private charitable membersclubfor serving and former serving officers of theRAF and their families. So in the Whitley Neill range we look more at global flavour, although the rhubarb and ginger brought it back to the UK. We’ve got stills that are capable of distilling some quality rum so we’ll do some experiments and see what we get. JN: It’s been a hell of a ride from early days when it was very hard to sell a premium gin to a bar and restaurant.I’m always trying to work on a couple of new flavours and once we have the larger pot still we can play with some rum and do some ageing and stuff like that.