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Beefeater Gin 1.75L
Beefeater
SKU 47998

Beefeater Gin 1.75L

$35.99 - $35.99
$35.99
$35.99 - $35.99
$35.99
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Beefeater's story begins with James Burrough, a Devon-born pharmacist who trained in Exeter before spending several years running a chemist's shop in Toronto. He returned to London in 1863 and bought the Cale Street distillery in Chelsea for four hundred pounds, initially producing liqueurs and fruit gins before perfecting the recipe that became Beefeater. Named for the Yeomen Warders who have guarded the Tower of London since the 1480s, the gin later moved production to Lambeth and then, in 1958, to its current home in Kennington, making it the only major international gin brand still distilled within London itself.

The recipe, recorded in Burrough's original 1895 notebook, calls for nine botanicals: juniper, angelica root and seed, coriander seed, licorice, almond, orris root, and both Seville orange and lemon peel. Burrough's signature technique steeps this blend in grain neutral spirit for a full twenty-four hours before it goes through copper pot distillation, a method still used unchanged today. The gin is bottled at 40 percent alcohol.

Juniper leads the way but stays balanced by bright citrus peel, giving it a mellow, approachable character rather than an aggressive one. It has long been the gin of choice for a proper London martini, and its citrus lift also makes it a natural match for fish and chips.

"Beefeater London Dry Gin is possibly the ultimate benchmark when considering gins and from a distillation, historical and flavour perspective, is the very definition of a traditional London Dry Gin. On the nose Beefeater is both spicy and fruity, nicely balanced and clearly focused on the juniper. The palate is dry with a herbal bouquet and citrus notes complimenting the juniper. Beefeater deserves its position as one as one the gin categories leaders as, indisputably, it's a classic you can always rely on.

The name 'Beefeater' refers to the Yeoman Warders who are the ceremonial guards of the Tower of London. The decision to name the gin Beefeater was truly revolutionary at the time and it is one of the first examples of (gin) brands using an aspirational image and emblem, rather than a family name or location to position the product as the ultimate London Dry Gin. On a separate note; Not that geographical location has anything to do with the London Dry name tag (as this refers to the method of distillation and other such technicalities), the Beefeater distillery is one of only 4 currently still operational in London itself.

Beefeater has always had a major export trade thanks to its early marketing as a quintessentially ?English? product, and the Burrough company have reputedly been exporting as far back as the 1900's. Their vision and efforts to re-establish trade routes after the second world war are particularly notable and in 1957, a reputed 65% of Beefeater production was exported. With export firmly in mind, on the maiden journey of the QE2 ship to New York, Beefeater was the only gin aboard and by 1980, it broke the two million case (sold) barrier.ginfoundry.com

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Country: England
Bottle Size: 1.75L
Producer: Beefeater
Proof: 88
Beefeater

Beefeater's story begins with James Burrough, a Devon-born pharmacist who trained in Exeter before spending several years running a chemist's shop in Toronto. He returned to London in 1863 and bought the Cale Street distillery in Chelsea for four hundred pounds, initially producing liqueurs and fruit gins before perfecting the recipe that became Beefeater. Named for the Yeomen Warders who have guarded the Tower of London since the 1480s, the gin later moved production to Lambeth and then, in 1958, to its current home in Kennington, making it the only major international gin brand still distilled within London itself.

The recipe, recorded in Burrough's original 1895 notebook, calls for nine botanicals: juniper, angelica root and seed, coriander seed, licorice, almond, orris root, and both Seville orange and lemon peel. Burrough's signature technique steeps this blend in grain neutral spirit for a full twenty-four hours before it goes through copper pot distillation, a method still used unchanged today. The gin is bottled at 40 percent alcohol.

Juniper leads the way but stays balanced by bright citrus peel, giving it a mellow, approachable character rather than an aggressive one. It has long been the gin of choice for a proper London martini, and its citrus lift also makes it a natural match for fish and chips.

"Beefeater London Dry Gin is possibly the ultimate benchmark when considering gins and from a distillation, historical and flavour perspective, is the very definition of a traditional London Dry Gin. On the nose Beefeater is both spicy and fruity, nicely balanced and clearly focused on the juniper. The palate is dry with a herbal bouquet and citrus notes complimenting the juniper. Beefeater deserves its position as one as one the gin categories leaders as, indisputably, it's a classic you can always rely on.

The name 'Beefeater' refers to the Yeoman Warders who are the ceremonial guards of the Tower of London. The decision to name the gin Beefeater was truly revolutionary at the time and it is one of the first examples of (gin) brands using an aspirational image and emblem, rather than a family name or location to position the product as the ultimate London Dry Gin. On a separate note; Not that geographical location has anything to do with the London Dry name tag (as this refers to the method of distillation and other such technicalities), the Beefeater distillery is one of only 4 currently still operational in London itself.

Beefeater has always had a major export trade thanks to its early marketing as a quintessentially ?English? product, and the Burrough company have reputedly been exporting as far back as the 1900's. Their vision and efforts to re-establish trade routes after the second world war are particularly notable and in 1957, a reputed 65% of Beefeater production was exported. With export firmly in mind, on the maiden journey of the QE2 ship to New York, Beefeater was the only gin aboard and by 1980, it broke the two million case (sold) barrier.ginfoundry.com

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Country: England
Bottle Size: 1.75L
Producer: Beefeater
Proof: 88