Jensen's Bermondsey Dry Gin | London Distilled 70cl 43% | Classic Gin Botanicals | Bartender's Choice

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I wanted the gin to be distilled by me under the Jensen's name, so I commissioned a still with John Dore & Co. It now sits under our archway in Bermondsey, where we've distilled ever since. I'm still involved in the banking sector but my real passion lies with producing and drinking the perfect martini.

The result is Jensen’s Gin. This gin’s success grew slowly by word of mouth (or by taste of mouth?) and in 2013 Jensen’s took the distilling in-house. They commissioned John Dore & Co to build their still (they made the Beefeater stills) and opened a small distillery under a railway arch in Bermondsey. Christian Jensen and his still

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This in turn has attracted the eye of new audience who are excited by the chance to explore niche flavours and combinations.

The ability to toy with the botanicals used in Gin gives makers an impressive amount of artistic license, and this has seen some interesting concoctions being made. I've always loved good gin, especially in a dry martini, but around 2000 I'd started to find it harder to find a true London gin. I was working in Tokyo as a banking specialist, and I would often wind down over a martini. One night, I began lamenting to the bartender about the loss of old-style gins. To my surprise he agreed, and gave me a taste from a 1960s bottle and one from 2000. What I found were two very different spirits. This stylish modern bar has a dazzling collection of around 180 different types of gin – the most extensive collection in the UK. They even have a gin bible you can use as a reference for choosing the right one. Join the Juniper Club on Mondays for masterclasses and tastings. 6. The Portobello Star Old brands are reinventing themselves and new names in both the craft and commercial markets are popping up everywhere.Exciting times at The Lakes Distillery as the penultimate sixth edition of its Whiskymaker’s Reserve dropped this week. Fans of the classic, sherry-forward signature of this English whisky will be very pleased, with this edition also bringing plenty of woody spices and subtle floral notes along. It comes at an interesting point in time too, with Sarah Burgess taking up the role of whisky maker and Dhavall Gandhi transitioning to consulting ventures. I think we’re all curious to see how the Lakes style develops with these two powerhouses behind it. Then, even more curious about gin, further research led me to a distiller's handbook from the 1800s and within it a recipe for another lost style of gin – Old Tom. So we started producing this as well. The founder, Christian Jensen, stumbled across this gin during his time working in Japan. His favourite bar made him martinis with a gin the bartender said was a special London gin. Before he left Japan the bar-owner gifted him bottle explaining that it was a brand that wasn’t made anymore. Sound the new regular column klaxon because we’ve got a new regular column! It’s called ‘What we loved this week’ and as you might have guessed it’s a round-up of the most delicious things which we’ve tried recently. These might be new releases or old classics which we have rediscovered. First, there was Kingsbarns Dream to Dram. Now, there’s Kingsbarns Doocot. The Lowland distillery’s first single malt was released in 2019 and set the tone with its light and floral style. This week, the next stage in that evolution launched: Doocot. It will eventually replace DtD (sob) and is named after a traditional nesting shelter for doves and pigeons. There’s a 200-year-old example at the distillery which now is home to the first cask of whisky ever filled at the Lowland distillery.