About the brand:

Plymouth Gin is produced at the oldest working gin distillery in England. Built in the town of Plymouth, England, in the early 1400s, the Black Friars Distillery boasts a colorful, checkered history. The distillery buildings served as a monastery until the Protestant Reformation. After 1536, they were employed as the town’s debtor’s prison, the first Non-Conformist meeting place, and a billet for Huguenot refugees fleeing religious persecution in France.

The Pilgrim fathers also spent their last night in England there in 1620 before making the short walk down to the harbor to set sail on the Mayflower, which transported them to America, where they founded a new town of Plymouth (on the Massachusetts coast).

Plymouth Gin is available 20 countries. The fastest growing premium gin in England, it ranked No. 17 out of the Top 100 distilled spirits in F. Paul Pacult’s Spirit Journal in 2004.

Plymouth Gin Cocktails with a past

French 75

Dash of sugar syrup
1 part lemon juice
1 part Plymouth Gin
3 parts Champagne
Method: Build into a champagne flute and top with chilled Champagne
Garnish with a lemon twist

Story: Invented by the legendary bar tender Harry MacElhone to celebrate the famous French 75 light field gun, used during the First World War.

Gin Genie

35ml Plymouth Gin
25ml Fresh lemon juice
25ml Plymouth Damson or Sloe Gin (or a mix of both)
10ml Sugar syrup
8 bruised mint leaves
Glass: hiball
Muddle mint with sugar syrup and some crushed ice in bottom of glass. Add more crushed ice and the rest of the ingredients and stir to chill. Fill the glass to the top with crushed ice and float the Plymouth Damson/Sloe Gin.
Garnish:  mint sprig and a blackberry

Story: Winner of the Drinks International Cocktail Challenge 2001 and created by Maxxium’s mixologist, Wayne Collins.

Arkansas Breeze

35ml Plymouth Gin
15ml Plymouth Sloe Gin
15ml Cranberry juice
25ml Grapefruit juice
Dash of sugar syrup
Glass:  martini
Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker and strain into glass.

Story: Invented by Wayne Collins for Bill Clinton at the Hay on Wye book festival in 2001.