Plymouth Gin

Nearly 300 years ago, the people Plymouth wanted to make a gin for the king (King William III or the second if you’re from Scotland) and to make a gin for the king, they wanted to make the best gin. To make the best gin they set about making the most expensive gin. To make the most expensive gin they made their distillery out of the most expensive hard material that they knew – and that material was copper.

Every part of the still in their distillery was made of copper and that copper imparted a unique flavour on the gin that later became known as Plymouth Gin style. That style was (until recently) protected by the same piece of EU legislation that protects geographically distinct terms like “Champagne” and “Port”.

Today, Plymouth Gin is still made in the same stills as were made for King William III, it’s made to the same recipe and even in the same building as was made for the King. This is King William’s gin.

One of our gin experts describes the flavour profile of Plymouth Gin as “the rolling hills” because the flavour keeps on going and going in your mouth seemingly off into the distance as far as the eye can see.