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Gin drinking in England rose significantly after the government allowed unlicensed gin production, and at the same time imposed a heavy duty on all imported spirits such as French brandy. This created a larger market for poor-quality barley that was unfit for brewing beer , and in 1695–1735 thousands of gin-shops sprang up throughout England ...
Hogarth's engraving Gin Lane is a well known image of the gin craze, and is often paired with "Beer Street", creating a contrast between the miserable lives of gin drinkers and the healthy and enjoyable lives of beer drinkers. [6] The Gin Craze began to diminish after the Gin Act 1751. This Act lowered the annual licence fees, but encouraged ...
The Sale of Spirits Act 1750 (commonly known as the Gin Act 1751) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (24 Geo. 2. c. c. 40) which was enacted in order to reduce the consumption of gin and other distilled spirits , a popular pastime [ 2 ] that was regarded as one of the primary causes of crime in London . [ 3 ]
Originally used for medicinal purposes, the use of gin as a social drink did not grow rapidly at first. However, in 1690, England passed "An Act for the Encouraging of the Distillation of Brandy and Spirits from Corn" and within four years the annual production of distilled spirits, most of which was gin, reached nearly one million gallons. [21] "
23), commonly known as the Gin Act 1736), was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that established a retail tax on gin and annual licenses for gin sellers. Designed to curb gin consumption, the law was widely disobeyed and then repealed in 1743.
There are currently around 53 English distillers across 9 regions in England. [1] The Oldest English Gin Distillery is Plymouth Gin Distillery [2] with the Langley Distillery being the largest distillery in the world. [3]
Gordon's is a brand of London dry gin first produced in 1769. The top markets for Gordon's are the United Kingdom, the United States and Greece. [1] It is owned by the British spirits company Diageo.
Booth's Gin was most famously sold in distinctive hexagonal glass bottles. Its paper labelling alluded to the Red Lion distillery in Clerkenwell where the drink was originally produced, [2] and to the heraldic crest of the Booth family. Known as the "gentleman's gin", reputedly it was a favourite of both Queen Elizabeth II, and the Queen Mother ...