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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 ...
By 1743, England was drinking 2.2 gallons (10 litres) of gin per person per year. As consumption increased, a campaign for more effective legislation began to emerge, led by the Bishop of Sodor and Man , Thomas Wilson, who, in 1736, had complained that gin produced a "drunken ungovernable set of people".
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]
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] "
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.
The Plymouth Gin Distillery is a gin manufacturer on The Barbican, Plymouth, England. [1] Also known as the Black Friars Distillery, it is the only gin distillery in the city. [2] The original building opens on to what is now Southside Street. Established in 1793, it is the oldest operating distillery in Britain.
Old Tom Gin (or Tom Gin or Old Tom) is a gin recipe popular in 18th-century England. In modern times, it became rare but has experienced a resurgence in the craft cocktail movement . It is slightly sweeter than London Dry, but slightly drier than the Dutch Jenever , thus is sometimes called "the missing link".
The design influenced many aspects of later Victorian pubs, even after gin had declined in importance as a drink; the bar in pubs is based on the shop counter of the gin palace, designed for swift service and ideal for attaching beer pumps; the ornate mirrors and etched glass of the late 19th century. The term has survived for any pub in the ...