Nordic Spirits Lab is a R & D department project inside Altia Group. NSL explore what belongs to drinking culture and invent new ideas, products and ways to use different alcohols. They also explore how nordicness could be expressed on alcohol drinks. And maybe also to find new hit item to…
Tanqueray Gin was distilled first time in London at 1830 and it was invented by Charles Tanqueray. The production was in London until 2nd world war, when the distillery was destroyed and it was moved to Scotland. The distillery was bought by Distillers Company, who was again bought by Diageo, who…
Thorn is another gin from Vilnius Degtine, whose flagship product is Vilnius Gin. Thorn is said to be “small batch” product with at least dill and orange peel added to basic gin herbs. It’s bottled with wooden cork and have label with english texts, which is quite rare for Lithuanian products.…
Lithuania is not so famous for gins, but there are a few of them. Vilnius Gin is made by Vilnius Degtine and it is another gin which is protected by EU-laws (another one is Plymouth Gin). Vilnius Gin can be produced only in city of Vilnius, Lithuania.Vilnius Gin have been produced…
Bleu D’Argent comes from Northern-France, Petersbach, close to German border. They named itself as ‘Gentleman’s Gin’, whatever that means. There is 9 different herbs and roots used: juniper, coriander seeds, ginger, lemon- and orange peel, angelica root, lavender, fennel and anis. Distilled on traditional copper still. Purchase price for 70cl bottle…
Crafter’s Gin (now Kingsmill) is produced by Estonian biggest alcohol company Liviko. It’s made by using imported rectified spirit, juniper, ginger, citrus peel and a few other herbs. All herbs and roots are harvested from nature and there aren't any artificial flavors. Aroma has hints of citrus and juniper, it's a…
Bombay Sapphire was launced at 1986. It was developed by IDV (Internationals Distellers & Vintners), which was later merged to Guinness, from which was later constructed Diageo. 1997 Bombay Sapphire was sold to Bacardi, which is the owner still today. Gin is produced by steam distillation, so the herbs are not…
Saaremaa Gin is produced by Altia Eesti, which is a subsidiary of Finnish company Altia. Base spirit for Saaremaa Gin comes from Finland at the Koskenkorva factory. Herbs used here are angelica root, coriander seed, juniper berries (harvested from Saaremaa) and a few others. Purchase price for a 50cl bottle is…
Gordon’s is one of the most sold gin in the world. It was developed by Alexander Gordon, who started the distillery in 1769 in London. Gordon's Special Dry Gin soon got a lot of popularity and its recipe has survived to this day. It’s distilled three times and herbs used are…
Beefeater gin is manufactured in London and it's produced by James Burrough LTD. James Burrough born in 1835 and bought a distillery 27 years later. Gin production started next year and there was big selection of different gins after 15 years. One of them proved to be very popular so James…