Whitley Neill Gooseberry Gin / 43% / 0.7l

Whitley Neill Gin, a creation of Johnny Neill, debuted in 2005 in the Halewood Wine & Spirits portfolio.

Neill is an eighth-generation distiller from the famous Greenall Whiteley distilling family and claims that his English-made gin is inspired by Africa. He credits his African-born wife for the inspiration, who encouraged him to experiment with botanicals from the continent. The gin’s formula includes baobab berries and edible physalis, while the traditional side of the recipe is represented by juniper berries, coriander, orris root, angelica root, cassia bark, lemon peel and orange peel. It is distilled at Langley Distillery in a copper pot still that is over a century old. In recent years, Whitley Neill has expanded its range of gins with flavours, now boasting over 10. The Gooseberry Gin presented here was launched in February 2020 and is the brand’s first limited edition. The key to its formula is the “fruit of the English countryside”, gooseberries. In its formula, African ingredients were replaced by plums, pears, licorice and, of course, gooseberries.

According to the producer, Gooseberry Gin combines notes of cinnamon, fresh pears and apples with vanilla and white pepper."