Product description
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 Whitley distilling family and claims that his English-made gin is inspired by Africa. He owes this inspiration to his wife, who was born in Africa, who convinced him to experiment with botanicals from the Black Continent. The gin formula includes baobab fruit and edible physalis, while the traditional side of the recipe is represented by juniper berries, coriander, orris and angelica roots, cassia bark, lemon and orange peel. It is distilled at the Langley Distillery in a copper pot still that is over a hundred years old. Whitley Neill gin has won numerous awards and accolades, the most recent being a gold medal at the World Spirit Competition in San Francisco in 2019. Johnny Neill donates 5% of the sales of each bottle to Tree Aid in Africa, an organization dedicated to reforesting the continent. The limited edition presented here commemorates the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022).
Whiteley Neill is a beautifully balanced gin, where the sweetness of citrus and subtle notes of juniper are in perfect harmony with the spiciness of spices. It tastes great with classic tonic garnished with a quarter of a blood orange, as well as in Negroni and Tom Collins cocktails.