Hendrick's Gin is a brand of gin produced by William Grant & Sons at the Girvan distillery, Scotland, and launched in 1999.[2] It was invented by Lesley Gracey, a Yorkshire native, who was hired by William Grant & Sons to work in new liquid development for some of their products. A decade later she was tasked with creating a new super-premium gin.[3][4]In addition to the traditional juniper infusion, Hendrick's uses Bulgarian rose and cucumberto add flavour. Hendrick's gin is bottled in a dark brown, apothecary-style bottle. This handcrafted gin is distilled from a proprietary recipe which includes traditional botanicals such as juniper, coriander and citrus peel. The unexpected infusion of cucumber and rose petals results in a most iconoclastic gin.
No other gin taste like Hendrick's because no other gin is made like Hendrick's. Hendrick’s Gin is hand-crafted in tiny batches of only 500 lovely litres at a time, which gives the Master Distiller, Ms Lesley Gracie, greater control of her careful artistry.
The Wall Street Journal described Hendrick's as the "Best Gin in the World" in 2003. Other spirit ratings organisations generally have been very complimentary as well. The San Francisco World Spirits Competition, for example, awarded two double gold, two gold, and three silver medals between 2005 and 2012. The Beverage Testing Institute gave the gin well-above-average scores of 93, 94 and 95 between 2007 and 2011.[7]
Gin Foundry states that it's "been spearheading gin’s resurgence since the early 2000s",[8]Mark Dawkins of Langleys's said it was "the catalyst for gin going to the next level",[9] while gin blog From the Gin Shelf said it's "a true pioneer of marketing and flavour.
Beverage Testing Institute "Clear. Delicate aromas of cucumber, rose, honeyed citrus and floral juniper with a satiny dry-yet-fruity medium-full body with a long, elegant and smooth finish. A sensationally flavorful and seamless gin."
International Review of Spirits Award: Gold Medal
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