Agency: | Authors: Caroline Mendez and Leigh Stops |
Beefeater: The spirit of London
You have to start somewhere
In an unlikely part of South London, not far from Waterloo Bridge is an anonymous building of considerable significance. It is the only remaining distillery in London that produces London gin, and the gin it produces is called Beefeater.
The tradition of distilling gin in London was imported from Holland in the 18th Century. Those who produced the safest and most palatable brews survived and thrived and gave their names to the brands we know today.
One such was James Burroughs...