https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/atomTelligent Community (Build: 13.0.1.31442)2015-05-11T10:29:00Zhttps://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/posts/gin-lanes2015-05-11T13:29:00Z2015-05-11T13:29:00ZFor sure, gin is not among the world’s oldest spirits. Indeed, scarcely 300 years have passed since the Protestant William of Orange took the throne of England, Ireland and Scotland and called upon local compounders to provide an alternative to the imported “Catholic” spirits like brandy. Gin’s not even original—the King was merely requesting that his new English subjects match the successes of his Dutch countrymen, who had been distilling and enjoying genever as a social drink in Bruges and Ghent...(<a href="https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/posts/gin-lanes">read more</a>)<img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16577&AppID=350&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Mark Ridgwellhttps://www.guildsomm.com/members/markridgwell18339