/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/posts/gin-lanesFor 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 importeden-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/posts/gin-lanesTue, 14 Jul 2015 00:50:01 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:d3dd1c40-2f95-4af5-8cdf-95d33b85f43dWilliam Bincoletto0<p>Thanks Mark for a great historical perspective. It&#39;s always great to see &nbsp;and taste an ever evolving product. Even here in Alberta, Canada we now have a fantastic gin (Parlour Gin) from Eau Claire Distillery made with our own Alberta hops</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16577&AppID=350&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/posts/gin-lanesTue, 19 May 2015 13:22:51 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:d3dd1c40-2f95-4af5-8cdf-95d33b85f43dJames Latour IV0<p>Good read, certainly a couple good table side stories here.</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16577&AppID=350&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://www.guildsomm.com/public_content/features/articles/b/mark_ridgwell/posts/gin-lanesSun, 17 May 2015 10:12:16 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:d3dd1c40-2f95-4af5-8cdf-95d33b85f43dIan Symonds0<p>Thanks for this - as a Brit I grew up with the story of gin. &nbsp;So much so that when I was a terrible sleeper as a baby the midwife advised my mother to put a drop of gin in my milk! It worked but maybe explains my love of the stuff now?</p> <img src="https://www.guildsomm.com/aggbug?PostID=16577&AppID=350&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">