There’s a slight disagreement as to when the first gins were produced. Some say it was as long ago as the 6th century and made by monks and alchemists for medicinal purposes. But certainly by the 16th and 17th century, the Dutch were producing ‘Genever’ (Dutch for ‘juniper’) or Genevre as it was also called. … Continue reading A Mother’s Ruin, a County’s Pleasure and Gin’s Bizarre Backstory