Producer
Garden
Garden is the name associated with the 'Garden Swift' bottle found in catalogues and online shops. Product sheets indicate a 50 cl gin, 47% ABV, produced with 34 botanicals. However, many sources attribute the production of 'Garden Swift' to Capreolus Distillery (Stratton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom). Public information about 'Garden' as an independent producing entity is scarce.
- Stratton · Gloucestershire · United Kingdom
- 1 product
Garden
Meet the producer
Territory
Cotswolds / Gloucestershire (United Kingdom) — designation refers to the Garden Swift product, which is attributed to Capreolus Distillery in consulted sources.
Awards and recognition
The Whisky Exchange — Spirit of the Year 2017 (Garden Swift).
Production method
Available technical descriptions indicate maceration of the botanicals in neutral grain spirit for about 40 hours followed by small-batch distillation; some sources report botanicals suspended during distillation and the use of copper pot stills or, in some technical sheets, column stills.
Distillation
Maceration of botanicals in neutral spirit for approximately 40 hours; subsequent small-batch distillation with some botanicals suspended for aromatic extraction (copper pot still; some technical sheets also indicate possible column distillation).
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- Stratton
- Categories
- gin
- English craft gin
- floral and citrus dry gin
- Raw materials
- grain alcohol (neutral wheat spirit)
- juniper berries
- Representative products
- Garden Swift (Gin) 50cl
What makes it distinctive
- Garden Swift: a 47% ABV gin formulated with 34 botanicals.
- The 'Garden Swift' product is frequently attributed online to Capreolus Distillery (Stratton, Gloucestershire).
- According to several sources, the Garden Swift expression (formerly Garden Tiger) has received recognition on the specialist market.