Plymouth Gin
Plymouth Gin is a true original. Since 1793 its unique recipe of botanicals has been made to the highest standards in the same distillery in the very heart of the historical city of Plymouth, on England’s Southwest coast.
Distilled in a single Victorian copper pot, its one-of-a-kind recipe blends seven handpicked botanicals from all over the world (coriander, cardamom, lemon, oranges, juniper, orris and angelica). The result is a smooth, deep earthy yet fresh and lemony gin that is worlds apart from traditional dry gins. At Plymouth, we put the gin in original.
Beyond its multi-award-winning original ‘dry’ gin, Plymouth Gin’s range includes Navy Strength with an ABV of 57%; Plymouth Sloe Gin, a quintessentially English drink using sloe berries grown in Devonshire hedgerows; and Plymouth Fruit Cup – aromatic and just like a rewarding puzzle, surprisingly complex – is a traditional base for fruity summer pitchers. There’s also the single-sourced Mr King’s 1842 Recipe, a limited-edition gin picked on just a single day from a single mountain in Italy.
Sustainability is also at the brand’s heart. While its Blackfriars distillery dates back more than 200 years, its distilling operations are today powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity. It also recycles all of its botanicals via an anaerobic digestion power plant to turn waste into energy. In 2021, Plymouth reduced the weight of its glass bottles by 15 per cent and removed the use of single-use plastic – saving 60 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
In an ongoing partnership with the Ocean Conservation Trust (OCT), a global non-profit organisation, Plymouth Gin supports the regeneration of an area of seagrass the size of 20 football pitches just off the coast near its distillery. Each year, Plymouth has marked the partnership with specially designed, limited-edition bottles and donates £1 to the OCT for each bottle sold in the UK.
A true classic, the multi-award-winning Plymouth Gin – a spirit for discerning gin enthusiasts – has been part of Pernod Ricard since 2008 and is sold in multiple markets worldwide.
From deep and earthy to fresh and lemony, our recipe is one of a kind.
HISTORY
The Black Friar’s building dates back to the early 1400s. The most intact part of the distillery is the Refectory Room, a medieval hall with a fine hull-shaped timber roof built in 1431. It’s one of the oldest buildings in Plymouth and is protected as a precious national monument. Not least because it’s now also an important centre of excellence for gin cocktail making.
Timeline
1400s
The Black Friars building was built.
1793
Gin production begins at the Black Friars Distillery.
2004
The gin then known as Coates & Co, was sold to Vin & Spirit which changed its name to Plymouth Gin.
2008
Plymouth Gin becomes part of the Pernod Ricard Group.
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