{"title":"Salcombe Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAngus Lugsdin and Howard Davies met while teaching sailing in Salcombe and launched their first gin, Start Point, in June 2016. It is distilled in a 450 litre copper still called Provident at The Boathouse on Island Street, a distillery you can reach by boat. Its red grapefruit, lemon and lime are peeled by hand each day.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"salcombe-gin-start-point-london-dry","title":"Salcombe Gin Start Point London Dry","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 70cl bottle of London Dry gin at 44%, distilled by Salcombe Gin at their waterside distillery in Salcombe, on the south coast of Devon, one of the few distilleries in the world you can reach by boat. It is named after Start Point, the lighthouse on the headland east of the town, and takes its idea from the Salcombe fruit schooners that once carried citrus and spice into the harbour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen botanicals go into the still: Macedonian juniper, red grapefruit, lemon and lime, with English coriander seed, liquorice, cardamom, cubeb berries and angelica root among the rest. The citrus peels are hand-peeled fresh each day before distillation, and the spirit is brought to strength with soft Dartmoor water. The distillery describes the taste as fresh red grapefruit and classic juniper, exceptionally smooth, with earthy pine from the juniper behind the citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distillery's own serve is the right one: plenty of ice, a slice of red grapefruit and a good tonic such as \u003ca href=\"\/products\/fentimans-connoisseurs-tonic-water\"\u003eFentimans Connoisseurs Tonic Water\u003c\/a\u003e. It also sips neat, and it makes a clean martini or a gimlet. For a gift, it is the centre of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-coastal-gin-box-hamper\"\u003eThe Coastal Gin Box\u003c\/a\u003e, and its sister bottle \u003ca href=\"\/products\/salcombe-gin-rose-sainte-marie\"\u003eSalcombe Gin Rose Sainte Marie\u003c\/a\u003e is the one to try next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70cl bottle, 44% ABV. Contains alcohol; for sale to over-18s only. No allergens declared. Store upright, out of sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salcombe Gin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53347248701783,"sku":"GIN-SAL-START-70","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/made-in-england-salcombe-gin-london-dry-a1b2c3.jpg?v=1777675577"},{"product_id":"salcombe-gin-rose-sainte-marie","title":"Salcombe Gin Rose Sainte Marie","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA dry pink gin from the south coast of Devon, made in homage to a nineteenth-century shipping route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA 70cl bottle of London Dry-style rosé gin, distilled in Salcombe at the Boathouse distillery on the harbour by Salcombe Distilling Co. Founded in 2014 by Howard Davies and Angus Lugsdin, two sailors who met at the local sailing club and ended each day with a gin and tonic on the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe name traces back to Salcombe's lost trade. In the nineteenth century, the town's fruit schooners, small, fast sailing boats built for speed, ran citrus fruit and herbs from the Mediterranean back to England's ports. They marked their southern entry to the Old Port of Marseille by the Sainte Marie lighthouse. The gin recreates that route in flavour: Macedonian juniper for backbone, fresh lemon and orange peels hand-peeled each morning before distillation, lemon verbena, rose petals, orange blossom, pink peppercorns, angelica, and unsweetened English strawberries for the natural pink hue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eNo added sugar. The gin takes its character from the dry rosé wines of Provence rather than the sweet pink gins it sits among on the shelf. The result is a delicate, layered gin: lavender and rose on the nose, soft red fruit on the palate, citrus on the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBottled at 41.4% ABV. Double Gold winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, one of only two pink gins ever to receive the award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFor a gin and tonic with a slice of strawberry and a twist of lemon peel. For a spritz with prosecco and soda. For a dry martini, served cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSalcombe Distilling run a refill scheme: empty 70cl bottles can be refilled at the distillery itself, at the Dartmouth tasting bar, at Darts Farm in Exeter, or at Barrel \u0026amp; Still in Kingsbridge, at a 20% discount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e70cl. Please drink responsibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Salcombe Gin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53347298771287,"sku":"GIN-SAL-ROSE-70","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/3917\/1159\/files\/MIE-4852-20.jpg?v=1777676140"}],"url":"https:\/\/madeinengland.com\/collections\/salcombe-gin.oembed","provider":"Made In England","version":"1.0","type":"link"}