The classic 58 Gin has a rating of ‘outstanding’ from the International Wine & Spirit Competition a score of 5/5 from Difford’s Guide for Discerning Drinkers and inclusion within Ian Buxton’s ‘101 Gins to Try Before You Die’. To create their Apple & Hibiscus Gin they use the same award-winning recipe but also placed Cox’s apples and a scattering of hibiscus flowers into the botanical basket. What really impressed our buyers is how crystal clear the crisp apple and tangy cranberry-like hibiscus are without overpowering the classic character of 58 Gin’s citrus pine and sweet vanilla cream. If Provence made pink gin it would taste like this.
The home of 58 Gin lies deep in a railway arch in Haggerston East London lit by the warm glow of copper. Entering the vast brick vault with its gleaming Arnold Holstein still at the centre feels like stumbling into a place of worship. The deity here is juniper and the service is being led by a small team – who bring a wealth of experience at the likes of Rebel Rabbit and Victory – that is demystifying distilling producing cracking gins with a sustainable ethos and building a solid local community. That’s why 58 Gin turned its stills over to creating hand sanitiser for the NHS key workers care homes and hospices during the Covid-19 pandemic; why they run a gin school; why they use foraged sloe berries and apples that would have gone to waste because they were deemed to wonky for the supermarket; why they work closely with suppliers like Loddington Farm in Kent (who engage in ‘regenerative farming’ methods); why they offset their carbon footprint by planting juniper bushes; why they use recycled glass for their bottles; and why their original label was designed by Mo Coppoletta the founder of one of London’s most famous tattoo parlours The Family Business.
According to SpongeBob SquarePants’ best friend Patrick Star “58 is like the luckiest number ever”. But there’s no luck involved here; 58 Gin is the product of hard graft from one of the most thoughtful brands working in the industry today.
SKU No.: 3409263
Style No.: 819745
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 43%
Volume: 700ml