Artisan Gins from St Ives (Cornwall)
St Ives Gin is sold in glass bottles that use 30% less glass per 100ml than standard UK spirits bottles, with compostable tamper seals made from cellulose (renewable wood pulp), plant-based varnished labels and sent in plastic-free packaging.
Due to quinine, avoid tonic water for certain medical conditions (liver failure, blood thinners, antibiotics and anti-depressants). Also check medication inserts, before consuming grapefruit or rhubarb drinks.
Unless chopped up, corks are too dense to compost (and choking hazards, if left around). So recycle them at your local off license, or send off in bulk to Recorked.
It’s made from a blend of 13 botanicals, all gathered from the Cornish coastline. Including foraged gorse flowers, fresh basil, thyme, rosemary and bladderwrack seaweed. Made in traditional copper pot stills.
Serve with a slice of grapefruit and a pinch of basil. Berry Gin is made with ripe English red berries, rosehip and kaffir lime leaves.
This brand even makes a Cornish Limoncello! Despite St Ives being warmer than most of England, the lemons do have to be imported – it’s not that warm!
