Fatty’s Organic Vodka from London

Fatty’s Organic is a small range of spirits founded in Dulwich (London). ‘Fatty’ is the childhood nickname of the founder (given to her by her two older brothers) and she turned her hobby into a business, enabling her to leave her previous career as a sports agent.

Fatty’s Organic Vodka is made with fermented grain. The bottles are sprayed with organic ink, and screen-printed at low temperatures, to be kinder to the planet. Cork closures are sealed by hand with wax.

Vodka is a high-percentage spirit alcoholic drink that is usually made with wheat or potatoes. Rather than buy multi-national big brands, why not try some homegrown artisan brands?

Check medication, before consuming grapefruit gin. Choose soda water mixer (over tonic water due to quinine) for some medical conditions (liver failure, blood thinners, antibiotics and anti-depressants.

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.

Fatty’s Organic Gin uses dill as the key botanical. Dulwich (an affluent borough of southeast London) literally means ‘the meadow where dill grows’. There’s also a winter spiced gin with cinnamon and nutmeg.

The low-alcohol version is based on pink grapefruit; serve with lime and pink grapefruit juice with crushed ice, garnished with a wedge of pink grapefruit. 

Muddle 50ml of Fatty’s organic gin with four lime wedges, two springs of fresh dill and one teaspoon of sugar. Add to a glass half-filled with ice and 2 slices of diced cucumber. Stir and top with soda water.