Writing an article about drinking gin in London might be seen as a fool’s errand by some. But livingtheproof approached this as a teaser to reveal just how deeply woven the spirit is in the social history and contemporary culture of the iconic capital.
There are those who collect T-shirts when they travel—or shot glasses or books. I once met a woman who told me she has 62 silk scarves, one from every country she’s visited. Jared Brown collects botanicals and spices.
“His English isn’t great, but his son is a good translator. I show up, they invite me into the back and we sit with mint tea,” said Jared, an owner and the master distiller at Sipsmith Distillery, located in an old garage in Chiswick, a posh residential area in west London.“There are walls of jars and the conversation begins with me picking a jar containing something I don’t recognize. And he’ll teach me that botanical. And then another,” he said.
Writing an article about drinking gin in London might be seen as a fool’s errand by some. Like an attempt to write about sports bars in Boston or pubs in Dublin, the only way to create a comprehensive record is to spend weeks pounding the pavement, which would certainly yield enough words for a book.
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