History of gin (1100s - mid-1500s)

If you're a big gin drinker you'll probably sit up when you hear that it was originally popularised due to its diuretic qualities. Modern day London dry

History of gin (1572 - early 1600s)

History of gin (1638 - 1726) - Gin invades England

History of gin (1728 - 1794) - London's gin craze

The impact of gin on London's deprived inner-city population unused to anything stronger than beer has been compared to the effects of crack cocaine on

History of gin (1800 - 1830) - Gin's gentrification

By the turn of the 19th century, London's gin craze and the deprivation that went with it had all been forgotten. The early 18oos saw gin enjoy a new respectability.

History of gin (1831 - 1953)

The beginning of the 19th century saw attempts to develop a still to speed and improve the distilling process and 1826 Robert Stein invented a still consisting

History of gin (1955 - 1997)

Gin boomed well into the mid 1950s but vodka was about to have its moment and as it became more fashionable so gin appeared old-hat and past it. Gin's

History of gin (2000 - present) - Gin's renaissance

Our computers survived the millennium bug and despite predictions to the contrary, there was enough champagne for all to toast the new century. While 12