Making their gin
Making their gin

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How Hayman's make their gins

Installed in 2013 and named Marjorie after Marjorie Burrough, Christopher Hayman's mother, Hayman's 450-litre Carl Still is element-heated and boasts six optional plates and a pre-condenser. The all-copper still with optional botanical chamber and rectifying column allows the Hayman's family to experiment as well as reproduce recipes from the family archives.

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All Hayman's gins use the same ten botanicals, it's just the intensity of each botanical which changes between each specific gin recipe. For example, Hayman's Old Tom uses almost twice as much juniper as its London dry. The ten botanicals are:

  1. Juniper Berries from Bulgaria or Macedonia
  2. Coriander seed from Bulgaria
  3. Nutmeg from India
  4. Cinnamon from Madagascar
  5. Orange Peel from Spain
  6. Angelica root from Belgium or France
  7. Orris root from Italy
  8. Cassia bark from China
  9. Liquorice from Sri Lanka
  10. Lemon peel from Spain
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Hayman Distillers (Hayman Ltd)

Status: Operational
Visitor Policy: Visitors welcome throughout the year
Tel: +44 (0)20 8673 0485
Website: Hayman Distillers (Hayman Ltd)
Address: 8 Weir Road, Balham, London, SW12 0GT
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Hayman's London Dry Gin

Launched in 2008 and a classic London Dry gin in style, it is distilled with ten botanicals: juniper berries, coriander seed, nutmeg, cinnamon, angelica
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Hayman's Old Tom Gin

Hayman's Old Tom is a modern-day recreation of an original family recipe dating from the 1860s. It is made with the same ten botanicals that feature in
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Hayman's Sloe Gin

This traditional sloe gin liqueur is made by steeping wild English hand-picked sloe berries, harvested in the Autumn in Hayman's Gin for several months.