![]() ![]() It soon become England’s national spirit. Not only were Dutch tastes suddenly in fashion – restrictions on the importation of French produce such as brandy gave a practical boost to gin’s popularity. It took off in England after the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688, when Parliament invited the ruler of the Netherlands, William of Orange, and his wife Mary Stuart to assume the throne and ensure a Protestant succession. ![]() The name has nothing to do with the Swiss city, but derives from the Latin for juniper, the berries of which are the chief of the drink’s botanical flavourings. Gin began to emerge as a distinct member of the wider aqua vitae family of distilled spirits in the Early Modern period, in the Low Countries, where it was known as jenever or Geneva. Like so many quintessentially British creations, the roots of the classic gin and tonic are intertwined with our global history.
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