A highly rated craft gin maker in Mid-Wales has released its first gin for two years.
Dyfi Distillery, based at Corris Craft Centre, near Machynlleth, has launched Navigation Gin with a 57% alcohol offering.
This was traditionally the strength at which the Navy could test that their barrels hadn’t been tampered with, because gunpowder could still be ignited when immersed in something so strong.
Before the days of accurate testing, this was proof of strength and is also where the word ‘proof’ originated when describing the alcohol level of spirits.
“We’ve become well known for taking a long time to bring a new concept to market and this is no exception,” explained co-founder Danny Cameron.
“It has been another two-year journey to create something genuinely unique, distilling a precise blend of shoreline and historic botanicals and then ageing the result in an ancient Madeira wine barrel.
“This ageing technique has never been done before with gin in modern times and the results taste like nothing else currently out there.
"But, in common with other Navy Strength Gins, a little goes a long way!”
The Dyfi Distillery operates from within the Dyfi UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve and is, unusually for a distillery of its size, frequently open to passing visitors.
It is located within the Corris Craft Centre, a hub for thriving independent craft producers.
