
- If you love the royal family and also love a good, gin-based cocktail, then take note because the Queen's country home, Sandringham Estate (opens in new tab), has launched its own brand of gin, made with ingredients grown on the Queen's property.
- This is the second time the Queen has ventured into the gin market. Over the summer, Buckingham Palace launched a gin (opens in new tab) that was made with ingredients grown at the monarch's London home.
- The Sandringham gin is only available in the United Kingdom and retails for $67 a bottle.
If you're a fan of the royal family and alcohol then today is your lucky day. Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham estate (opens in new tab) (the country home in Norfolk where the entire royal family usually gathers for Christmas (opens in new tab)—at least when the world isn't in the midst of a global pandemic (opens in new tab), that is) just launched its own gin (opens in new tab). Not only is the brand from the Queen's country estate, it's actually made with ingredients from her actual garden.
Specifically, according to People (opens in new tab), the gin includes Sharon fruit grown in the Walled Garden, "on a sheltered wall at the end of what was a range of glass houses, built on the winnings of the famous racehorse, Persimmon, owned by King Edward VII," as well as foliage from myrtle plants grown on the estate.
Because this is royal quality gin, it's no surprise that it's distilled in small batches. The gin costs $67 a bottle (opens in new tab), but, tragically, it's only available in the U.K. (at least at the moment).
This isn't the first time the Queen's gotten into the gin game. The monarch is famously a fan of the drink (her signature cocktail is gin and Dubonnet with a slice of lemon, which she reportedly drinks every single day (opens in new tab)) and, over the summer, Buckingham Palace launched a gin made with ingredients grown at the Queen's London home.
Our new Buckingham Palace gin is available to pre-order online: https://t.co/ccIPwpyZeN Lemon, verbena, hawthorn berries and mulberry leaves are among the 12 botanicals hand-picked for the gin in the Gardens at Buckingham Palace. pic.twitter.com/Kfeo0jyUL1July 17, 2020
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm just going to spend some time imagining the Queen and Ryan Reynolds (opens in new tab) hobnobbing at a celebrity gin makers convention, arguing about if Aviation Gin (opens in new tab) or Sandringham Gin is better, and then agreeing it's a tie and becoming best friends. Yep, that's pretty much my plan for the rest of the day.
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