 the history of scottish gin the history of scottish gin barsha mar 28092021 1400 scotland has been at the heart of the present gin craze producing more than 70 of all gin produced in the united kingdom hendricks s tanqueray gordon s are among the biggest gin sellers it first gained popularity in the 1600s when it was employed as a medicine by the dutch to cure renal and stomach issues the very first bottles of the strong dutch jenever arrived in the 18th century in scotlandscotland s history with gin predates the last ten years scotland s gin obsession dates back to the 1700s and is closely linked to leith for a variety of reasons leith was the epicenter of early gin manufacture to begin with the regions already had a booming whisky business and have competent workers in coopering glass making and warehousing meaning that gin had the ideal circumstances to thrive furthermore because it was a dockside town near the netherlands it had better access to the raw ingredients and spices that are needed for producing gin in 1777 edinburg alone had eight certified gin distilleries a large number of stills that were not licensed were also in operations the quality of the gin produced was uneven till the early 18th century when robert stein changed the manufacturing process from traditional pot stills to a developed process that could manufacture spirit much more quickly and in large quantities aeneas coffey who is an irish distiller known for creating the twin column still improved on stein s idea afterward gin production efficiency improved once more as a result of this this discovery made distilling feasible and distillers in scotland soon started shipping neutral grain spirit to london resulting in the introduction of london dry gin in the late 19th century gin sales soared until the 1950s when vodka supplanted gin as one of the most popular drinks as a result edinburgh which had previously been the epicenter of the gin business had no more gin distilleries by 1970 paragraphe food 1 the industry did not see any recovery until late1980 when bombay sapphire was introduced but the scottish gin industry is doing strong in the twentyfirst century in 2003 hedrick s gin was created which was very different from the london dry style independent enterprises obtained the ability to distill gin on a smaller batch rather than exclusively on an industrial basis after a lawsuit against hmrc were won in 2009 that s the fundamental reason small craft gin distilleries can now be found all around scotland the industry did not see any recovery until late1980 when bombay sapphire was introduced but the scottish gin industry is doing strong in the twentyfirst century in 2003 hedrick s gin was created which was very different from the london dry style independent enterprises obtained the ability to distill gin on a smaller batch rather than exclusively on an industrial basis after a lawsuit against hmrc were won in 2009 that s the fundamental reason small craft gin distilleries can now be found all around scotland it first gained popularity in the 1600s when it was employed as a medicine by the dutch to cure renal and stomach issues the very first bottles of the strong dutch jenever arrived in the 18th century in scotlandscotland s history with gin predates the last ten years scotland s gin obsession dates back to the 1700s and is closely linked to leith for a variety of reasons leith was the epicenter of early gin manufacture to begin with the regions already had a booming whisky business and have competent workers in coopering glass making and warehousing meaning that gin had the ideal circumstances to thrive furthermore because it was a dockside town near the netherlands it had better access to the raw ingredients and spices that are needed for producing gin in 1777 edinburg alone had eight certified gin distilleries a large number of stills that were not licensed were also in operations the quality of the gin produced was uneven till the early 18th century when robert stein changed the manufacturing process from traditional pot stills to a developed process that could manufacture spirit much more quickly and in large quantities aeneas coffey who is an irish distiller known for creating the twin column still improved on stein s idea afterward gin production efficiency improved once more as a result of this this discovery made distilling feasible and distillers in scotland soon started shipping neutral grain spirit to london resulting in the introduction of london dry gin in the late 19th century gin sales soared until the 1950s when vodka supplanted gin as one of the most popular drinks as a result edinburgh which had previously been the epicenter of the gin business had no more gin distilleries by 1970 scotland has been at the heart of the present gin craze producing more than 70 of all gin produced in the united kingdom hendricks s tanqueray gordon s are among the biggest gin sellers  