Cambridge Curators Gin

Curator's Gin comes from Cambridge Distillery, founded in 2011 by William and Lucy Lowe. It was created with Sam Brockington, curator of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The botanicals were hand-picked in the garden and taken straight back to the distillery, where William Lowe distilled each one separately and blended them into the finished gin. Alongside juniper, the recipe uses lemon, lavender, ginger and rosemary, plus apples from a tree descended from the Woolsthorpe Manor tree linked to Isaac Newton.

This is a herbaceous, floral gin. Lavender comes through first, backed by fresh rosemary, a crisp, almost mineral citrus note and a hint of liquorice-like sweetness, with ginger warming the finish. Serve it simply with Indian tonic and a sprig of rosemary or a thin slice of fresh ginger. It also makes a fragrant Martini or a gin sour.