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World Gin Awards 2021
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137 Gin take home 4 awards at the World Gin Awards Another proud moment in the Lumber’s Bartholomew 137 Distillery history. The World Gin Awards select the very best gins in the internationally recognised gin styles and we’ve been recognised. Anita Ujszaszi, awards director of the World Gin Awards, said: “We received a record-breaking number of entries, with […]
Gin Live at Home
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An interview with Pete Lumber During lockdown 2020, our founder and master distiller Pete spoke to Bernadette Pamplin. Bernadette is the Founder of ‘Under the Ginfluence‘ & a Contributor to Gin Magazine. In this interview, Pete talks openly about the 137 Gin range as well as the craft and the market. What is Gin […]
Winners at the Nordics Spirit Awards 2021
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Lumber Bartholomew 137 Gin win gold AND “best in class” at international craft spirits competition. Last night concluded the annual Copenhagen-based craft spirits awards, the 2021 Nordics Sprits Awards. Designed to showcase products which demonstrate high quality in taste and production, entrants from all over the world are judged through a blind tasted and graded […]
The Gin Guide Awards 2020 Finalists
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Here at 137 Gin we are delighted to announce that once again we have made it into The Gin Guide Finals! Lumber’s Bartholomew Berkshire Dry Gin is in the finalist categories of London Dry Gin and Contemporary Gin (43% ABV). Lumber’s Bartholomew London Dry Gin is finalist in the Traditional Gin category. Lumber’s Bartholomew Navy […]
History of Gin
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Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries (Juniperus communis). From its earliest beginnings in the Middle Ages, gin has evolved over the course of a millennium from an herbal medicine to an object of commerce in the spirits industry. Today, the gin category is one of the most popular and […]
The History of Navy Strength Gin
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We are used to seeing bottles of gin or rum with the term “navy strength” on the label, but what does this actually mean? Well, like so much of the drinks world it has its roots in the UK’s insatiable thirst for booze. In this case the Royal Navy. Not that the term itself is […]