If you’re looking to sample the best contemporary gin in the world, you’ll find it at Sheringham Distillery in Sooke. The Island distillery took home the title as ‘Best Contemporary Gin’ at the 2019 World Gin Awards. The winners were announced at a gala on Thursday in London, U.K.
Sheringham’s seaside gin beat out competition from 23 other countries including Britain, the United States and Germany.
“When you make your first product like that, and you pour your heart into it, you never think that it will be the best contemporary gin in the world one day,” said co-owner Jason MacIsaac.
It may be the ‘West Coast’ essence that gives Sheringham’s gin that winning touch. MacIsaac says the flavour profile for the craft gin was inspired by a walk along French Beach. “We thought ‘how can we capture this region and this feeling into a bottle?”
The gin contains ingredients like locally-harvested winged kelp, rose petals and Juniper. “What really flavours our gin is all of those botanicals,” MacIssac explained.
