Half Hitch gin cocktail recipes

Half Hitch craft gin is putting Camden back on the gin distillery map

Half Hitch is the first gin distillery to open in Camden in 50 years

Half Hitch gin is created in a micro-distillery in Camden's West Yard, north London, once the heart of London's gin distilling and warehousing.

In the 19th Century, the area stretched from the Lock to the Roundhouse, and gin was transported by an express train around the world from here, where streets such as Juniper Crescent are reminders of the area's gin-soaked past.

Today, Half Hitch craft gin is renewing these historic links.

The spirit is blended in copper pots which creates more delicate flavours after being able to lower the boiling points of ingredients. The gin carries notes of Malawian black tea and Calabrian bergamot, with touches of wood, pepper and hay.

Half Hitch rhubarb

30ml Half Hitch gin
20ml Cocchi Rosa
10ml rhubarb syrup
5ml Aperol
100ml soda water

Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all ingredients, shake vigorously and strain into a chilled wine glass. Top with ice cold soda water.

Half Hitch martinez

The father of the Martini, this classic delivers on both strength and taste

2 parts Half Hitch gin
3/4 part Cocci Torino
1 dash Maraschino 

Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a chilled coupette over ice. Garnish with orange peel tied into a round turn and two half hitches and Luxardo cherry.

White negroni

An irresistible alternative to the classic Count Negroni recipe. A more delicate profile yet still beautifully bitter sweet.

2 parts Half Hitch gin
1 part Cocchi Americano
1/4 part Suze

Add all ingredients into a mixing glass, stir and serve in a tumbler over ice and garnish with a twist of orange peel.

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