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Half Hitch Gin: Camden Lock's Tea-Scented Revival of Gilbey's Canal-Side Legacy
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Half Hitch Gin: Camden Lock's Tea-Scented Revival of Gilbey's Canal-Side Legacy

Originally published on gin.directory
8 /10
EDITOR
Producer: Langley Distillery / Camden Lock
Type: Contemporary
ABV: 40% ABV
Price: £38

Half Hitch Gin is a Gin made by Langley Distillery / Camden Lock. ABV: 40% ABV. Our expert rating is 8/10.

Tasting Notes

Nose

Fresh zesty lemon oils and pine resin — loose-leaf black tea with cracked black pepper, deeper liquorice and cassia, candied peel, a faint straw hue hinting at what's to come

Palate

Initially sweet before drying quickly — black tea and bergamot dominating with a rich caramel-like viscosity, piney juniper and waxy lemon at the front, powerful cracked black pepper at the back, an almost numbing chewy quality from the tea-juniper alliance

Finish

Lingering pine and black tea tannins — dry black pepper with faint eucalyptus and orange zest, cinnamon and fresh lemon on the tail, the Camden Lock heritage in every sip

Expert Review

8/10

Thirteen botanicals across three techniques — copper pot distillation, vacuum distillation for hay, and hand-crafted tea and bergamot tinctures blended in Victorian warehouse vaults at Camden Lock. Named after the rope knot used to moor barges on the Grand Union Canal, where W&A Gilbey ran one of London's largest gin operations from 1869 to 1964. Zesty lemon and pine resin with loose-leaf black tea on the nose, bergamot-tea richness on the palate, lingering pepper and tannin finish.

Amelie Farnham
Amelie Farnham Gin & Botanicals Editor
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