Producing gin also came to the brothers' mind because, six years ago, they had met a producer of
bathtub gin.
Bathtub gin was originally an amateur method of producing gin--through a maceration (soaking) process--that was popular during Prohibition era in America, when alcohol was illegal.
"Hard Brexit: a straight shot of
bathtub gin, with no imported botanicals" Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez designs a Hard Brexit cocktail "I'm not perfect but I'm trying to change things in my own life - cycling whenever I can, buying less stuff and not wasting food" Actor James Norton urges people to tackle climate change as "the next great human achievement".
"Hard Brexit: a straight shot of
bathtub gin, with no imported botanicals" - Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez designs a Hard Brexit cocktail
"Hard Brexit: a straight shot of
bathtub gin, with no imported botanicals" - Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez designs a Hard Brexit cocktail "Caution: Wet Paint - Sorry for the incontinence" - Warning sign spotted in a hotel in Boscombe, Dorset.
The days of gangland Al Capone and
bathtub gin are long gone, but the experience of bootleg booze, flapper girls and velvet curtains are very much alive.
And just as Prohibition pushed bootleggers to switch from beer to potent
bathtub gin, traffickers are increasingly adulterating their narcotics with potent synthetic opioids such as sufentanil--a substance that can be up to 500 times stronger than morphine.
The UK gins will include Jawbox Single Dry Gin, Masons Dry Yorkshire Gin, Wrecking Coast Clotted Cream Gin, Brecon Special Reserve, Finni's Black Bee Gin and
Bathtub Gin.
Exhibitors at the MFDF Gin Fest include
Bathtub Gin, Lakes Gin, Unicorn Tears Gin Liqueur and Whittaker's London Dry Gin - with many more to be announced over the coming weeks.
Bootleg cocktails, whisky on the rocks and
bathtub gin will also be available.
John said: "My personal favourite is
Bathtub gin and 1724 tonic - it tastes great and the botanicals in the gin are cinnamon and cardamom."
By the 20th century it was a byword for seedy drinks and dives - hence
bathtub gin and gin joints.