Published:
4:15 PM February 1, 2021
The 58 Gin range includes Navy Strength, Apple and Hibiscus, London Dry and English Berry
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For Carmen O Neal s eco gin distillery, last year was a tale of triumph over disaster.
After being forced to stop production in March and pivoting to make juniper scented hand ginitizer 58 Gin rounded off 2020 winning the IWSC s prestigious UK Gin Producer of The Year. When they rang to tell me I started crying and said are you sure? she laughs. We re just a team of four and to be recognised that year of all years was huge.
The Canadian-born entrepreneur started small in 2015 in a railway arch in Hackney Downs. Less than a year after refurbing new premises in Haggerston - upgrading from a 60 litre to a shiny 450-litre still - the pandemic hit and orders stopped overnight.