Half Hitch Gin: Camden Lock's Tea-Scented Revival of Gilbey's Canal-Side Legacy
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Half Hitch Gin is a Contemporary gin made by Langley Distillery / Camden Lock in England. ABV: 40% ABV. Key botanicals include juniper, angelica root, cassia bark, coriander seed, liquorice root. 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
8/10Thirteen 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.
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