The Secret Is Out

London

Secret Garden Distillery

Secret Garden Gin Subscription

Meet the distiller In 2012, co-founder husband and wife team Hamish & Liberty Martin bought a derelict 7.5-acre plot of land on the outskirts of Edinburgh with the dream of turning it into a beautiful garden for all to share. Hamish is a Herbologist and spent years cultivating his own botanicals in the garden, and with his love of gin and his knowledge of the industry, it wasn’t long until these two passions came together to create a range of 100% natural gin. Their dream of the garden has also been fulfilled. You can book to visit the garden, with over 1,00 juniper bushes, 500 herbs and floral varieties, can you just imagine the amazing fragrance of the lemon verbena and juniper – natures natural G&T. I’m devastated that during our recent visit to Edinburgh we couldn’t a time to visit, but next year it's on the top of the list. The Box The subscription box arrived beautifully packaged and was very delighted to see the whole packing, including the plastic outer was fully compostable. Included in each box; 20cl Gin Club Gin, 5cl Sample Room Gin, Perfect Mixer, Hand-Harvested Garnish The Taste I have tried Secret Garden gins after having bought my first bottle a few years ago. I was so delighted to try their monthly membership box this time. Each month, they send you a seasonally created gin, for example, Tulips in March, this month the bottle was called a 20cl bloody dock, and hand garnish of petals. The Bloody Dock with a lemony taste, leaves are added to the gin distilling, alongside black violets and hollyhocks to give the gin its red deep colour. What an amazing surprise to see that when you add tonic it turns a sweet pink. The taste is that of natural sweetness and floral notes are delicious and very easy to drink. Also included free, was a sample room gin, these 5cl bottles have mysterious gin which we can then compare members and feedback to the distiller, perhaps inputting into future new products. In summary I really enjoyed this subscription box, it's beautifully branded and everything thought through to the finest detail. I love the opportunity to engage with each other, and QR codes to send you new and exciting information. I like to rotate my gin subscriptions so it's on my 2022 rotation.