& distillation founded 2009 founder ian hart and hilary whitney headquarters highgate london area served worldwide key people ian hart hilary whitney products gin vodka vermouth aperitifs & bottled cocktails website www.sacredspiritscompany.com sacred microdistillery is a microdistillery located in highgate london . it is unusual in that it distills its spirits by use of vacuum distillation and thus distills at a lower temperature than traditional pot stills which operate at atmospheric pressure . the microdistillery operates out of the back room of a residential house with a vacuum plant situated in a wendy house in the distiller s back garden . 1 sacred microdistillery in ian hart s home in highgate north london . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 london dry gin 2.2 botanical gin 2.3 other gin 2.4 vodka 2.5 vermouth 2.6 aperitifs 2.6.1 bottled cocktails 3 references 4 external links history edit sacred microdistillery was established in london in 2009 ; it is the only vacuum distillery in london . 2 sacred microdistillery was launched by ian hart 3 and hilary whitney initially as a pure gin distillery but this has now branched out into vodkas such as sacred london dry vodka produced using the same process . also now produced are three vermouths using english wine and an english alternative to campari rosehip cup . the distillery started on a small scale and personally delivered stock to local bars and restaurants on london s tubes and buses . 4 sacred microdistillery is based on a residential street in north london . 5 it distributes its products to many bars restaurants and independent spirits merchants in london and worldwide . 6 this includes duke s bar in st james s london where ian fleming invented the vesper cocktail 7 and gerry s of old compton street . 8 sacred gin came first in its category in the 2009 ginmasters competition 9 which is a blind tasting competition organised by the spirits business magazine . subsequently sacred london dry vodka and sacred organic vodka both won gold in the 2010 global vodka masters competition organised by the same publication . in 2010 sacred gin placed in the top three 10 alongside hendrick s and tanqueray 10 gins in another blind tasting organised by imbibe magazine . 11 in 2013 sacred gin and sacred organic gin each won double gold at the san francisco world spirits competition . currently sacred produces 16 products including gins vodkas vermouths aperitifs and bottled cocktails . 1 products edit sacred microdistillery s spirits are produced in small batches of a few hundred bottles a time distilled from english grain spirit . each botanical is macerated in alcohol for 4 6 weeks and then distilled individually . these distillates are blended as the final part of the production process . 12 sacred currently produces the following products 13 available in the uk and overseas 1 london dry gin edit sacred gin 40 % . this is a london dry gin made using 12 individually distilled botanicals including juniper fresh whole citrus fruits green cardamom and boswellia sacra hougary frankincense from which sacred takes its name . 14 sacred organic gin 43.8 % . another london dry gin produced using organic english wheat spirit and 8 organically sourced botanicals . frankincense boswellia sacra from which sacred takes its name botanical gin edit as each of sacred s botanicals is distilled individually and then blended it is possible to produce gins of a different blend ratio . this allowed ian hart to produce a range of 6 botanical gins in which one botanical is increased in the blend . sacred pink grapefruit gin 43.8 % . made with a large amount of spanish and italian pink grapefruit . sacred juniper gin 43.8 % . produced with tuscan juniper berries . sacred coriander gin 43.8 % . using coriander seeds a common botanical in gin . 15 sacred cardamom gin 43.8 % . made with aromatic organic green cardamom pods from guatemala . sacred orris gin 43.8 % . with orris root the root of the iris plant . orris has a floral and earthy flavour . 16 sacred licorice gin 43.8 % . licorice root is used in gin as a natural sweetener and is traditionally used instead of sugar to make an old tom gin . other gin edit sacred christmas pudding gin 40 % . made with juniper and real christmas puddings cooked to ian s great aunt nellie s recipe . designed to be taken as a shot out of the freezer after christmas lunch . 17 vodka edit sacred london dry vodka 40 % . a wheat vodka redistilled with 7 botanicals similar in character to a gin but with no juniper coriander or citrus botanicals . sacred holds the trademark for london dry vodka . 18 sacred organic vodka 40 % . a blend of english organic wheat spirit and english organic rye spirit . vermouth edit sacred english spiced vermouth 18 % . a dark rosso style of vermouth made with english white wine from gloucestershire . the wine is fortified and bittered with wormwood grown in the west country for sacred and 23 other botanicals . sacred english amber vermouth 21.8 % . a medium sweet amber style vermouth made with english white wine from gloucestershire and 16 botanicals . sacred english dry vermouth 21.8 % . an extra dry vermouth made with english white wine from gloucestershire and 16 botanicals including thyme intended for the dry martini cocktail but also usable in other mixed drinks . 19 aperitifs edit sacred rosehip cup 18 % . a bittersweet liqueur made with rosehips gentian root and 25 other botanicals . this liqueur was originally made for the negroni cocktail and can be used as an english alternative to campari . bottled cocktails edit sacred bottle aged negroni 26.8 % . made with equal parts of sacred gin sacred rosehip cup and sacred english spiced vermouth conditioned in the bottle . the back label is endorsed with a quote from sir kingsley amis this is a fine invention . it has the power rare with drinks and indeed with anything else of cheering you up . references edit a b c sacred spirits company 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. 2009 . archived from the original pdf on 2010 02 20 . retrieved 2010 02 20 . mason angela 2010 02 20 . meet zanzzi barr contessa cocktail . the mail on sunday . archived from the original on 2010 02 21 . retrieved 2010 02 21 . imbibe magazine ice awards jan feb 2010 blind tasting . imbibe magazine . january 2010 . archived from the original on 2010 02 20 . retrieved 2010 02 20 . purves nick 2010 01 09 . sacred gin . the london word . archived from the original on 2010 02 20 . retrieved 2010 02 20 . shop . sacredspiritscompany.com . retrieved 2016 09 21 . culshaw jenny . bbc s jenny culshaw visits sacred gin microdistillery for working lunch youtube video . working lunch . bbc . retrieved 2010 02 20 . coriander seed is the second most important botanical in gin . retrieved 2016 09 21 . stephenson tristan 2016 . the curious bartender s gin palace . ryland peters & small . isbn 1849757011 . dehn georgia 15 december 2014 . the telegraph magazine . p. 73 . united kingdom intellectual property office . cocktail of the month . sacredspiritscompany.com . retrieved 2016 09 21 . external links edit sacred website sacred facebook page sacred twitter account ian hart sacred twitter account hilary whitney sacred twitter account rachel knowles sacred twitter account alexander jeffreys sacred instagram account retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sacred microdistillery & oldid 743648356 categories ginsdistilleries in englandbritish companies established in 2009food and drink companies established in 20092009 in london2009 establishments in englandhighgate navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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