Chase Distillery in Herefordshire has launched Williams Elegant Crisp Gin produced from it's own vodka made from organic cider apples grown on the estate.
With juniper, coriander, angelica, liquorice, Orris, orange and lemon peel, hops, elderflower and fresh Bramley apples in the botanical mix, distillation is in a copper pot still and column then in a Carter Head-style gin still.
Chase has also created a small batch (500 bottles) of a smoked vodka and is experimenting with honey, marmalade and truffle vodkas.
1 January 2010 - Felicity Murray