It took 730 days for Berry Bros. & Rudd – the UK’s oldest wine and spirit merchant – to create and refine this remarkable gin. With the help of a brick-encased copper pot still in Holland and Dr. David Clutton (the only person in the world to have a PhD in gin), No.3 is crafted using coriander, angelica root, cardamom, grapefruit peel, sweet orange peel, juniper and Ultra Pure Grain Alcohol, which is reputedly 80% purer than the standard.

The result is a spine-tingling, hair-standing-on-end, eureka moment, when you sip and realise that No.3 London Dry Gin is just exactly what gin should taste like. The key on the bottle must be the one used to unlock the secret to the perfect balance of juniper, citrus and spice.