Cambridge Distillery Anty Gin (70cl) 2021

Cambridge Distillery was founded by William and Lucy Lowe. They were strolling through Cambridge meadows, their home, and were inspired to create gins that capture the taste of the English seasons. They use botanicals grown in and around their home and work on the principle that no two are the same. So they treat them individually, using a special distillation matrix, which factors in temperature, timing and pressure for each one. It treats these delicate ingredients with more precision to extract greater flavour. That's certainly needed for the red wood ant – 62 of them, blended with alexander seed, nettle and wood aven, plus juniper and other botanicals. The result is a ground-breaking gin brimming with sweet, woody spice and lemongrass.