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Who is Dr J?
A fascinated scientist? An Oxford Scholar? A passionate cook? Who exactly is Dr J?
In fact, he’s all of the above and a whole lot more… Dr J started English Spirit with an experiment in an old barn, after finding a loophole in an archaic law around distilling for personal use.
Over the past decade he has earned a reputation as one of the UK’s true Master Distillers, having developed an array of wondrous spirits and liqueurs: everything from cucumber spirit and baijiu, to distilling and distributing the UK’s first rum from scratch. If you say it can’t be distilled, he’s bound to prove you wrong by utilising his knowledge to produce yet another discerning tipple.
Dr J started producing spirits for his friends, simply because he believed that people deserved to drink truly great tasting spirits that didn’t burn when enjoying neat. He’s kept this ethos at the heart of English Spirit and continues to blend new flavours and develop new techniques, creating spirits to be shared and enjoyed.
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Unlocking the Origins of Liqueurs
Now we are very familiar with sweet liqueurs - but these didn’t gain steam until sugar was a thing and that took off in Europe in the 16th century.
Let's Talk Flavourful Liqueurs
Liqueurs are absolutely fascinating and delicious - and frequently maligned!
What’s to love about Lovage?
Its unique flavour of bitter celery combined with light anise has added a seductive charm to many a sauce, broth, stew or meal
Where lavender and thyme abound, sweet dreams, the fairies say, are found.
It might at first seem a toosh strange, but it is divine. Somewhere between Night Scented Stock meets Palma Violets! Let’s step right in
Oranges and Lemons
We’ve waxed lyrical over the years of how our limongino is distinct from - and in our humble opinion - better than - limoncello.
Water of Life
The Story behind No.15 - Aqua Vitae
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art
In 2011 my rum adventure began simply by wondering why no one - and I mean no one - was making any British rum. It took the