DORSET'S FIRST CRAFT GIN, AND STILL ITS BEST – Conker Dorset Dry Gin is the flagship of The Conker Distillery — Bournemouth's pioneering gin makers, founded in 2014 by Rupert Holloway as Dorset's first gin distillery. A classic London Dry-inspired juniper-led gin with a distinctively Dorset twist: hand-foraged gorse flowers, marsh samphire and English elderberries, distilled by hand in tiny batches in a 30-litre Portuguese copper Alembic pot still. The original. The award-winner. The benchmark. TEN BOTANICALS, THREE FORAGED FROM DORSET – Pine-led juniper berries, coriander, orris root, angelica root, cassia bark, fresh lime peel and bitter orange peel form the classic London Dry backbone. Then we add three hand-foraged Dorset botanicals: gorse flowers picked from the Dorset clifftops (for nectar sweetness, camomile and honey), marsh samphire from the salt marshes (for herbaceous green-tea-like notes), and elderberries from local hedgerows (for cool, blueberry-like fruitiness). MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BRITISH CRAFT GIN – Conker Dorset Dry has won Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Silver at the International Spirits Challenge and Bronze at the prestigious IWSC and World Gin Awards. Distilled in tiny batches in a Portuguese copper Alembic pot still using British wheat spirit and pure New Forest spring water — the same uncompromising small-batch approach that has made Conker one of Britain's most respected craft gin makers. MADE BY HAND ON THE JURASSIC COAST – Every bottle is made by hand at our distillery in an old Victorian laundry in Southbourne, Bournemouth. Botanicals are foraged from the Dorset Jurassic Coast — a UNESCO World Heritage stretch of coastline whose chalk grasslands, salt marshes and cliff-top hedgerows give Conker its sense of place. New Forest spring water sourced from just 15 miles from the still. The literal taste of Dorset, in a bottle. THE PERFECT G&T, AND A KILLER MARTINI – Fresh juniper and citrus on the nose with a hint of summer meadow; smooth, sweet citrus and floral notes with classic juniper and a touch of berry-jam sweetness on the palate; a long, dry, lingering finish with subtle woody warmth. For the ultimate G&T, pour 50ml over ice with classic Indian tonic and a strip of lime peel — or stir into an intricate dry Martini with a lemon twist. A premium gin gift for any serious gin lover.