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Gordon's is a popular brand of gin produced in the United Kingdom and under license in New Zealand and several other former British territories, with the top markets for Gordon's being Great Britain, the US, Greece and Africa. It is owned by the multi-national alcohol company Diageo Plc.
It was developed in London in 1769 by a Scot, Alexander Gordon, who had opened a distillery in Clerkenwell. The Special London Dry Gin he developed proved extremely successful, and its recipe remains unchanged to this day. Triple-distilled, the gin contains juniper, coriander seeds, angelica root and other botanicals.
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Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin distributed by Bacardi, launched in 1987, having been named via a competitive process whereby a number of leading Madison Avenue agencies were played off against each other. Bombay Sapphire is marketed in a flat-sided, sapphire-coloured bottle that bears a likeness of Queen Victoria on the label.
The name hints at the origins of gin's popularity in the British Raj. During their administration, the British took quinine in the form of tonic water to protect against malaria. This was mixed with gin in order to make a more pleasing and sociable drink of this medical necessity.
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