We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's hard to beat the burst of botanicals from a good London dry gin. But the spirit isn't always the easiest to work with, especially if ...

Gin is all the rage again: they’ve been distilling it in The Archers and on The Apprentice – and UK sales are set to overtake Scotch whisky by the end of the decade. Helen Nianias shares what ...