As a result of excessive drunkenness and poorly produced gin, licensing and taxation laws were introduced. Gin became a more expensive and higher quality drink and began a steady ascent up the class ladder. From the unlikeliest conditions of squalor, desperation and degeneration emerged London Dry Gin, one of the world’s greatest spirits.

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