Gin in London

The city that gave London Dry its name. A wave of new distilleries opened here after 2009, and several of them let you stand next to the stills.

• Sipsmith (Distillery, Chiswick): Opened in 2009 as the first new copper-pot distillery in London in 189 years. Tours take you into the still room, home to stills named Prudence, Patience and Constance.
• City of London Distillery (Distillery & bar, The City, near St Paul's): Opened in 2012 as the City's first new distillery in more than 200 years, with a speakeasy-style bar beside the stills.
• Jensen's · Bermondsey Distillery (Distillery, Bermondsey): Home of Jensen's old-style London Dry and Old Tom. Evening tours with a tasting and the history of London gin.
• Hayman's Distillery (Distillery, Balham): Family-run, and distilling the same way since 1863: the Hayman family descends from Beefeater's creator, James Burrough.
• East London Liquor Company (Distillery, East London): An independent that makes its own gins, vodka, rum and whisky, and runs tastings in its still house.
• Dukes Bar (Bar, St James's): Ian Fleming's regular haunt, where the Vesper Martini is said to have been conceived.
• The Gin Bar at Holborn Dining Room (Gin bar, Holborn): More than 400 gins and 27 tonics, one of them made in-house.