The multi award-winning City of London Distillery has launched a zesty new gin celebrating its rich history in the Square Mile.

Available from today, Six Bells Lemon Gin has notes of lemon sherbet together with the aromatic flavours reminiscent of a classic dry gin, perfect for creating a wonderfully zesty gin and tonic.

Six Bells Lemon Gin is named after the six bells surrounding the City of London in the classic rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons' – St Martin's, Old Bailey, Shoreditch, St Clements', Stepney and Bow. Tradition has it that someone is a true Cockney if they are born within the sound of the Bow bells. 'Born' less than a mile away the City of London Bar and Distillery on Bride Lane is proud of its heritage. The new gin comes in a yellow bottle, shaped like the iconic St Paul's Cathedral, which is only half a mile from the distillery.

There were once thousands of gin distilleries in the city but these closed one-by-one until there were none left in the Square Mile. That was until 2012, when the City of London Distillery opened, becoming the first and only gin distillery in the area for 200 years. The bar and distillery quickly established itself as a top producer; this year alone gins from the range have been awarded two Gold, two Silver and one Bronze at the 2018 San Francisco World Spirit Competition and named UK Distiller of the Year in the International Wine & Spirits Competition.

Six Bells Lemon Gin uses classic London dry gin botanicals with extra dried lemon peel used both in the pot still and in the vapour chamber/carterhead still to capture more lemon flavour.

A bottle of Six Bells Lemon Gin (41.3% /vol) is priced £35 and available from the City of London Distillery and Bar and online at: https://www.cityoflondondistillery.com/six-bells-lemon-gin/

To celebrate the launch, gin lovers can enjoy it in a G&T or Martini cocktail for just £8.50 at the City of London Distillery Bar (COLD). Usually £10.00 each, Six Bells Lemon G&T and Martinis are available at the COLD Bar Monday to Wednesday 5.30pm-8pm, until Christmas 2018.

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For further information on this release and images, please contact Vicky Major on Vicky@majorpr.co.ukor call 07506750318.

NOTES TO EDITORS:
Founded in 2012, the City of London Distillery is the only gin distillery in London's Square Mile and the first in the City for over 200 years.

City of London Distillery boasts a portfolio of multi award-winning gins: Old Tom Gin, Christopher Wren Gin, Square Mile Gin, City of London Dry Gin, Sloe Gin and Six Bells Lemon Gin.

COLD is a retro style speak-easy bar and is open to the public Monday to Saturday 4pm-11pm.

About Halewood Wines & Spirits (www.halewood-int.com)
Halewood Wines & Spirits is an award-winning UK-based craft distiller and the winner of the IWSC UK Gin Producer 2018 Award. Premium gin brands include Whitley Neill, J. J. Whitley, City of London Distillery, Marylebone Gin and Liverpool Gin.
Halewood has a strong portfolio of other high growth premium sprits, including Dead Man's Fingers rum, Bajan Rum Sixty Six, Gelston's Irish Whiskey and Crabbie Whisky.
In the 2018 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Halewood's artisanal spirits were awarded five Double Golds, 13 Golds, nine Silvers and eight Bronze Awards. The spirits also won two Silver International Wine & Spirits Competition Awards and in the Global Spirits Masters, nine Silver and five Bronze Awards.
The business operates a number of craft breweries and artisanal distilleries across the UK including: Hawkshead Brewery in Cumbria, Sadler's Ales in the Black Country, Aber Falls Distillery in North Wales, City of London Distillery and the new Liverpool Gin Distillery. A craft Distillery is also planned to open in Edinburgh in 2019 for Crabbie Whisky.
Outside the UK, the business exports products to over 100 countries around the world and has significant operations in a number of international markets including North America, South Africa and China.
The business was founded by the late John Halewood in 1978 and it remains owned and controlled by the Halewood family.
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