From mother's ruin to modern tipple: how the UK rediscovered gin

Scourge of Hogarth’s London has been transformed 260 years later into booming craft industryGin parties, gin menus, ginvent calendars and even a Ginstitute hotel: the UK’s renewed passion for all things gin is fast creating a whole new industry.There are 315 distilleries in Britain – more than double the number operating five years ago. According to figures collected by HM Revenue & Customs, which hands out licences to produce spirits, nearly 50 opened last year, while just