Mystical, Medicinal, Malicious! — these are just a few of gin’s many facets that fuel its complex lore. This ages-old, aromatic, botanical spirit is the key ingredient in most classic American cocktails— the dry martini being the most famous. And speaking of famous— what do: writer Charles Dickens, Blues queen Bessie Smith, children’s author Dr. Seus, and two groovy guys from the Brat Pack (Dean & Frank) all have in common? Even without the biggest of clues (“Bond — James Bond”) of course you guessed correctly— they each adored gin! Lovers of the juniper-laced elixir might be happy to know that high-quality craft gins are in! — a far cry from the bathtub versions made popular (& by “necessity”) throughout Prohibition and gave gin kind of a bad rep for decades to follow. Come taste a stellar lineup and find out why gin’s been the hooch of choice among so many imbibers, across oceans and centuries, with an everlasting endurance as its popularity ebbed and flowed over time …

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Tonya Hopkins is the great-granddaughter of a Prohibition Era speakeasy “entrepreneur” and a mixology maven who’s worked in many aspects of the wine and spirits industry for nearly two decades.