Tanqueray
Tanqueray is the world's leading premium gin, a London dry gin brand founded in Bloomsbury, London in 1830. Charles Tanqueray, born in 1810, set up his distillery at Vine Street in Bloomsbury, reportedly experimenting with over 300 recipes before arriving at the four-botanical blend of juniper, coriander, angelica root and liquorice. The gin is produced from four-times-distilled grain, with the botanicals added during the second distillation using three large copper pot stills.
The distillery was almost completely destroyed in a 1941 air raid. Charles Waugh Tanqueray inherited the business after Charles Tanqueray died in 1868, and John Tanqueray was the last member of the family to work with the brand, retiring in 1989. The bottle design was inspired by a 1920s cocktail shaker, and the bottle was redesigned in 1948. Production moved from London to Laindon, Essex in 1989 and then to the Cameronbridge Distillery in Fife, Scotland in 1995, where Tanqueray is made today. Tanqueray is produced by Diageo and was the highest-selling gin in the world in 2016, with its largest market in the United States.
The brand's alcohol-free range launched in 2021 and is produced by distilling its botanicals individually. The range draws on the classic four-botanical blend as well as a recipe from 1862 that featured Seville orange botanicals, including orange, citrus zest and juniper. One of the alcohol-free drinks has won awards.
At a Glance
- Origin
- UK
- Price Point
- Premium
- Company
- Diageo
Ships to
Australia, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Norway, USA
Awards
Award-Winning Drinks
The Collection
2 drinks
At a Glance
- Origin
- UK
- Price Point
- Premium
- Company
- Diageo
Collection
2 drinks
