From the fells and lakes of the north to the industrial areas around Manchester and Liverpool, gin is making its mark. Drinking it and crafting it has captured the imagination from Merseyside to Manchester and across Lancashire, Cumbria and Cheshire. Taking strength from its industrial heritage, maritime trade, glorious countryside and rich history, some of the finest gins in the country have been created in the North West of England. Gins of the North West tells the stories of a hundred of these passionately-crafted spirits, where the industry has come from and where it’s going. • Discover how the landscape of the Lake District inspires its ginmakers. • See how chemists, brewers and farmers have brought their talents to the North West’s gin community. • Meet the gins inspired by family recipe books, childhood treats and the most exotic of fruits. • Discover how Cheshire is home to some of the UK’s biggest brands ... and some of the very smallest. • Find out how cruise ship entertainers, firemen, actors and teachers have found a new life in the still room. Gins of the North West is a comprehensive guide to the region’s makers, distilleries and their gins. Fully illustrated, Gins of the North West makes the perfect gift for local residents, a souvenir for visitors to the area and for craft gin fans everywhere.

From the wild open spaces of the north to the industrial cities of the south, Yorkshire's distillers are creating some of the finest gins in the country. Taking strength from the glorious countryside, rich history and that indefinable Yorkshire grit, they are inspired to make passionately-crafted spirits. YORKSHIRE'S GINS tell the stories of the gins, where the industry has come from and where it's going. Discover how Yorkshire delicacies like rhubarb, liquorice and Henderson's Relish inspire the makers. See how brewers, farmers and artists have brought their talents to Yorkshire's gin community. Meet the gins inspired by Dracula, Captain Cook and York's ancient walls; the brand launched on a moving train; the gin which uses "wonky" potatoes and gins made in bedrooms and other unlikely spaces. YORKSHIRE'S GINS is a comprehensive guide to Yorkshire's makers, distilleries and their gins.

Scotland's gin scene is thriving: a clan of distillers are creating passionately conceived and beautifully crafted gins, using the finest of locally sourced ingredients. We tell the stories of the spirits, where Scotland's gin industry has come from and where it's going. * The gardener who found his flowers make gin that changes colour. * The farmer who started distilling as a way to use up his wonky potatoes. * The gin distilled beneath Edinburgh's pavements. * The whisky distiller who created a gin with the botanicals on its island doorstep. Gins from crofts, towns, herb gardens and even an old vet school, we list the best of Scotland's distilleries and their signature gins.