Sales of Gin in the UK started to recover last year with almost 80 milIion bottles sold, according to data from the Wine and Spirit Association (WSTA).
The Gin Guild said markets in South America showed huge growth, led by Brazil, Argentina and Chile. 
Phoebe Waller-Bridge debuted a Fleabag-inspired offering, working in collaboration with Edinburgh Gin last year. It featured a handwritten “I love you” from Waller-Bridge’s character on the front and “It’ll Pass” from Andrew Scott’s Hot Priest on the back (a nod to the dramatic exchange from the closing scene of the hit BBC show). All profits from the bottles went towards supporting artists to return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where Fleabag first aired in 2013.
The U.K is by far the most competitive place in the world for a gin producer to exist. 
Non specialist bars in the UK will stock at most 10-15 gins and will, usually, turn over half of those each year. That’s around 20 gins being poured each year in bars that don’t specialise in gins.
A Gin is not a Gin without Juniper Berries.
Customised glass bottles are the norm when it comes to gin – over 65% of the top 200 brands have them.That’s a much higher percentage than any other category, even Whisky.
James Bond who is famous for his Martini’s actually ordered 19 vodka martinis and 16 gin martinis throughout Ian Fleming’s novels and short stories.
The very first Gin to be aged in a Juniper Oak was HERNÖE DISTILLERY’S Juniper Cask Gin.
The world’s most expensive gin is the Morus LXIV that sold for $4,887.91 in 2018.
Flavoured Gin isn’t really a new invention. In the 20th Century, Gordon’s alone had many flavoured variants.
Navy strength Gin, or Overproof Gin, is actually an Overproof version of London Dry and was originally used by the British Royal Navy because it wouldn’t inhibit gunpowder from lightening when damp with Gin. However, the description Navy Strength may have even been used first by Pernod-Ricard marketeers in the early Noughties – who were discussing how to update Plymouth Gin and play into its Navy roots.
Cocktails were born some say, as result of Prohibition, which started in the United States in 1920. The ban on alcohol led to the development of illegal booze called bathtub gin which was distilled in open vats.. Apparently it tasted so awful that to mask the taste homemade cocktails including the Old Fashioned and French 75 were born.
The most common kind of flavoured Gin is Citrus.
The Dutch created Genever the original style of gin which dates back to 16th-century. It’s base spirit is malted and it is flavoured with juniper and botanicals. But Juniper is not always the dominant flavour.
In 2021, Ginebra San Miguel was by far the leading brand of Gin worldwide. selling over 26 million 9 litre cases. Ranking second, Gordon’s Gin sold just over 7 million cases of the distilled alcoholic drink. (Statistica.com)
In the 1730s, Londoners were imbibing 2 pints of Gin per week. The period was called the Gin Craze. People drank it because it was considered healthier and safer than drinking the dirty drinking water
There are more than 200 gin brands in the UK – with nearly treble the amount of variants – which are considered by experts as good or very good and another 40 close contenders. But there are a further 400-500 brands made in the U.K which appeal to local markets. In fact there is a local maker in almost every city.
Ryan Reynolds had a 10% share in Aviation Gin, which was sold to Diageo for $610m dollars in 2020.