Where is the oldest working gin distillery in England?
Plymouth Gin Distillery Plymouth Gin Distillery The Plymouth Gin Distillery in The Barbican, Plymouth, England has been in operation since 1793 and used to be a significant manufacturer of gin in the UK. Also known as the Black Friars Distillery, it is the only gin distillery in the city. The original building opens on to what is now Southside Street. Local tradition has it that it is located in what was once a Dominican Order monastery, built in 1431, although there is no evidence to support this. It is also said that some of the Pilgrim Fathers may have stayed here while the
Konig's Westphalian Gin GmbH in Salzburg, Austria, and produces and distributes spirits and liqueurs. Harald König is the Chief Executive and President. Konig's Westphalian Gin Konig's Westphalian Gin was a "Steinhäger" gin produced up to the early part of the twentieth century from mineral water at H. C. König's "model distillery" in Steinhagen, Westphalia, Germany, said at the time to be the largest and the oldest gin distillery in the world. The gin was first produced in 1640. By an edict of 1688, the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg, in his capacity as Count of Ravensberg, granted the inhabitants of Steinhagen the