A NOVICE distiller’s gin was named the best in the world — just a week after she launched it.
Brit drinks maker Lily Craven, 23, won at the prestigious New York World Wine & Spirits Competition.
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Her Tipplemill London Dry Gin triumphed against others from across the globe and also picked up a Double Gold Medal.
It is made using the UK’s tallest working windmill, with grain harvested by her brother James from their family farm near Boston in Lincolnshire.
Lily said: “To be rated among the best gins in the world and then, out of these, to be named best overall gin — just a week after launch — is a phenomenal achievement for all involved and makes me incredibly proud.”
The siblings are the fifth generation to work Moulton Windmill and Mill Farm.
Their great-great-grandfather Frank Craven bought the land around his mill more than a century ago so that his sons could grow wheat.
Lily added: “I set out to create the best possible London dry gin using our wheat grown on our family farm.
“Taking inspiration from our family’s milling heritage, we use the power of the wind to grind our grain between the millstones of the tallest working windmill in the UK.
“This flour is the foundation on which our base spirit is crafted.”
Her 44 per cent tipple — at £44 a 70cl bottle — is distilled with juniper from Tuscany and grapefruit and orange peel from the Mediterranean.
