Herbaceous, sometimes floral, complex in taste but with a clean base – gin is a fabulous spirit with incredible versatility, variety and flavor. Gin has its roots in jenever, a juniper-flavored liquor that appears to have originally been used as a medicinal tonic, and was first documented in scientific papers in 1266 Belgium. Jenever made its way to the British isles around the late 1600s, morphed and changed as it gained widespread popularity, eventually became gin, and became the unofficial national alcoholic beverage of England.