From an old sawmill in Dingle, the Hughes family’s goal was to produce a great whiskey. That they ended up producing the world’s best gin is a “happy accident”. The Dingle Distillery was founded in 2012. It’s now run by Elliot Hughes, who took over the business when his father, a co-founder of the distillery, passed away in 2016. Dingle Gin arose out of a need for cash. Whiskey takes a long time to mature; not so for gin. The Dingle Distillery turned to gin production to help finance the long-term development of its whiskeys. Then in 2019, Dingle Gin…

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