If it’s true that we get through a lot of Pol Roger champagne in the Spectator office, it’s also true that we’ve been sinking more than a little of our new Spectator Gin.

The handmade, small batch gin is produced especially for us by Brighton Gin, the first (legal) distillery in said city, headed up by the UK’s only pair of female distillers, Kathy Caton and Helen Chesshire.