Pennington's Lakeland Moon Ramblers Gin

Ramblers Gin is named after the walks behind its recipe: the Pennington's team forages wild juniper berries and elderflower while rambling on the Lake District fells around the distillery. Those local botanicals are then paired with Calabrian bergamot and sweet Sicilian mandarin peel, and small batchesSmall batchProduction in small quantities per distillation run, often in a small still. The term has no legal definition.Glossary of the gin are distilled in a traditional copper still.

Citrus · Organic · Dry · Herbal

Pennington's describes Ramblers as a London Dry GinLondon DryA style, not a place of origin: every flavour comes from distilling natural botanicals. After distillation only water and a trace of sugar may be added, with no flavouring or colouring.GlossarySee London Dry gins that is light, refreshing and very drinkable. It is bottled at 40% ABV and sold as a 70 cl bottle or a 5 cl miniature, and it joins the Lakeland Moon family, whose original gin is made with wild juniper and other botanicals gathered under a full moon. The same Kendal distillery also produces a Lakeland Moon Elderflower edition.

The two sides of the recipe work together. Wild juniper brings a resinousResinousAn aroma reminiscent of pine or fir resin. It is juniper's signature, due to compounds such as pinene.Glossary, piney backbone and elderflower a soft, floral sweetness, while Calabrian bergamotBergamotA bitter Calabrian citrus, the one that scents Earl Grey tea: floral and zesty.Glossary, best known from Earl Grey tea, adds a perfumed bitterness and mandarin a rounder, juicier citrus note. The result links the fells of Cumbria to the Mediterranean in one glass, with the foragedForagingPlants gathered by hand in the wild (woods, heath, coastline) rather than grown or bought in.Glossary ingredients giving the gin a clear sense of place. Calabria is the main growing region for bergamot, while Sicily is famous for its fragrant mandarins.

The distillery pairs the gin with its own Rambler's G&T, presented as ideal after a long day of rambling in the Lakes. At home, a light tonicLight tonicA low- or no-sugar tonic, often sweetened with substitutes. Drier, it brings out the bitterness and the gin.Glossary lets the bergamot and elderflower show, and a twist of mandarin or orange peel repeats the citrus of the recipe. Elderflower blooms in early summer, which makes Ramblers an obvious choice for a long, cool drink after a walk on a long June evening. Foragers usually pick the blossoms on a dry, sunny morning, when they are fully open and at their most fragrant.