SON OF GUN
COPPER RIVET DISTILLery
You would have to scour the seven seas to find a more versatile drink, so go ahead - ignite the spark for libations.
It is said that as shrapnel tore through the ocean, the guns that fired it induced timely labour. Sailors born this way would forever be known as a 'SON OF A GUN'. Deep and complex, this spirit is hand-crafted in small batch stills at Chatham Dockyard and remains today an irreverent spirit.
Express oils from orange peel and coat rim of glass. Leave peel in the glass. Add sugar cube and soak in bitters. Add 3 cubes of ice and Son of a Gun, Stir again briefly.
SON OF GUN “New Make” WHISKEY
Son of a Gun is incredible. It’s ‘new make’ grain whisky (our holy trinity of local barley, wheat and rye) which has been aged for 2 months in ex-bourbon casks. When we made it, I don’t think anyone else was doing it in the UK, so we had to define a category. Coming up with names for things is really hard, so we settled on: “Cask Finished English Grain Spirit”. It doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, but it does at least fit with our philosophy of offering complete transparency over what we’re doing!