When your ancestors were distilling spirits as far back at the 18th C, you really are destined to join them in the family business. Johnny Neill may have started his career in accounting, but he didn’t stay long. When he found out that both sides of his family tree had been in the drinks, he knew what his calling was.
Not only was he content creating his highly original Whitley Neill gins, but he has gone on to develop Mary-Le-Bone Gin, Berkshire Botanical Gin and Gelston’s Old Irish Whiskey! Discover how we have Ancestry.com to thank for all of these delicious spirits!
Try your hand at making our cocktail of the week, Johnny’s Yattendon Martini, you can find the recipe here!
Don’t miss out on any Lush Life episodes!
You can get this and all future audio files automatically downloaded to your mobile device easy. You can listen on Apple Podcast or Spotify too. Or click the player or link above to listen to just this episode. (But trust me, you’ll want to subscribe!)
If you live for Lush Life would you consider supporting us… Just go to https://substack.com/@alushlifemanual and you can donate once or monthly to make sure we are still here almost every Tuesday.
Lush Life Merchandise is here – we’re talking t-shirts, mugs, iphone covers, duvet covers, ipad covers and more covers for everything! and more!
Theme music for Lush Life is by Steven Shapiro, and used with permission.
Lush Life is always and will be forever produced by Evo Terra and Simpler Media Productions.