Gin Monkey 47 has a name and a curious history.
In 1945, when the Second World War ended, Monty Collins, of the English Air Force, was deployed to Berlin to help recover from the violent bombings that the city had suffered during the war. To symbolize his devotion to the cause, Collins chose to restore the zoo as a priority and adopted, as a mascot, the monkey named Max. Hence the name of the gin, Monkey.
What Collins did not expect was to miss his favorite drink, and as he had difficulty obtaining the drink, he decided to make his own gin. Impressed by the richness of the botanicals of the black forest, where he went to live after Berlin, Collins chose ingredients only from that forest for his Gin and selected exactly 47 different ingredients. Hence the name 47.
Monkey 47 is one of the first premium Gins with limited edition bottles, each numbered individually. The care to make the Gin is so great that everything is done by hand, from the collection of ingredi
In 1945, when the Second World War ended, Monty Collins, of the English Air Force, was deployed to Berlin to help recover from the violent bombings that the city had suffered during the war. To symbolize his devotion to the cause, Collins chose to restore the zoo as a priority and adopted, as a mascot, the monkey named Max. Hence the name of the gin, Monkey.
What Collins did not expect was to miss his favorite drink, and as he had difficulty obtaining the drink, he decided to make his own gin. Impressed by the richness of the botanicals of the black forest, where he went to live after Berlin, Collins chose ingredients only from that forest for his Gin and selected exactly 47 different ingredients. Hence the name 47.
Monkey 47 is one of the first premium Gins with limited edition bottles, each numbered individually. The care to make the Gin is so great that everything is done by hand, from the collection of ingredi
