Island Queen

Salcombe Gin

£65

Named after ‘Island Queen’, a Salcombe Fruiter built in Salcombe in 1853 and inspired by the historic trade of tropical fruits and spices once carried by these sailing vessels; this limited-edition release has been developed in collaboration with Monica Galetti, one of Britain’s most celebrated chefs. A rich, balanced and totally tropical gin with distinct flavours of pineapple, mango and coconut on the nose. The palate is bursting with fresh pineapple, tropical lime and fruity spices with a backbone of juniper. The finish is smooth and moreish with a lingering sweet smokiness. Limited to 2,50

Salcombe Gin's own words, read from their page.

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Where this comes from

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as SALCOMBE DISTILLING COMPANY LTD, number 09140632. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Every bottle of our exceptional gin is carefully distilled at the water's edge in Salcombe, South Devon" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.