Somerset Lost and Found

The Mythology of Gin (Gin? Mythology?)


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My guest Becky Wright applied her enthusiasm for folklore and the mythology of Somerset to create an award winning gin in a small still in the Quantock Hills. From botanicals (the key flavourings) with hundredss of years of folk medicine history to the legend of the Dryads luring young men towards their oak trees, we will dive into the role that foklore plays in our experience of something as "everyday" as gin.

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Somerset Lost and FoundBy Phil Lowe