The unique recipe for Rendle’s Original Gin was created and
perfected by my father, a British officer who served 75 years ago in the Indian
Army’s 16th Light Cavalry during WW2. When deciding where to produce our
special pink gin, we carefully considered our options.
Given its origins, finding a distillery for our gin in India
seemed appropriate – but since we intended initially to launch in North
America, logistics were an overriding concern.
Thus we plumped for Uncle Sam, which also had strong connections with my
father.
Frank Rendle had a long and affectionate relationship with
the United States. From 1962-75 he worked for Ludlow Jute, an American company
whose head office was in Needham, Massachusetts. Frank would travel between
India and the USA regularly and loved doing business there: he even thought about
settling down in the States and particularly on the West Coast where indeed, I
still have some first cousins who live in California to this day.
Once the decision was made, we were lucky to find a US
distiller whose enthusiasm for faithfully recreating Frank’s recipe, and
ability to produce batch after batch of superlative quality, clinched the deal.
By sheer coincidence, the Master Distiller has family links to the same region
in India as where my Father was stationed, therefore it seemed fitting that he
was our man. This is our gin and we hope you will continue to enjoy it as much
as we do.
Chris Rendle