Conker Spirit Navy Strength Dorset Dry Gin
Conker Spirit · Conker Spirit Distillery
Conker's navy strength edition takes their already-good Dorset Dry formula and cranks up the structural intensity. The elevated proof isn't about heat — it's about amplification. Every botanical rings clearer, every note holds longer. This is a gin that demands respect in a Martini and refuses to disappear in a Negroni.
Nose
Juniper dominates immediately, assertive and piney, with a peppery warmth underneath. Grapefruit zest and elderflower emerge as secondary notes, along with a waxy, resinous quality.
Palate
Dense and powerfully structured, the high proof amplifies every botanical. Juniper leads, followed by cassia bark warmth, coriander seed, and bright grapefruit. The mouthfeel is almost oily, with a definite peppery bite through the midpalate.
Finish
Long and warming, with pine resin, black pepper, and a lingering citrus dryness. No softness here — just discipline.
- Style
- Navy Strength London Dry
- Botanicals
- Juniper, coriander, cassia bark, angelica root, lime, grapefruit, elderflower, Dorset samphire, New Forest gorse flowers, Dorset elderberries
- Base Spirit
- Neutral wheat spirit
- Distillation
- Single-shot distillation in copper pot still
Cocktail Suggestion
The Gunwale — 2 oz Conker Navy Strength Gin · 1 oz Cocchi Americano · 0.5 oz fresh lime juice · 0.25 oz simple syrup · Shake hard with ice, strain into coupe, garnish with grapefruit twist.
Food Pairing
The oily richness of cured mackerel meets its match in the gin's juniper punch and citrus cut, while fennel's anise quality mirrors the botanical complexity.
Rupert Holloway founded Conker Spirit in 2014 in Bournemouth, Dorset, distilling on a 60-liter copper pot still named Doris, using hand-foraged New Forest botanicals alongside classic gin ingredients to create spirits rooted in the English south coast.
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