Speaking exclusively to just-drinks in the back of a Beefeater-liveried taxi driving through London yesterday (11 May), Beefeater’s master distiller Desmond Payne remained uncommitted over the controversy surrounding the recently-launched Hoxton Gin. The new gin has come under attack for containing coconut flavouring.

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