This gin is linked back to the early days, when the cellar in our hotel was used as storage for rum and whisky barrels offloaded from ships locally. Navy strength means that our gin is bottled at 57%. Gin-savvy officers of the Royal Navy wanted to ensure their gin supplies were not diluted. To test, they would spill gin onto gunpowder. If it smoked, the gin had been diluted. If it lit, then the gin was at least 57%.