Pickering's Gin
Summerhall Distillery
From a 1947 recipe, distilled at Summerhall.
In the old Royal (Dick) Veterinary School at Summerhall — the first exclusively gin distillery in Edinburgh for a very long time, working from a recipe written out in Bombay in 1947.
What they make
Pickering's Navy Strength
Summerhall Distillery
The same recipe at 57.1%.
Where to buy it. We don’t sell gin and we take no commission, so the honest answer is to buy from the distillery. www.pickeringsgin.com is their own site. Good independent bottle shops will stock it too.
Facts on this page were compiled on 17 September 2026 from public sources. Distilleries change hands, move and close. If something here is wrong — especially if it’s your distillery — tell us and we’ll fix it.