THE SOUTH WEST HAS A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH DRINK - THE CIDERS BEING MADE TODAY HAVE A LONG LINEAGE THAT STRETCHES BACK TO A TRADITION OF FARMERS PRESSING THEIR OWN APPLES, AND GOIN G BACK FURTHER WHAT WOULD THE SOUTH WEST HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A HISTORY OF SMUGGLING THAT BROUGHT RUM AND OTHER EXOTIC SPIRITS TO THESE SHORES!

tODAY THERE ARE MORE BREWERIES THAT YOU CAN SHAKE A YARD OF ALE AT, AND SPIRITS ARE PLAYING A HUGE PART IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY THANKS TO THE REVIVAL OF ARTESAN GIN PRODUCTION ALONGSIDE LOCALLY DISTILLED GRAPPAS AND WHISKEYS.OH, AND DID WE MENTION WORLD-BEATING WINES?

CHIN CHIN.