Gin Elephant Navy Strength (50cl 40%) - crb

Elephant Strength is Elephant Gin's idea of a "Navy Strength," based on the award-winning Elephant London Dry Gin.

At 57 percent strength, it is stronger and more intense than the original, yet preserving its smooth and balanced character on the palate.

Twice as many botanicals are used to make it, with a special focus on hull, sweet orange peel and mountain pine needles with their herbaceous note.

As is the case with Elephant Gin, no detail is overlooked, and so the bottles also bear the name of the "Magnificent Seven": the strongest and most impressive elephants found in Kruger National Park, South Africa, whose tusks weigh more than 50 kg each. 

The origins of Navy Strength gins takes us back to the 18th century when gin was extremely popular throughout the United Kingdom; so popular that the Royal Navy stipulated that a minimum amount of gin must be carried on board every ship. Not trusting greedy merchants, British naval officers began to test its quality by wetting gunpowder with the distillate. If this burned it meant that the gin had not been diluted with too much water and the strength reflected at least 57 percent.

Elephant Gin contributes 15 percent of its earnings to the activities of the three foundations Big Life Foundation, Space For Elephants and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which work to protect the African elephant from extinction.