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    A GROWING CONCERN

    Feb 27, 2021 5 minutes
    BY EMMA STOKES

    Gin just isn’t gin without juniper. Yes, legislation says a gin must be juniper dominant, but it’s more than that. With its distinctive piney, resinous aroma and taste, it is the very heart of what gin is, and the hallmark of this distilled spirit over any other.

    Whilst juniper berries are the key ingredient for a delicious gin, the juniper tree is also an ecologically important species in the UK. A native conifer that can be traced back to the last ice age, they’re pretty hardy under usual circumstances, living for up to 200 years.

    The largest populations of juniper can be found in the north of England and Scotland. Where once there were huge swathes of the UK where juniper grew, the number of natural sites is currently

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