A delightfully peculiar tale
Aoife Carrigy talks to Lesley Gracie, the conjurer of flavours behind Hendrick’s gins
“As you’ve probably gathered, I’m a really weird character.” It’s a different way to start an interview, but then again Lesley Gracie is a little unusual, with her silver mullet snaking all the way down the back of her ink-blue distillery overalls.
The master distiller who gave us the modern classic that is Hendrick's Gin - and in doing so helped kickstart the international renaissance of gin - even sounds a little unlikely. Her accent ...