Mother’s Ruin

In the mid-eighteenth century in the UK people frequented gin houses more often than traditional pubs. Many a young man would go straight from the factories, mines and hard labour jobs and spend all of their money there, thus bringing nothing back home to the table. For this, gin received the nickname "Mother’s Ruin" and this is what I have named the cocktail. Combines traditionally English ingredients into a semi-sweet, refreshing cocktail.