Gin Craze Returns to London With Small, Domestic Batches

Standing on a quiet residential street in London’s Chiswick neighborhood, there’s little sign you’re at the edge of a gin revolution.

Behind a locked metal gate topped with barbed wire is a rundown parking garage. At the back of this building, spirits maker Sipsmith has quietly installed a still it has christened Constance. Soon she’ll be joined by the company’s original pair, Prudence and Patience, as Sipsmith moves its home to this bigger site to produce brands such as V.J.O.P. -- Very Junipery Over Proof gin -— using the first new copper stills to work in London in more than 200 years.