The makers of Fifty Pounds Gin have brought to life a gin recipe created and so-named as to mock the ’50 Pound’ levy that the crown sought to distill on the thousands of home distillers in England during the gin craze during the 18th century. The recipe created, and then locked away (so the legend says) was only recently brought back to life by John Dore & Co. Limited, who did so in trying to respect the original recipe’s intentions.