Here is another quick link to an article on the BBC. Apparently there is quite a surge of gin distilleries making some darn good gin - in Scotland, of all places. It's a bit of a renaissance, if you will. Now, I like nothing better that a frigid Bombay Sapphire Martini (and yes a put a couple of drops of vermouth in mine), but I would certainly be open to trying any one of these.
Click here, for the story.