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banker, was laid off in 2008. After his layoff, he began to conduct tests on the production of gin starting in
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Sacred
Microdistillery's first two spirits are Sacred Vodka and Sacred Gin, both of which are produced in small batches of a few hundred bottles a time, from English Grain Spirit. Each batch is made with two or three fractions: the initial one is collected under glass coils cooled with iced water
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in glassware, and thus at a lower temperature than traditional pot stills, which operate at atmospheric pressure. The microdistillery operates out of the back room of a residential house, with a vacuum plant in a
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in Ian Hart's house. His wife, Hilary
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Sacred
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