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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh tour gives insight into gin smuggling through the centuries

A new tour is offering up the chance to get an insight into Edinburgh's gin production and smuggling history.

A Sip Through Time, which comes as a partnership from Pickering's Gin and The Real Mary King's Close, takes visitors through the historic attraction with fascinating facts surrounding the spirit. The hour long interactive tour includes a gin tasting session.

Looking back to the late eighteenth century, the tour will look at how the gin craze first took off in Edinburgh.

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