Distillers & Spirit Producers

Alexander Gordon & Co.

Alexander Gordon & Co, Cameronbridge Distillery, Windygates, Leven, Fife, Scotland, UK (part of the Diageo Company).

Established 1769 by Alexander Gordon (of Scottish descent and the same year he married) in Southwark, London, UK. It is believed Gordon’s were possibly the first but certainly the early founders of the London Dry category of Gin. Alexander was followed by 2 further generations until Charles Gordon sold the company in 1877 to John Currie and Co. In 1898 they merged with Charles Tanqueray and Co (to form Tanqueray Gordon & Co.) making it the world’s largest gin company at that time. In 1941 their London Distillery was destroyed in a German bombing raid and the only piece to survive was a copper pot still called “Old Tom”, now over 200 years old.

The Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) bought them in 1922 and in 1986 Guiness bought DCL, creating United Distillers (UD) a year later. In 1997 UD merged with Grand Metropolitan to create Diageo. Today Diageo sell in over 180 countries and truly are worldwide.

Gordon’s Gin and Diageo.

Gordon’s

Gordon’s Crisp Cucumber

Gordon’s Export

Gordon’s Sloe