Pengelly’s Cornish Spirits is the brainchild of Nigel Pengelly, and his wife Serena.
Nigel was brought up in Porthleven, or rather on a farm less than a mile from the centre of the port, where he worked as a herdsman.
The farm is still there, and the Pengellys (now living on St Peters Way), still farm part of it. The Pengelly’s always liked a tipple and so the idea of a gin for Porthleven was born.
We met up with a mate who had a distillery and after a host of tasting sessions, some going on way into the night – Pengelly’s Porthleven Gin was ready for production.
Porthleven Gin was designed to be smooth above everything else, and not overpowering. Although there are hints of citrus and coriander, this is a gin you can choose to flavour yourself away from a world of increasing wild and varied flavoured gins. Then came Porthleven Rum, infused with clifftop gorse to give it a scent of coconut with spices to warm the cockles.
We hope you like these tastes of Porthleven.