Hendrick’s Gin is the result of combining two gins. One made with a Carter-Head still , the other in a small still built in the 1860s by the Bennett, Sons & Shears brewery. These are two very different distillation methods that produce extremely different gins. The 2 botanicals are macerated for about 24 hours before going through the Bennett still. Said simply they are boiled and put directly into the spirit so as to infuse it with most of the aromatic characteristics. All botanicals used in the Carter-Head are added in a basket at the top of the still. They are neither macerated nor boiled, but are as if steamed so as to extract only the lightest, sweetest and most floral aromas. Both distillations take 12 hours to complete. Once the two spirits are combined, cucumber and rose essence are added before water is added and bottled.