If you like your gin with a side of history, Hayman's Royal Dock is perfect. It's a navy-strength gin, and this particular recipe was supplied to both the Royal Navy and trade from 1863.

"Navy strength" is a specific gin term for gin that is 57% alcohol. Back in the day, gin was often stored next to gunpowder in the ship's hold, and if there was an attack, the gunpowder risked getting soaked. Fifty-seven per cent is the strength at which gin will set alight – meaning if it gets spilled on gunpowder, you can still set it alight. Hence, navy strength.

"Hayman's Royal Dock is a gin that tries the nearly impossible: supplanting Plymouth Navy and Sipsmith VJOP as a go-to high-proof gin. And despite the competition, it does an incredible job of it. Like most Hayman's gins, it's very floral and citrussy, with a clean sweetness that distracts you from the huge punch that this baby packs: a navy-strength gin, it's 57% proof.

"NB: Getting wasted drinking something that tastes like the most delicious lemon drizzle cake you ever had in your life is not an experience to be missed."

– Gergő Muráth, bar manager at Trailer Happiness, London

Notes: intense citrus, juniper, and orange blossom (the higher the strength, the more intense the flavour)

Perfect serve: a gimlet