The dry gin Monkey 47 Schwarzwald was born over 60 years ago out of pure nostalgia for England: the gentleman and great traveler Montgomery Collins settled in the Black Forest in 1951 and opened his inn there (Zum Wilden Affen). In previous years, he had invested a lot in the reconstruction of the Berlin Zoo and had even taken on the sponsorship of a monkey. He loved gin and developed his own product in the Black Forest, based on British tradition, Indian spices, herbs and fruits, as well as spring water from the Black Forest. Years after his death, a case of gin with the original recipe was found in his house. This was the opportunity to recreate the Monkey 47 Schwarzwald dry gin identically.
