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Gin has been distilled in Plymouth since at least the eighteenth century. Coates, the only company now allowed to use the name Plymouth Gin, began production in 1793 in the building which still houses the distillery. It has continued with little interruption. The 57 per cent spirit was made only for the Royal Navy but a quantity was released to celebrate the bicentenary of the company’s foundation. Coates is now marketed by Hiram Walker Agencies, a subsidiary of Allied Lyons.