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1959 US Import Bottle with painted label
Coates Plymouth gin 1959 - 1964 US Import Bottle
1970 - 1976 Plymouth Gin Home Market Label
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1960's |
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A San Diego radio station uses a Plymouth Gin Gurgling Jug to make the sound for their time signal |
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| 1963 |
Schenley import the brand at 94.4 degrees US proof (47.2% abv). A new US promotional drive is underway with MD Dick (Bomber) Harris. Commissioning kits given to owners of prestigious US private yachts including to the Commodore of the St Francis YC, San Francisco. An attempt had been made to give these to ships of the US Navy but these ships, at the time, were "dry" at sea |
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| 1970's |
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| 1975 |
Seagars sells Plymouth Gin, as part of the Long John portfolio, to Whitbread of the UK but retain the exclusive distribution rights |
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1976 - 1997 Plymouth Gin
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1980's |
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| 1982 |
Whitbread buys James Burroughs, owners of Beefeater Gin. |
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