Monkey 47 Gin began back in 1950 when founder Alexander Stein heard of the story of Montgomery Collins; a Wing Commander in the British Air Force who took over the ‘Wild Monkey’ guest house in the Black Forest of Germany, otherwise known as Schwarzwald. Here, Collins learned the traditions of distilling fruit and eventually developed his specialty gin. Stein rejuvenated Collin’s Black Forest Dry Gin and founded Monkey 47 in 2010 using a mastery of 47 botanicals and herbs along with 100% fr……