We may not be multimillionaires ourselves, but here at the Rich List we know how to live. When we started there was only one brand of gin, Beefeater, which nobody chose because gin was for your granny. Norman Burrough had just sold the Burrough distillery — source of that famous rectangular bottle — to the Whitbread brewing group for £170m. Black Tower Red, “smooth enough to drink on its own”, was a notable favourite. Beer was Trophy Bitter, “the pint that thinks it’s a quart”, from Samuel Whitbread and family, who were worth £90m, the…

Source: The Times May 12, 2018 23:17 UTC