ROBERT JOSEPH DOYLE WAS A SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURER AND INQUISITIVE COSMOPOLITAN. HIS PARENTS EMIGRATED FROM EUROPE TO THE USA AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND SETTLED IN THE TRANQUIL TOWN OF SEARSMONT IN THE STATE OF MAINE. A SIZE TOO SMALL FOR THEIR SON. HE WAS ALREADY DRAWN TO THE BIG WORLD AT AN EARLY AGE. SOMETIMES ALONE, SOMETIMES WITH FRIENDS, HE SET OUT TO EXPAND HIS OWN HORIZON AS GENEROUSLY AND WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. AND WITH PLEASURE!

TWO DESTINATIONS WERE ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE HEART OF THE GLOBETROTTER. ENGLAND AND NORWAY. IN ENGLAND, HE WAS PARTICULARLY TAKEN WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY GIN CULTURE, WHICH HE INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH. HE ALSO MET HIS FUTURE WIFE CATHERINE HERE. THE MAGICAL NATURAL SPECTACLE OF THE AURORA BOREALIS, THE POLAR LIGHT, OVERWHELMED HIM ON THE GROUP OF ISLANDS OF THE LOFOTEN, WHICH BELONG TO NORWAY. THESE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES AND FORMATIVE IMPRESSIONS INSPIRED HIM TO CREATE A GIN IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN: SEARS GIN. THE INGREDIENTS, THE PRODUCTION AND THE LOOK ARE CLEAR REFERENCES TO A LIFE FULL OF ADVENTURE AND VARIETY.