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Based on the brand's London Dry recipe, they call this 50% ABV style the "expert strength" version. They also add extra juniper, nutmeg, cumin, cassia bark, cubeb pepper and lemon to the botanical mix. 6 o'clock is considered the prime gin and tonic hour, hence the brand name.

The brand is named for the Salcombe Fruit Schooners which carried goods, fruits (especially citrus) and spices to and from England at the start of the 19th century. This variant is named for the Start Point lighthouse, with the citrus-forward botanicals inspired by what had been carried as the ships' cargo. It is distilled as a classic London Dry, one-shot method gin.

The gin gets its name from the Sainte Marie lighthouse at the southern entrance to the Old Port of Marseille, where 19th century Salcombe Fruit Schooners loaded citrus fruits and herbs bound for England. The pink hue of this gin is owed to the maceration of unsweetened red fruits added to the botanical mixture that were inspired by flavors of the Mediterranean coast.

Boatyard Distillery is located on the banks of Lough Erne in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. They use an organically produced produced wheat spirit for the base and eight botanicals. In addition to sweet gale which is foraged from the family bog, the other botanicals are juniper, coriander, lemon peel, licorice root, angelica, orris, grains of paradise.

The brand's name is inspired by the founders' family's nightly gin and tonic 6 pm ritual. The London Dry is juniper-forward, with a botanical mix that includes coriander seed, angelica root, orris root, winter savory, elderflower and orange peel.