Gin Is a Spirit Which Derives Its Predominant Flavour from Juniper Berries

Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries

From its earliest origins in the Middle Ages, gin has evolved over the course of a millennium from a herbal medicine to an object of commerce in the spirits industry.

Gin was developed on the basis of the older Jenever, and became popular in Great Britain when William of Orange, leader of the Dutch Republic, occupied the English and Scottish thrones with his wife Mary.

Gin is one of the broadest categories of spirits, represented by products of various origins, styles, and flavour profiles that all revolve around juniper as a common ingredient

All our gins are served in 35ml measures… because we’re nice like that.

England:

Adams Copper House 40%£4 Made with juniper berries, orris root, coriander seed, cardamom pod, sweet orange peel and hibiscus flower.

Adams Rising Sun (Rye Malt) 42%£4 Using rye grown by JonathanAdnamsat his farm is Reydon, along with Japanese macha tea, lemongrass and a blend of botanicals.

The London No.1 47%£4 One of a handful of gins actually distilled in London – created to echo the complex and full bodied gins of yesteryear, albeit with a modern twist – a striking turquoise-blue colour derived from maceration with gardenia flowers

SW4 40% £4 Classic London dry, subtle lemon peel and cassia bark notes.

Mombasa Club 41.5%£6 Inspired by the private social club on Zanzibar. Spicy with a background sweetness, distilled four times.

Brockmans 40%£4 This is made with Bulgarian coriander, blueberries and blackberries as well as bittersweet Valencia orange peels.

Bathtub 43.3%£5 Botanicals including juniper, orange peel, coriander, cinnamon, cloves and cardomon are infused separately in copper pot-still spirit in very small batches.

Langley’s 41.7%£4 Juniper berries from Macedonia, corianderseeds from Bulgaria, sweet orange peel and sweet lemon peel from Spain, cassia barkfrom Indonesia, and ground nutmeg from Sri Lanka. The last two ingredients are a secret!

Cambridge Truffle 42%£10 Made in very small batches of just a litre at a time. Blacktrufflesfrom Piedmont are used, leading to aginthat best served as a digestive, served over ice.

Hayman’s Royal Dock 57% £4.50 This very gin was supplied to the Royal Navy from 1863. Navy strength gin is 57%, the strength required to enable gunpowder to still light if gin was spilt on it.

Hayman’s London Dry 40%£3.50 Double gold award winning gin. Distilled with 10 botanicals giving a classic dry London flavour

Hayman’s Family Reserve 40%£4.00 Hayman’s family reserve uses classic botanicals and is rested in whisky barrels. There’s lots of juniper and coriander that create a eucalyptus freshness which is also driven by licorice.

Bloom 40%£4.50 Light, delicate and floral gin with a totally unique slightly sweet taste created by a bespoke blend of 3 botanicals: honeysuckle, chamomile and pomelo

Plymouth 41.2%£4.00 Well known for its unique smoothness, cardamom and coriander on the nose and a creamy full bodied flavour with a slight sweetness.

Warner Edwards Victoria’s Rhubarb 40%£5.00 A pleasing acidity and is delightfully light .There are hints of lemon with an earthy sweetness.

William’s Chase Seville Orange 40%£5.50 The classic gin with the addition of sweet Seville orange peel, delightfully zesty.

William’s Chase Pink Grapefruit 40%£5.50 Made with botanicals including juniper, orange peel, liquorice, elderflower and bitter almonds, our Seville Orange Gin is simply bursting with flavour. A final infusion with raw peel from Seville oranges gives it a crisp, citrus finish. Wonderfully zingy.

William’s Extra Dry 40%£4.5

Classic extra dry London style gin, perfect with tonic.

Broker’s Original 47%£4 Quadruple distilled English wheat based spirit redistilled with ten botanicals.

Sipsmiths London Dry 41.6%£4.50 The quintessential expression of a classic, traditional London Dry Gin. Bold, complex and aromatic – smooth enough for a Martini, but rich and balanced, perfect for a G&T.

Whitley Neill 42%£4.00 Inspired by Africa, made in England. The taste of the Baobab fruit and Cape gooseberries (both local to South Africa) shine through. The Baobab fruit gives an initial tang to the gin and the gooseberries leave a wonderful lasting taste.

Bulldog 40%£4.00 This distillery has been crafting Gin for more than 250 years. Balanced flavour and crisp finish.

Opihr (o-peer) 40%£4.20 Oriental spiced with prominent cardamom and cumin aromas.

Fifty Pounds 43%£5.20 Incredibly smooth four times distilled small batch gin

Beefeater 24 45%£4.00 Japanese Sencha Tea and Chinese Green Tea make this a fragrant and slightly sweet gin. Beefeater 24 gets its name from the full 24 hours the botanicals are steeped in the spirit.

Pinkster 37.5%£3.50 Based near this fair city, Pinkster has recently been voted the nation’s third favourite gin. smooth as a baby’s bottom and just as pink

No. 3 London Gin 47%£5.00 Created to be the definitive gin in a dry Martini. Plenty of initial floral notes with addition of cardamom, citrus and coriander, and a dry earthy finish.

Finsbury Platinum 47%£3.50 Distilled with juniper berries, exotic fruits, herbs and spices according to a well-kept secret elaborate method from the 18th century.

South Bank 37.5%£3.50 Distilled in the traditional manner from a secret recipe, juniper, coriander and angelica are all prevalent.

Scotland:

Boë Superior Gin 47% Scotland £4.20 Boe Superior Gin is lovingly created in small batches under the watchful eye of our Master Distiller, where 13 rare hand picked botanicals and spices are infused in the finest neutral grain spirit, liberating the full flavours of triple filtered Boe Superior Gin, creating a high class gin, characteristically citrus with extraordinary balance and smoothness.

Hendricks 41.4% £4.50 Infused with carefully selected cucumber and Bulgarian Rosa Damascena and created in two different stills, wonderfully different

Caorunn 41.8% £6.5 Including five Celtic botanicals: - rowan berry, heather, bog myrtle, dandelion and coul blush apple.

The Botanist 46% £5.50 22 botanicals handpicked from the isle of Islay. This smooth and complex gin is full of fresh aromas and flavours.

Edinburgh Original 43% £4.20 Pine with heathery scented notes following on. A well balanced crisp gin with gingery spice and citrus.

Edinburgh Raspberry 20% £3.60 Raspberries matured with Edinburgh original and sugar cane giving a nice tart raspberry flavour

Wales:

Brecon43%£3.50 Water from Brecon Beacons National Park, as well as 10 largely traditional botanicals sourced from around the world. These include Chinese cassia bark, Sri Lankan liqourice and Italian orris root.

Rest of the World:

Brooklyn Gin 40%£4.50 Ginis made in small batches. We use hand-cracked juniper berries & fresh citrus peels to make a superb distilled gin with floral & citrus notes.

Death’s Door 4%£5.50 Using juniper berries that grow wild on Washington Island with coriander and fennel sourced from within the statewheat and malted barley from Chilton, Wisconsin. Death's Door Gin has a full London Dry flavour without all of the bitterness because of our extraction process.

Jodphur 43% Spain£4 .50 Dry London gin, delicate and aromatic with hints of citrus resins.

Jodphur Reserve 43% Spain£7.50 Aged in American white oak barrels

Monkey 47 47% Schwarzwald, Germany£8.00 Gin with plenty of history, this gin made in the black forest has 47 botanicals including six types of pepper and lingonberry. Quite sweet, with plenty of lime notes

Larios (12) 40% Spain£4.00 Double distilled, very dry and smooth gin made in the classic London style with 12 botanicals

Granit 42% Bavaria£5.00

Granit Bavarian Gin is matured for several months in traditional earthenware vats before being filtered through granite stones of varying sizes. Vor 47% Iceland £10.00 Pot distilled barley based gin with Icelandic botanicals including rhubarb, kale, kelp and birch leaves.

Xcellent Edelweiss 40% Switzerland£7.00 Distilled in copper alembics using traditional methods. With fresh glacier water from Titlis, Rye, and 25 botanicals.

№ 209 46% San Francisco£5.70 Aromatic nose of citrus and floral notes with a hint of spiciness. First across the palette are the citrus with lemon predominate followed by a hint of orange. As the spirit warms in the mouth, bergamot and coriander come through.

Aviation 42% Portland£5.30 Citrusy and soft, with touches of cardamom, anise and sweet orange peel emerging, and very little bite.

Breuckelen Glorious 45% Brooklyn NY£6.20

The creative hub where the first gin distiller in the borough since Prohibition took his inspiration, main botanicals include Juniper, ginger and grapefruit.

Ungava 43.1% Montreal, Canada£6.00 This gins very unique aroma can be credited to six botanicals native to the region that are hand-picked in the wild.

Bluecoat American Dry 47% Philadelphia£5.50 Sweet aromas with subtle juniper notes, very smooth with a real depth of flavour.

GreenhookGinsmiths 47% Brooklyn£6.00 Made from New York State grown wheat, botanicals include Thai blue ginger and elderberry. Slightly sweet aromas with a lovely smooth palate.

Saffron Gin 40% France£5.00 Gabriel Boudier Saffron Gin is made to a unique recipe discovered in the annals of Frances Colonial past when both England and France claimed India as it was rich in exotic botanicals

Bobby’s Schiedam Dry 42%£6.50 Western botanicals such as juniper, fennel and rose hips matched with Indonesian lemongrass and cloves makeBobby’sa ‘Schiedam Dry Gin’ and create a unique balance of flavour

Jenever is the juniper flavoured, alcohol liqueur from the Netherlands and Belgium from which gin evolved.

Originally produced by distilling malt wine, due to the lack of technique the flavour left something to be desired and so herbs were added to mask the unpalatable flavour. Juniper was chosen for its medicinal effects, hence the name jenever. -

There are only eight distilleries left in Belgium that prepare their own grain distillate and Braeckman Grain Distillery is one of them. With their own grain mill, the entire process can be realised in-house.

Belgian Jenever £ per 35ml

Jenever Kiekendief 40%£4.00

This Jenever is a rye and malt spirit that comes in a green stone bottleand looks rather cool!

Oude Graan Jenever 38%£5.00

An old grain jenever, matured in oak barrels, to which the product owes its golden color and soft aged grain flavor. The whiskey of the gin world.

Flavoured Jenevers 17-20%£2.50

Served as a shot, various flavours, lots of fun!