Which Gin is In?
It’s the start of a new week, and the first week of a new month, so let’s find out what the nation’s Gin-lovers are currently drinking. Find out what’s hot, and what’s not by checking out the UKs Top-Ten selling Gins.
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Bulldog London dry gin has exotic botanicals and high quality ingredients combined with the quadruple distillation process, allowing the product to defy convention with a balanced flavour and crisp finish. A delicious English gin made with poppy, dragon eye, lotus leaves, citrus, almond, lavender and various other botanicals. (Source: Amazon).
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Not just any old rhubarb, this has a lineage steeped in provenance. The Queen Victoria rhubarb has gone from Queen Victoria's Buckingham Palace garden, in the 1800s, to being grown on Crown Estate property in the 2000s. The farm where it is now grown is a Crown Estate previously owned by the current grower, who farms it to this day. This rhubarb has always been grown in the traditional Victorian kitchen garden style, having lots of organic matter to nourish it. It has not been grown commercially with artificial fertiliser and chemical sprays, so over the years the flavour can be greatly improved. The juice is extracted through traditional pressing methods, and the resulting liquid is combined with Warner Edward’s global award winning Harrington Dry Gin and just enough sugar to balance the acidity. The result is a rumbustious gin with a big burst of rhubarb which is a glory on its own and beautiful with either tonic or ginger ale. (Source: Amazon).
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Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin is a unique style of London Dry Gin created by the world’s first female Master Gin Distiller, Joanne Moore, at the world's oldest gin distillers, using exotic botanicals, herbs and spices. The heritage of Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin is firmly rooted in the Ancient Spice Route. Traditionally merchants would travel thousands of miles along the route, trading exotic spices and botanicals from distant lands. Opihr’s hand-picked botanicals epitomise the exotic intensity of the Orient, with spicy cubeb berries from Indonesia, black pepper from India and coriander from Morocco. The Name: Opihr – pronounced {O-peer} is a legendary region famed for its wealth and riches which prospered during the reign of King Solomon. The King regularly received cargoes of gold, silver and spices from Opihr and whilst its exact location remains a mystery, it is thought to have been in the Orient, along the Ancient Spice Route. The botanicals in Opihr Gin make the journey to their final destination, the oldest distillery in England, where quality gin has been traditionally distilled using the same London Dry Gin method since 1761. The Master Distiller then infuses the botanicals in high quality spirit in copper pot stills, using over 250 years of tradition and expertise, to create a unique spiced gin. (Source: Amazon).
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An unusual gin from the Black Forest in Germany, Monkey 47 contains a unique ingredient. No, not that! Cranberries! The 47 comes from the number of botanicals that go into this unique gin, and the fact it's bottled at a healthy 47%.
This plethora of ingredients has paid off, and in 2011 Monkey 47 won the World Spirits Award Gold in the Gin category and Gold for best in class for the Gin Worldwide at the International Wine and Spirits Competition London. Not bad! (Source: Master of Malt).
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Created at the Bruichladdich distillery, this superb Islay gin was distilled in the 'Ugly Betty' still described as "an oversized upside-down dustbin made of copper" by Tom Morton. Perhaps the best looking packaging we've ever seen for a gin - it's not all style and no substance either. This is a world-class gin, at a proper Alc/Vol (46%). A huge 31 botanicals go into The Botanist, including 22 native to Islay (the Juniper used is wild Islay Juniper). The full list of botanicals is as follows: angelica root, apple mint, birch leaves, bog myrtle leaves, cassia bark, chamomile, cinnamon bark, coriander seed, creeping thistle flowers, elder flowers, gorse flowers, heather flowers, hawthorn flowers, juniper berries, lardy's bedstraw flowers, lemon balm, lemon peel, liquorice root, meadow sweet, orange peel, oris root, peppermint leaves, mugwort leaves, red clover flowers, tansy, thyme leaves, water mint leaves, white clover, wood sage leaves. Phew! (Source: Master of Malt).
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Bathtub Gin is produced using a traditional method called cold compounding, with botanicals such as juniper, coriander, clove, cinnamon, orange peel and cardamom being left to infuse in high quality pot-distilled grain spirit. The botanicals lend a tint to the final spirit as well as a wonderfully clean, fresh flavour. The finished product is packaged in a way worthy of any Victorian apothecary, being wrapped in brown paper and string, then wax-sealed by hand. (Source: Amazon).
7. Brockmans Gin, 70 cl
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Delicious gin from Brockmans. This is made with Bulgarian coriander, blueberries and blackberries as well as bittersweet Valencia orange peels. The result is well balanced and full of flavour. (Source: Master of Malt).
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Quirky producer Hendricks make their pot-still distilled gin using cucumber as one of the primary botanicals. This makes for a unique, tasty and incredibly refreshing Gin. (Source: Master of Malt).
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Whitley Neill is a handcrafted gin of exceptional quality inspired by the vivid beauty and mystery of Africa, and a never-ending drive for perfection. Distilled in small batches by Johnny Neill, a direct descendant of Thomas Greenall and the last in a long line of distillers, Whitley Neill brings together eight generations of expertise and a life-long love of adventure. The result is an inimitable, award-winning gin that skilfully blends & balances rare African botanicals and unusual aromatics, to create an enigmatic experience to savour. (Source: Amazon).
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Infused with just six botanicals, this is an aromatic craft gin with classic notes of juniper alongside, cubeb, cardamom, hibiscus flowers and of course cherry and almond. The gin is made is a small copper pot still using traditional English making methods stretching back to the early 18th century, and is 40% Alc/Vol. Serve with a good quality tonic water and a cherry to garnish. (Source: Amazon).
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Note: This list has been compiled based of Amazon's top selling Gins as of 12:00 on 2nd October 2017.