Category: Gin Expert

Gin Awards

Without tasting gins personally, how can you tell that one gin is better than the other? This is where Gin awards come in. While personal taste is subjective and you may prefer a gin which hasn’t won a lot of awards, overall, the more awards a gin has, the more chances that it tastes better than others. Gin award shows serve as a platform for gin distilleries to showcase their latest Gin recipes and tastes. Depending on which event you attend, entrants could be regionally based gins or draw from an international field of gin distilleries. Some awards only cover…

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What is a barrel aged gin

In the 18th century, oak casks were used to store and transport gin. Gin was originally aged in wooden barrels to give it a smooth flavor and prevent it from spoiling. However, barrel aging also imparts a subtle woodiness to the gin, which can be enhanced by using a barrel that has been previously used to age whiskey or wine. Today, many craft distilleries are barrel aging gin to create unique and complex flavors. Barrel aged gin mostly uses wine barrels now which lend a subtlety and depth of flavour that can’t be achieved by other methods. The original “jenever”…

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The Process of making Gin

Gin is a spirit known by all people across the globe and is supposed to have been existing since the middle ages. Some even argue that it’s way older than that. In 2018, in the United Kingdom alone, 66 million bottles of gin were sold (History UK).  It’s an amazing drink, often exclusively drank with mixers, due to its high alcohol content. But how do you make gin? It’s an interesting process for sure, making it an exceptional type of spirit. But different distillers have different processes of making gin. Some are micro-distilled which means, almost everything is done by…

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