Reviews Editor
Speciality: Contemporary Gin, New Western, Asian Spirits, Craft Distilling
Ash brings a global palate to the team, having spent five years based in Singapore and Tokyo exploring the rapidly evolving Asian spirits scene. As Reviews Editor across Gin.Directory, Rum.Directory, and Whiskeyful.com, his reviews are known for their precision and accessibility — he believes a great review should help you decide whether a bottle belongs on your shelf. Before joining, Ash wrote for several food and drink publications across Southeast Asia and holds a Level 3 Award in Spirits from WSET.
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A fruit-forward flavoured gin pairing rhubarb and raspberry at 38% ABV. Competent and appealing in a crowded category, t...
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March 17, 2026
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Sacred Pink Grapefruit Gin backs up its flavoured credentials with a punchy 43.8% ABV, signalling a serious citrus expre...
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March 17, 2026
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Nolet's Silver Dry Gin is a confident flavoured gin bottled at 47.6% ABV, blending contemporary style with serious backb...
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March 16, 2026
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Tanqueray Malacca is a beautifully rounded Old Tom gin with a rich heritage, offering a softer, more exotic alternative ...
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March 15, 2026
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Gin Mare bottles the entire Mediterranean coastline — Arbequina olive, rosemary, thyme, and basil create a savoury, culi...
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March 10, 2026
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Hayman's Cordial Gin revives a Victorian tradition at a punchy 42% ABV, delivering a flavoured gin with genuine backbone...
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March 6, 2026
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Fords Officers Reserve combines overproof strength at 54.5% ABV with barrel-aged complexity, creating a versatile cockta...
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March 4, 2026
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Bone Idyll Blushing Pink Gin is a 40% ABV flavoured gin that holds its own in a crowded pink gin market, though greater ...
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March 3, 2026
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Hernö Old Tom Gin is a masterfully balanced Scandinavian take on the classic Old Tom style, weaving Nordic botanicals li...
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March 3, 2026
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Ableforth's Bathtub Old Tom Gin brings the brand's distinctive compound method to the sweeter, historically rich Old Tom...
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March 2, 2026
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Manly Spirits Lilly Pilly Pink Gin is a flavoured gin built around native Australian lilly pilly berry, offering a tart,...
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February 28, 2026
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Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin bridges Australian native botanicals and European gin tradition with whole fresh oranges, Tasm...
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February 25, 2026
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Whitley Neill's Blood Orange Gin is a bright, citrus-forward flavoured gin that delivers on accessibility and charm, eve...
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February 23, 2026
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Citadelle Rouge layers cranberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, and rhubarb over a citrus-forward gin base ...
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February 22, 2026
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Mombasa Club's strawberry-flavoured gin is an easygoing, fruit-forward bottle built for long drinks and warm-weather ses...
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February 22, 2026
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Manly Spirits' whisky barrel-aged expression is a smartly positioned gin at 45% ABV, bridging the gap between gin and wh...
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February 21, 2026
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G'Vine Nouaison is a grape-spirit-based flavoured gin bottled at a confident 45% ABV, offering genuine individuality in ...
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February 19, 2026
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Sicilian pink grapefruit and rhubarb give Malfy Rosa a bittersweet Italian character that feels like aperitivo hour on t...
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February 18, 2026
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Kyrö Pink Gin combines strawberries, rhubarb, and foraged Finnish lingonberries for a flavoured gin that earns its colou...
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February 13, 2026
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A well-priced flavoured gin that delivers clean versatility without overcomplicating things. Caorunn earns a solid 7.5 w...
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February 12, 2026
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St. George Terroir Gin bottles the Californian landscape in a glass — Douglas fir, bay laurel and coastal sage make this...
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February 12, 2026
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Bitter Truth Pink Gin is an old-school nod to the original naval pink gin tradition, offering herbaceous, bitters-driven...
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February 10, 2026
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Made with Albariño grape spirit and Galician botanicals, Nordés is a Spanish gin of singular character — aromatic, herba...
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February 5, 2026
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Puerto de Indias Strawberry Gin is one of the originals in the flavoured gin boom — approachable, naturally fruity, and ...
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February 4, 2026
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Tarquin's Strawberry and Lime is a well-balanced flavoured gin at 38% ABV that pairs fruit-forward character with citrus...
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January 31, 2026
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Woodland brings its Sauerland foraging philosophy to the pink gin category — a well-made flavoured gin at 38% ABV that b...
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January 31, 2026
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Peddlers Shanghai Barrel Aged Gin brings credible competition to the barrel-aged category from an unexpected origin, pit...
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January 30, 2026
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Sipsmith applies its trademark precision to the sloe gin category, producing a bottling that balances berry sweetness wi...
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January 30, 2026
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Malfy Rosa is an accessible, grapefruit-led flavoured gin that plays the crowd-pleaser role with genuine skill — smooth ...
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January 28, 2026
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Tarquin's Rhubarb and Raspberry Gin delivers a classic British fruit pairing in a flavoured gin that prioritises approac...
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January 24, 2026
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Monkey 47's barrel-aged expression brings oak-influenced depth to one of gin's most complex botanical recipes, landing a...
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January 23, 2026
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Hernö's Juniper Cask Gin is a barrel-aged expression matured in juniper wood casks — a distinctive choice that reinforce...
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January 23, 2026
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Citadelle No Mistake Old Tom Gin is a confident, higher-strength take on the classic sweetened style, built for cocktail...
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January 20, 2026
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Ableforth's Bathtub Gin Cask Aged is a shrewdly positioned barrel-aged expression that balances wood influence with bota...
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January 20, 2026
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Sacred Old Tom Gin is a bold, higher-strength take on the classic Old Tom style from a respected craft producer, bottled...
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January 19, 2026
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Mousehall Cask Aged Gin is a smartly positioned barrel-aged expression at 42% ABV that bridges the gap between gin and w...
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January 18, 2026
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A well-built flavoured gin at 43% ABV that layers blood orange over a spiced, juniper-forward base enriched with African...
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January 17, 2026
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Sincere Barrel Aged Gin brings a confident 47% ABV to the growing barrel-aged category, pitched at a premium price point...
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January 10, 2026
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A malt wine-based genever from Schiedam's historic Herman Jansen Distillery, Bobby's bridges Dutch distilling tradition ...
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January 10, 2026
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Seven Hills Italian Dry Gin is a mid-premium flavoured gin bottled at 43% ABV that channels the Mediterranean spirit of ...
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January 9, 2026
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Salcombe's Rose Sainte Marie is a polished flavoured gin where rose petals and orange blossom lead, but Macedonian junip...
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January 6, 2026
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Caorunn's Scottish Raspberry gin backs its fruit character with a confident 41.8% ABV, suggesting a flavoured expression...
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January 6, 2026
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Jensen's Old Tom Gin is a masterclass in restraint — six carefully chosen botanicals distilled at Thames Distillers deli...
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January 3, 2026
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Victory Pink Gin is a competent, mid-range flavoured gin in an eco-friendly refill can format that balances fruit-forwar...
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January 2, 2026
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Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin is a purpose-built flavoured gin loaded with blood orange, ginger, cinnamon, and grains ...
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January 1, 2026
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Distilled in Cognac country using 19 botanicals and a flame-heated copper still, Citadelle bridges French winemaking tra...
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December 28, 2025
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Rutte Celery Gin is a bold, savoury-led Contemporary gin that trades the usual citrus-and-floral playbook for something ...
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December 27, 2025
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A barrel-aged gin with genuine Mediterranean heritage, Gin Xoriguer occupies a lane almost entirely its own — authentic ...
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December 26, 2025
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A rare mid-century Old Tom from the once-ubiquitous Robert Burnett house, this 1947 bottling at 45.6% ABV offers a genui...
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December 24, 2025
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Isle of Harris Gin is a masterfully restrained coastal contemporary, where hand-harvested sugar kelp meets classical jun...
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December 21, 2025
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Hernö's Old Tom Gin at 43% ABV is a confident take on gin's historic sweeter style, built for classic cocktails like the...
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December 20, 2025
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Hendrick's rewrote the rules for contemporary gin with its cucumber-rose signature, and two decades on, the dual-distill...
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December 19, 2025
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Bobby's Schiedam Dry Gin bridges the gap between traditional Dutch genever and modern dry gin, offering a commercially s...
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December 15, 2025
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Sipsmith's VJOP is a juniper-forward overproof that wears its 57.7% ABV with confidence, making it a bold choice for coc...
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December 15, 2025
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Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin is a confident Contemporary gin from the Yarra Valley, blending Australian native botanicals l...
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December 15, 2025
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Chase GB Classic Dry Gin is a well-made, approachable flavoured gin that benefits from Chase's farm-to-bottle pedigree, ...
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December 14, 2025
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Hernö's Old Tom Gin is a beautifully balanced expression where meadowsweet-driven sweetness, lingonberry tartness, and w...
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December 8, 2025
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A full-strength sloe gin from Cotswolds bottled at 40.6% ABV, promising genuine botanical complexity and hedgerow fruit ...
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December 4, 2025
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Tanqueray Rangpur brings the distinctive bitter-sweet character of Rangpur lime to a solid gin base at 41.3% ABV. A well...
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December 3, 2025
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Four Pillars' Sherry Barrel Aged Gin is a shrewdly positioned barrel-aged expression at 43.8% ABV, offering sherry cask ...
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December 3, 2025
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Sicilian pink grapefruit meets Italian gin — Malfy Rosa delivers Mediterranean sunshine in a bottle, with enough juniper...
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December 2, 2025
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Whitley Neill's Raspberry Gin is a confident, accessible flavoured expression at a fair price point — the kind of bottle...
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November 27, 2025
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Six Japanese botanicals layered over a traditional gin foundation — Roku is Suntory's answer to the question of what a J...
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November 25, 2025
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Filliers Pine Tree Blossom Dry Gin 28 is a genuinely curious flavoured gin built around a single uncommon botanical. Wel...
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November 19, 2025
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Scapegrace Black is a visually dramatic New Western gin built on an adventurous botanical bill — saffron, butterfly pea ...
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November 19, 2025
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Nicholson Blood Orange Gin brings a solid 40.3% ABV to the crowded flavoured gin market, promising genuine juniper backb...
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November 18, 2025
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Bone Idyll Barrel Aged Gin is a smartly positioned 45% ABV expression that enters the growing barrel-aged category with ...
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November 15, 2025
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Dyfi Navigation Gin is a navy-strength barrel-aged expression at 57% ABV that occupies a smart position in the premium g...
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November 15, 2025
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Bluecoat Barrel Reserve is a well-judged barrel-aged gin at 47% ABV that bridges the citrus-forward American dry style w...
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November 15, 2025
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Monkey 47 packs forty-seven botanicals into a Contemporary gin of remarkable coherence, blending Black Forest spruce and...
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November 15, 2025
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A fruit-forward flavoured gin from Manchester pitched at easy-drinking raspberry appeal. Solid at 40% ABV, though the pr...
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November 12, 2025
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Nikka's whisky-making pedigree meets a dazzling quartet of Japanese citrus in this contemporary gin. Distinctive, well-s...
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November 12, 2025
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Bordeaux Distilling's Noble Rot Botrytis Old Tom Gin 2020 is a boundary-pushing spirit that marries the sweetness of Old...
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November 9, 2025
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A flavoured Hebridean gin from the Isle of Raasay bottled at a punchy 46% ABV. It carries a genuine sense of place, and ...
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November 8, 2025
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Herno's Botanical Flavoured Gin brings Scandinavian craft credibility to the flavoured category, bottled at a confident ...
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November 7, 2025
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Tarquin's Rhubarb and Raspberry Gin is a confident, fruit-forward flavoured gin that balances tart rhubarb and sweet ras...
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November 6, 2025
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Made with hand-picked sloe berries steeped in Sipsmith London Dry — this is sloe gin that takes the category seriously a...
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November 6, 2025
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Mermaid Pink Gin is a premium flavoured gin at 38% ABV that positions itself confidently in a crowded pink gin market, o...
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November 4, 2025
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Jim and Tonic's Roobee Rhubarb Gin is a playful, fruit-forward flavoured gin at 40% ABV that delivers an accessible entr...
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November 2, 2025
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Boatyard Old Tom Gin is a well-crafted expression of the historically significant Old Tom style, bottled at an approacha...
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October 31, 2025
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Zuidam's Dutch Courage Aged Gin 88 is a confident barrel-aged expression from one of the Netherlands' most respected ind...
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October 31, 2025
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A full-strength flavoured gin that takes itself seriously. Edinburgh Raspberry delivers bright berry character at 40% AB...
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October 30, 2025
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Hernö's Juniper Cask Gin is a barrel-aged expression that doubles down on the category's defining botanical by maturing ...
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October 30, 2025
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Tarquin's Strawberry and Lime is a well-crafted flavoured gin that balances fruit-forward sweetness with enough juniper ...
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October 29, 2025
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Zuidam's Dutch Courage Dry Gin is a shrewdly positioned genever-style spirit that bridges the gap between Dutch traditio...
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October 27, 2025
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Tarquin's blood orange gin pairs citrus with bitter gentian root for a flavoured expression that promises more depth tha...
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October 25, 2025
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Whitley Neill Blood Orange Gin is a well-made flavoured gin that balances genuine juniper backbone with sweet-bitter cit...
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October 22, 2025
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A genever-style gin from New York Distilling that leans into its Dutch-American heritage at an accessible price point, o...
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October 22, 2025
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Beefeater's blood orange expression is a smartly priced flavoured gin that leans on the bittersweet depth of its hero bo...
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October 18, 2025
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Bobby's Schiedam Dry Gin is a smartly positioned genever-style spirit from Schiedam's Herman Jansen Distillery, bridging...
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October 16, 2025
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Edinburgh's rhubarb and ginger combination delivers a smartly balanced flavoured gin at full 40% strength — tart, warm, ...
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October 16, 2025
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Sipsmith's sloe gin balances tart sloe berries with their quality London Dry base, producing a sloe gin with genuine dep...
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October 15, 2025
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Fallen Angel Blood Orange Gin delivers a bold, bittersweet citrus punch in a generous magnum format, with enough juniper...
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October 14, 2025
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Four Pillars' barrel-aged Christmas Gin is a disciplined, spice-forward seasonal release that leverages cinnamon, star a...
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October 13, 2025
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A fascinating 1940s Old Tom from Robert Burnett bottled at a commanding 46% ABV — a genuine artefact from the golden age...
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October 10, 2025
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Hayman's Old Tom Gin is a benchmark expression of the historically significant Old Tom style, built on a ten-botanical r...
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October 9, 2025
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G'Vine Nouaison Reserve brings barrel-aged confidence to a brand already known for its grape-spirit distinction, sitting...
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October 7, 2025
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Chase Rhubarb and Apple Gin is a confident flavoured gin that pairs tart rhubarb with orchard-fruit softness at a well-j...
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October 5, 2025
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A 31-botanical contemporary gin foraged from the wild Hebridean landscape of Islay and distilled at Bruichladdich, The B...
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October 5, 2025
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Named after the legendary wit, this New York gin delivers biting florals and citrus — a spirit as sharp and complex as i...
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October 3, 2025
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Kyrö Dark Gin is a credible barrel-aged expression from a distillery with genuine wood-ageing pedigree, blending Nordic ...
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October 1, 2025
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Fallen Angel Blood Orange Gin bottles at a confident 40.6% ABV and pairs juniper with the deeper, berry-like citrus of b...
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September 29, 2025
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Suntory brings Japanese craftsmanship to gin with six native botanicals that capture the rhythm of the seasons. Elegant,...
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September 28, 2025
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A French gin with nineteen botanicals and centuries of history — Citadelle proves that complexity and elegance can coexi...
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September 26, 2025
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Capreolus Garden Swift is a confident flavoured gin at 47% ABV that promises garden-fresh botanical character with the c...
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September 26, 2025
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Capreolus Hart & Dart is a compelling barrel-aged Old Tom gin bottled at a confident 47% ABV, where patient cask maturat...
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September 23, 2025
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The Hayman family's Old Tom is a carefully researched recreation of a historical style — gently sweetened, botanically r...
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September 22, 2025
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Brockmans is a smooth, berry-forward flavoured gin that trades juniper intensity for approachability — well-made and con...
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September 21, 2025
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Whitley Neill's Rhubarb and Ginger Gin is a well-made, accessible flavoured gin that balances tart fruit with warm spice...
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September 20, 2025
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58 And Co's apple and hibiscus pink gin picks a distinctive botanical lane, pairing orchard fruit with tart floral hibis...
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September 19, 2025
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Bright, zesty, and unmistakably Italian — Malfy Con Limone captures the Amalfi Coast in a gin. It's cheerful summer drin...
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September 10, 2025
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Love it or dismiss it, Whitley Neill's Rhubarb & Ginger defined the flavoured gin boom. It's well-made, accessible, and ...
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September 5, 2025
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Ransom's Old Tom is aged in wine barrels, creating a golden, malt-forward gin that's closer to genever than London Dry. ...
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August 30, 2025
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Nikka's gin channels their whisky-making precision through a Coffey still, producing a citrus-rich spirit anchored by Ja...
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August 15, 2025
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Aged in American oak, FEW's barrel gin straddles the line between gin and whiskey with confidence. It's woody, vanillin-...
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August 5, 2025
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Kyoto Distillery's flagship is a masterwork of precision — eleven botanicals distilled in six categories, blended with F...
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July 20, 2025
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Before London Dry, before tonic, there was genever. Bols' version is malt-rich, juniper-forward, and a direct connection...
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July 15, 2025
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Empress 1908's indigo hue shifts to pink with tonic — but beyond the Instagram appeal, there's a well-crafted gin with g...
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June 20, 2025
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Arbequina olives, thyme, rosemary, and basil — Gin Mare takes the flavours of a Mediterranean kitchen and turns them int...
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June 10, 2025
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Slow-distilled gunpowder tea gives this Irish gin a distinctive spiced-citrus character. It's well-crafted and interesti...
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May 28, 2025
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Aviation dialled back juniper and pushed lavender forward long before it was fashionable. It's approachable and well-mad...
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May 15, 2025
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Brockmans leans heavily into dark berries and smoothness, creating a gin that's easy to love if not particularly challen...
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April 20, 2025
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Sydney's Archie Rose delivers a gin that's distinctly Australian — native river mint, blood lime, and dorrigo pepper cre...
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April 1, 2025
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Four Pillars set the standard for Australian craft gin with this Rare Dry — a spice-driven, Tasmanian pepperberry-laced ...
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March 15, 2025