Geometric Gin is one of those bottles that catches your eye with its name alone. There's a suggestion of precision here — of careful construction and deliberate design. Filed under London Dry, this sits at 43% ABV, which gives it just enough backbone to stand up in a mixed drink without bulldozing everything else in the glass.
A Study in Structure
London Dry is the most regulated category in the gin world. No artificial flavourings after distillation, no added sweetness beyond a trace amount. What you taste is what came off the still. That discipline appeals to me. It means the distiller has to get things right at source — there's nowhere to hide. At 43%, Geometric sits a touch above the legal minimum of 37.5%, which tells me someone wanted a little more intensity and texture than the baseline demands.
Without confirmed botanical details, I'm left to appreciate this gin on its structural merits. The London Dry classification guarantees juniper leads the charge, but beyond that, the character is the distiller's signature. At £37.75, it occupies a competitive middle ground — above the supermarket shelf but not quite into the craft-premium bracket where you're paying north of £45. That pricing puts pressure on a bottle to deliver, and I'd say Geometric holds its own respectably without quite reaching the heights of the category's best.
Best Served
I'd pair this with a Japanese-style highball approach: plenty of ice, a quality tonic with restrained sweetness, and a twist of yuzu peel if you can get it. Failing that, a thin slice of cucumber and a few drops of rice vinegar make a surprisingly sharp, clean serve that lets the juniper architecture do its thing.
