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Questions about gin
This page contains the answers to the questions most often asked about gin. Each answer is written by the wine & spirits shop in Bathmen, backed by our own stock and supplied with sources.
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- What is the difference between gin and jenever?Jenever and gin are both based on juniper, but the base differs. Jenever contains malt wine: at least 1.5 percent grain distillate in the alcohol volume,…
- What is London Dry Gin?London Dry Gin is not gin from London, but a legal category from Regulation (EU) 2019/787. All flavour must, during distillation…
- What are botanicals in gin?Botanicals are the plant ingredients that give gin its flavor: herbs, seeds, roots, peels and berries. Regulation (EU) 2019/787 sets a…
- What is sloe gin?Sloe gin is a liqueur of sloes on gin. Regulation (EU) 2019/787 gives it a place of its own, category 35, with a minimum…
- What is navy strength gin?Navy strength gin is gin bottled at about 57 percent alcohol. That number comes from the old British proof scale, in which…
- What is Old Tom gin?Old Tom gin is a sweetened gin style from nineteenth-century England, sitting between genever and London dry in flavour. The name appeared…
- Which tonic goes with which gin?Choose the tonic by the flavour angle of the gin, not by the brand. Work with 4 angles: juniper, citrus, floral and spicy.…
- Which garnish goes with which gin?A garnish works when it repeats a botanical that is already in the gin, or complements 1 that is missing. With a…
- How much gin goes into a gin and tonic?Allow 4 to 5 centilitres of gin to 10 to 15 centilitres of tonic, so 1 part gin to 2 to 3 parts tonic.…
- How long does gin keep after opening?Gin does not need to carry a best-before date: drinks of 10% vol and above are exempt from that. What does change is the aroma.…
- What is the difference between gin and vodka?Gin and vodka both start with agricultural alcohol and both must contain at least 37.5% vol. The difference lies in the processing. With vodka…
- What is pink gin?Pink gin is not a separate legal category. Originally it was gin with a few dashes of aromatic bitters, which turns the drink pink.…
- Which gin can you drink neat?Gin that you drink neat is chosen on three characteristics: the alcohol percentage, the category on the label and the botanical that comes first…
- Which gin do you give as a gift?Choose a gin as a gift on four characteristics: the size of the bottle, the alcohol percentage, the category on the label and the botanical…
- Why do you put so much ice in a gin and tonic?A glass full of ice cools your gin and tonic faster and waters it down less than three loose cubes. Melting ice draws about 334 joules…
- What does distilled gin mean on a label?Distilled gin means that the gin has been distilled in the presence of juniper berries and other natural botanicals. Regulation (EU) 2019/787 sets that requirement…
- What is barrel aged gin?Barrel aged gin is gin that has spent some time in a wooden cask after distillation and has taken on colour and wood compounds there…
- What is new western dry gin?New western dry gin is a style name for gin in which the supporting botanicals, such as citrus, flowers or herbs, get almost as much room…
- Which gin do you use for a gin and tonic?For a gin and tonic you take a gin of at least 37.5 percent alcohol; that is the lower limit from Regulation (EU) 2019/787, and juniper berries…
- What is gin?Gin is a distilled spirit whose flavour must be predominantly that of juniper berry (Juniperus communis), with at least 37.5 percent alcohol.…
- What is compound gin?Compound gin is trade jargon for gin under category 20 of Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/787: juniper and other aromas go into…
- How much alcohol is in a gin and tonic?A gin and tonic with 35 millilitres of gin at 37.5 percent contains about 13 millilitres of pure alcohol, good for just over 10 grams. That…
- What is a gin basil smash?The gin basil smash is a shaken cocktail of gin, fresh basil, lemon juice and sugar syrup. Jörg Meyer created it in 2008 in…
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