Gin Guide: Every Style EXPLAINED!
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- This is your guide to gin! There are so many different styles and types of gin on the market these days that it can be almost impossible to know what the labels mean when you're searching for the perfect bottle in the store.
In this video we will answer all your questions! What is Sloe Gin, Navy Strength Gin, London Dry Gin, Old Tom Gin, Bathtub Gin and many more... grab a drink and grab a seat and welcome to gin school!
⁉️ Thoughts? Comment down below and let me know what you think, any other gin topics you want to learn about or any suggestions for gins to review!
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0:00 Intro
1:20 Botanicals
2:20 London Dry Gin
4:53 Vapour Infused Gin
5:52 Navy Strength Gin
7:08 Sloe Gin
8:39 Shiraz / "Wine" Gin
10:05 Barrel Aged Gin
11:55 Bathtub Gin
13:55 Old Tom Gin
15:22 Genever / Jenever - Навчання та стиль
Old Tom was not just sweetened London Dry gin, it was made pretty differently. Pot still compared to Column/Coffey stills, usually lack of citrus, slightly muted juniper, and some sweetness. If someone makes a London dry gin, chucks in some sugar and then calls it an Old Tom gin then they clearly don’t know its history.
Hey David, thanks for the comment you raise a really good point!
You’re completely right that it isn’t necessarily just sweetened London Dry gin. Old Tom is super interesting and could probably be a much larger topic than just a snippet in the video.
There is so much variation in Old Tom recipes that other than the sweetness there isn’t really any other “defining” characteristics anymore. Gin evolved a lot over the 19th Century, and the Old Tom you describe was very likely the most common profile around the early 1800s, but by the end of the century was very different as ingredients, technology (the coffee still in the 1830s), legislation and peoples preference changed.
Nowadays there is as much variation in Old Tom Gin as what there is in the Gin category as a whole. It seems the major producers are all basing theirs on the latter 1800s style with a more neutral spirit (hence why I described it the way I did for simplicity sake) - Hayman’s, Tanqueray, Jensen’s, Hernö, etc. But there are some smaller craft producers recreating the early 1800s style from a pot still with a slightly malty spirit as you describe. The missing link between Genever and London Dry if you will.
As for botanicals well there are still no rules other than juniper being number 1 so it can be classified as gin, but again a subjective topic that in the 1800s would have been dictated by availability and preferences of the day.
I’ll pin your comment if anyone wishes to delve any deeper… Cheers! 🍸
As a fan on Ransom’s Old Tom Gin - I’d love to learn more about this category
Japanese and Indian Gin is also good. Japanese add Tea leaves "Roku Gin". Indian Gin has local berries like "jamun" added.
I just found out about and bought some Roku Gin this weekend. I can't wait to taste it.
I usually don't write comments on yt, but this video is excellent. The music is very subtle which is great, I can concentrate much better. There's nothing flashy and distracting here, just very well explained and broken down easy to understand info. Thank you for this video, I'm excited to check out the rest of your content!
Hey Mimi, thanks for the kind words and really glad you enjoyed the video! Cheers 🍸
I start to drink Gin recently and with that it came the curiosity to know more about it.
I couldn't find anywhere on UA-cam a best explanation than yours.
Keep it up with the good work mate.
Fabulously informative Tim. Much appreciated.
Great review. Thanks. Learnt a lot.
Great summary for people like me who like gin but are not as informed about it as they are for other spirits such as whisky, so thanks a lot ! Cheers from France !
Thanks Tim … am a gin Addict and this was really informative … with great presentation!
Slowly making my way through your videos. While I’ve been drinking gin for years it’s only recently I’ve branched away from Tanqueray & tonic. My eyes and senses have been opened. Thanks for such an informative breakdown. Will help with decision making when exploring new gins. Awesome job.
Hey Gail, welcome the channel and the world of gin! Thanks for the kind words and great to have you here on this journey 😁
Just earned a new sub, great presentation. 👍
Very in depth and informative. Not just someone's opinion as to which gin they like best. :) Learned some new facts.
Great tutorial on a very necessary component in my home bar. You literally taught me more than 20 things that I didn't know I was missing from my knowledge pool. Thanks!
Excellent video. Keep it up! I've subscribed and clicked the notification bell.
As a forager in the uk and a gin maker I have to say sloes are not known as hawthorn berries, slows grow on the blackthorn and hawthorn or haw berries come from the hawthorn. Both edible though!
Yes, you’re absolutely right. My apologies I always get the two confused (in name only not in what they taste/look like though haha)
I'm a gin drinker and this was very informative. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the kind words 🙏
Thanks, great lesson. I’m a London dry guy but I think for fun I’ll try some of those other styles.
Excellent. Thank you.
I love your videos !
Tangueray original is my go to. Love it
great explanations
Thanks so much! 😍
This video is excellent! Going to binge watch your videos! Just getting into gin. I used to drink vodka and it made me so.. unreasonable let's say lol. So far, I have only tried tanqueray (which I LOVE) and bombay (which I HATE). Purchased a bottle of sipsmith London dry and martin miller for Christmas. I can't wait to try them! Merry Miller Sipsmith😂🍸🎄
Wow! I had no idea! Gin is my favorite liquor but I didn’t know there was so much to it.
I heard "Navy Strength" gin was issued to the ship's surgeon to use as an anesthetic (it would work as an antiseptic too, but they probably didn't know that). Most commons sailors were issued Rum, yo ho ho and all that....
Can't say I'm much interested in the "barrel aged" or "shiraz" gins, although i'll try anything once. if I want barrel aged spirit, scotch/irish/American whisk(e)y is unbeatable, if i want shiraz, a nice Barossa red is perfect. For Gin, I'm looking for different botanicals, maybe some native Australian, e.g.: Myrtle, Eucalyptus (in moderation!), macadamia, other bush herbs
The Dutch born King William III was a factor in bringing Jenever to England....
Brilliant.
Hey Tim, great video! We agree, there are so many different styles and types of gin and that's why we created The Spirit Cupboard! Feel free to check it out!
At what temperature should we distill the macerated liquid so that we get best flavour & aroma without any off notes. Will low temperature such as 50 or 60 degree celcius woukd work or not. Or 80 degree is neccesary for distillation. Hoping for a quick reply from ur side it will help me a lot. Thanks in advance.
Man you are good!
Great Video!
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for the kind words 😊🍸
Nice content.
Thanks! Glad you think so! 🙂
I actually like the delicate taste of Bombay vaporized version.
I must be a strange one because I drink gin on its own.
Me too, but we are few and far between apparently 😂
Well, I don't like Old Tom Gin mixed with anything myself, so I drink it neat or on a rock.
you reckon plymouth is its own category? theres this very unmistakable earth note/theme with it that i have not got anywhere else...
I identify as a gin bitch, so I love learning more about my spirit of choice. Thank you for the information!
I like your video.💋
Sloes are the fruit of the blackthorn bush. Hawthorn trees have bunches of red berries. Just saying. Nice video, covers some basics. :o)
Oh yes you’re absolutely right that was a slip of the tongue on my part that I didn’t pick up in the editing 😅
Thanks for the kind words, cheers 🍸
Dry gin, Sloe gin... give me a Vir gin...
great video! Beefeater Tom Collins is one of my go-to's
Side note: "Islay" is pronounced "eye-luh"
Though I would prefer I lay given the right circumstances.
You forget that you CAN add sugar but only as much as it's in london gin it's below 0,1 g/l and in dry gin 0,5g/l.
London dry or the Scottish gin is my favorite drinks that isn't a whiskey not Irish or Canadian
Whisk(e)y and Gin! My two favourites as well! Cheers 🍸 🥃
Are there any spirits that are distilled with no juniper?
Can you adjust the sound equalization. There is a painful treble distortion
Hey there, thanks for the feedback. Just curious if you get the same distortion on any of my more recent videos? Thank you
Bombay is absolutely not made in London. The distillery is 70 miles south west of London. I know we all know the Queen here and we have half a dozen “London” airports that aren’t in the city, but not everything in the South is London. We just say we live in London when we meet people abroad..
Also, about London Dry; you can add alcohol to the distillate when creating a multi shot gin. Only water and/neutral alcohol are permitted.
Also 37.5% is the EU standard. It’s 40 in the States.
The best thing about gin is that it isn't vodka. But the problem with gin is that it isn't vodka.