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Every gin page in the Academy — written from primary sources, linked to bottles you can actually buy.
Level 2Old Tom Gin
The sweeter, rounder gin of the 18th and 19th centuries: what Old Tom was, why it was sweetened, and which cat storie...
Level 2Navy Strength Gin
Gin at about 57 percent, sold on a gunpowder legend. What the number really comes from, what the law says (nothing), ...
Level 2Contemporary Botanical Gin
New Western, modern, craft: gins where juniper still leads but citrus, flowers, cucumber or local plants share the st...
Level 1 · Start hereGin
Neutral spirit with juniper in charge: how the U.S. and EU define gin, its London history, and the styles from London...
Level 2Sloe and Flavored Gin
Sloe gin is legally a liqueur, not a gin; flavored gins have their own rules. Hedgerow fruit, sugar levels and what t...
Level 2Genever
Gin's malty Dutch and Belgian ancestor: an EU-protected juniper spirit built on moutwijn, where 'oude' and 'jonge' me...
Level 2London Dry Gin
A method, not a postcode: London gin gets all its flavor in the still, adds nothing but water and a trace of sugar, a...
Level 2Barrel-Aged Gin
Gin rested in oak: legal in the U.S., able to carry an age statement since 2020, but barred from the London Dry label...
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