“GIN”
WHAT IS GIN?
● Distilled spirit.
● Mainly flavoured with “Juniper Berries”
● Other botanicals may be added.
● Can be made by various methods.(infusion,
percolation, maceration, pressing).
● Defination:A clear alcoholic spirit distilled from
grain or malt & flavoured with juniper berries &
other botanicals
● Etymology: The name gin is a shortened form
of the old English word genever, related to the
French word Genièvre & the Dutch word
Jenever. All ultimately derive from Juniperus,
the Latin for Juniper.
HISTORY
■ The English actually discovered gin when
they were fighting the Thirty Years' War in
the 17th century in Holland and saw Dutch
soldiers drinking Jenever to boost morale
before heading into battle.
■ The term “Dutch Courage” was born, and
the English brought the idea of making &
drinking gin back with them.
■ A popular false story: Dr Syvious a
professor of medicine at Holland University
of Leiden is falsely credited as a inventor
of gin.
■ He infused juniper in alcohol for medicinal
purposes to cure kidney diseases
MACERATION
■ Maceration- The process in which
the juniper berries are crushed in a
neutral spirit to extract it’s flavour
into the sprit.
■ This methods helps to extract
flavours more faster than infusion
method.
PERCOLATION or VAPOUR INFUSION
■ It’s also called as
vapour infusion. In
this technique
botanicals are tied
at the head of the
pot still & alcoholic
vapours are allowed
to pass through
those botanical.
■ The distillate or the
gin made by this
process will have
very light and subtle
flavour.
INFUSION METHOD
■ Infusion- The process in which the
flavouring agents are just suspended in the
neutral spirit & kept aside for some specific
time without any disturbance.
■ This method usually takes a lot of time
■ There are 2 types of infusion
■ Hot Infusion- The neutral spirit is boiled &
then the flavouring are added so that
flavours are extracted much more faster
than cold method.
■ Cold Infusion- The flavouring are added to
the neutral spirit at room temp and kept
untouched for long time.
PRESSURE METHOD
■ Pressure- In this method
the flavouring agents are
pressed to extract flavours
and then this flavour is
added to the neutral spirit.
■ The flavouring agents are
put in a mechanical or
manual press where the
flavours are extracted by
applying pressure in form of
oil or juices.
■ These juices then are
added into the neutral spirit.
■ The gin made by this
process will have sometime
a bitter taste & flavour
depends on the quantity of
the oil added.
PRODUCTION
PROCESS
● One Shot Method-
the neutral spirit in
infused with juniper
berries and then
redistilled in pot still.
● Multi Shot
method-The neutral
spirit is infused with
juniper berries and
then double distilled
in pot still.
COMPLETE
GIN PRODUCTION
. Grain
. Malted & unmalted grain
. Crush in to flour & Mixed
with Hot water
. Strained & cooled
. Yeast is added
. Fermentation
7.Distillation in patent still
8.Neutral spirit obtained
9.Botanicals are added
10.Re-distillate by One shot or
Two shot distillation or Vapour
Infusion
11.Dilution
12.Aged or unaged
13.Botteling
Different Styles Of Gin
London Dry Gin
■ Dry, light bodied, pungent
■ Best for cocktails specially gin &
tonic
■ It has to be distilled with botanicals
to get the flavour, and you can’t add
any artificial flavourings or additives
after distillation.
■ Contains 0.01gms of sugar per lit of
alcohol.
■ Examples- Bombay Sapphire,
Sipsmith gin, Swedish rose gin,
tanquery beefeater etc.
Dutch Gin
● Sweet and heavy
● Distilled at low proof
● Very aromatic
● Mostly drank neat
● It is produced from mash of equal
parts of corn rye and malted barley
● examples- Sir Edmonds gin, Black
tomato, Zuidam etc.
Sloe Gin
■ Actually this is not gin. It is liqueur
produced from the addition of sloe berries
fruit of black thorn using gin as base.
■ Flavoured with blackthorn plums
■ Sloe are purple fruits produced by
blackthorn
■ Aged in Oak
Most popular cocktail gin fizz.
■ Examples- Monkey 47,Sipsmilth sloe
gin, Haymans sloe hi,etc.
Plymouth Gin
● Full bodied
● Unsweetened & more pungent than London
dry gin
● Fruity & aromatic
● This is actually an appellation & produced by
coats of firm Plymouth England that was
founded in 1798. But Pernod Ricard left the
support in 2003 so now can be made
anywhere.
Old Tom gin
■ Sweetened gin from Scotland
■ London dry’s sweeter and Full
bodied version
■ Best for Gin Rickies & Tom Collins
■ This is dry gin sweetened by sugar
syrup. This gin was quiet popular in
18th century
■ Examples- Ransom Spirits, Queens
Courage, Hayman’s, Greenhool
Ginsmiths
Botanical Used in Gin
Cassia bark Angelica root Licorice root
Botanical Used in Gin
Lavender flower Rose flower Chamomile flower
Botanical Used in Gin
Lemon Orange Grapefruit
Or Or Or
Lemon Peel Orange Peel Grapefruit peel
Botanical Used in Gin
Cardomom Clove Coriander seeds
Botanical Used in Gin
Orris root Black pepper Almonds
Botanical Used in Gin
Cubeb berries Ginger Nutmeg
Botanical Used in Gin
Cumin Grains of paradise Fennel
Botanical Used in Gin
Cucumber Basil Mint
Botanical Used in Gin
Thyme Rosemarry Elderflower
History of Indian Gins & Facts
● Gin in India! We all know the popular brands,
inspired from India, like Bombay Sapphire and many
others, but they are not from India.
● Instead, these gins are produced in Great Britain.
When Britain occupied India in the 18th century, the
soldiers had to ingest quinine every day to prevent
Malaria.
● To cover the bitter taste, the smart Britains added
water, sugar and lime. One day, someone got the
glorious idea and added Gin. The first Gin Tonic was
born. That means, that India is the Birth Place of this
famous Long Drink which saved so many lives.
● The Prime Minister Winston Churchill reportedly
even quipped: “Gin & Tonic has saved more
Englishmen’s lives, and minds, than all the medical
treatments by doctors in the Empire.”
Why is India a good place for Gin?
● Numerous parameters promote the production of
high-qualified Indian gins and hence, its increasing
requirement.
● First advantage: Many of the ingredients that go
into a good gin – coriander seeds, cinnamon and
other spices – come from India and are particularly
aromatic.
● Besides, the small craft gin makers have the
advantage of selling at low prices, compared with
international brands
Thank
You
