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Gin is usually sold at between 35 and 47% alc./vol., with the lower end of this spectrum mainly affected by the prevailing laws in particular...
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Cold compounded gins are flavoured with extracts, essences and/or by infusion/maceration without distillation. Compounded gins are often made by...
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Gin made in Mahón, the capital city of the island Menorca, is also thought to have Protected Geographical Status (PGI) and is listed as such in...
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Originally a style of gin but now a legal category of gin defined by its production process. Despite the name, London Dry gin can be produced...
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This is a loose term championed by the American bartending consultant Ryan Magarian for gins which some say border on being legally being gins at all...
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Often described as a sweet or 'cordial' style of gin, 'old tom' gins were overwhelmingly popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries, when gin was...
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Back in 2008, Plymouth gin was awarded Protected Geographical Status (PGI) under European Union law. This stipulated that only gins produced in the...
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Vilnius Gin (Vilniaus Džinas in Lithuanian), made in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania at the Vilnius Degtiné distillery is another example of a gin...
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