Top 10 award-winning gins

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twentieth July, 2021 by Kate Malczewski

From completely candy Previous Toms to fragrant London Dry expressions, the gin class boasts top-quality bottlings to swimsuit each palate. These are 10 of one of the best from our latest blind-tasting competitors.

Expressions from Hernö, Penderyn and 4 Pillars earned high marks in our tasting

Final month, The Spirits Enterprise held part one of its Gin Masters 2021 competition, marking a return to in-person judging for the primary time in additional than a yr.

Because of the continued unstoppable rise of the gin category, it was our largest competitors ever. Judges gathered on the Ibis Resort in London Bridge to style greater than 450 gins over the course of two days, with bodily distancing measures noticed and samples packed by Wine Sorted to make sure anonymity.

A bunch of eight trade specialists assessed the gins: Chris Tanner, bar supervisor at Milroy’s; Peter Downes, distillery partnerships specialist at Craft Gin Membership; Nicola Carruthers, deputy editor of The Spirits Enterprise; Ben Lindsay, international spirits and on-premise guide; Ivan Dixon, unbiased spirits guide; David T Smith, spirits author, guide and co-founder of the Craft Distilling Expo; Julian de Feral, worldwide bar guide and author; and Melita Kiely, editor of The Spirits Enterprise.

Our tasting featured all kinds of juniper spirits in subcategories together with Extremely Premium, Flavoured and Previous Tom, however solely a choose few have been awarded a coveted Grasp medal. Which of them got here out on high?

Click on by to find 10 award-winning gins from our competitors.