Discover our favorite citrus gins, then test our different gin spherical ups together with British gins, flavoured gins and savoury gins.
Greatest citrus gins to strive
Masons pink grapefruit & cucumber dry Yorkshire gin, £29.99, Grasp of Malt
This summery possibility is a citrusy and refreshing twist on the juniper-forward dry Yorkshire gin. Masons of Yorkshire makes use of Harrogate spring water to create its tremendous clean gins, to which the pink grapefruit brings energetic zesty notes and the cucumber provides a cool, crisp and candy end. The best summer time tipple to pair with a day tea. Serve over ice with tonic water and a slice of contemporary grapefruit.
Tanqueray Flor De Sevilla, £25/70cl, Ocado
The bittersweet zestiness of Seville oranges provides a style of the Med to the botanicals on this gin, and delicate notes of orange blossom evoke aromatic summer time evenings. It is magic with tonic water and a wedge of orange.
Chase Pink Grapefruit and Pomelo Gin, £28/70cl, Waitrose
Created by distilling Chase gin with grapefruit and pomelo peel, this can be a super-fragrant spirit, stuffed with zesty tartness and well-balanced bitter notes. Drink with tonic water and a wedge of pink grapefruit.
Tarquin’s Cornish Sunshine Blood Orange Gin, £38/70cl, John Lewis
Sweetly tart citrus, rhubarb and berry flavours are balanced by a herbaceous bitterness that brings to thoughts an Italian-style aperitif comparable to Campari or Aperol. It is complicated and clean sufficient to drink neat, however we recommend serving it spritz model – ideally at aperitivo hour.
Elephant Orange Cocoa Gin, £32.90, uk.elephant-gin.com
This layered flavoured gin takes Elephant’s authentic London Dry Gin – made utilizing a mix of uncommon African botanicals – and provides natural Spanish orange and roasted cocoa beans. The result’s heady aromas of citrus and mellow milk chocolate – assume Terry’s Chocolate Orange in the very best method. These rounded cocoa and vibrant citrus notes stay on the palate but it surely’s drier and extra herbaceous to style, with a touch of spice. Even higher, 15% of income from every bottle offered go to African elephant conservation. Strive in a subtly cocoa-tinged negroni.
LoneWolf London Dry Gin, £24.40/70cl, Amazon
The primary gin from beer legends BrewDog, made out of their very own malted barley spirit and utilizing a BrewDog yeast to create the specified flavour mixture. It’s a exact and thorough labour of affection. To style, there’s an preliminary whack of citrus, particularly lemon peel, with underlying lavender tones. Subsequent, a touch of lingering pine needles, a little bit coriander seed and lemongrass. However the total impression is unquestionably a citrusy one. Pair with tonic water and a sprig of lavender or, if you happen to actually need to ramp the citrus up, a slice of grapefruit.
Hayman’s Unique Citrus, £25.95/70cl, The Whisky Alternate
Balham’s citrus-forward London distilled gin is given a sublime end with the addition of unique, hand-peeled, sun-dried fruit peels. Aromatic pomelo, zippy Persian lime, candy mandarin and tangy kumquat mix with hints of spice to create a zesty but clean, elegant end. Serve over ice with Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic, a slice of contemporary orange and a sprig of contemporary basil.
