Gin brings to mind earthy, botanical flavors, but how can a new gin drinker decipher what makes gin good and what to look for ...
Gin is one of the standout categories in the American Distilling Institute’s (ADI) annual International Spirits Competition (ISC). The category allows producers to experiment with various aroma and ...
My palate is easy to please with most spirits. I’ll enjoy almost any whiskey, vodka or tequila you pour me. But when it comes to gin, I am as discerning as Federer tweaking his racket strings before ...
In an Edinburgh laboratory in the second half of 2023, four chemists armed with a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer took on the unregulated Wild West of the gin industry. A total of 16 ...
Distillation shapes a spirit’s flavor, aroma, and texture by removing unwanted compounds while concentrating ethanol and desirable characteristics. Different methods — such as pot still, column still, ...