I love complex and well balanced gins, with different flavour profiles - herbal, fruity, citrusy, flowery, piney - all in one gin.

 

Among my favourites are Irish Gunpowder, Redsmith London Dry Gin, Animus Aboretum Gin, St George Botanivore, Dancing Sands Saffron Gin, Giniversity Botanical. They stand out for their exceptional depth and smoothness, in a class of their own.

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If you're getting gins for a gathering, I suggest getting a good complex dry gin, something unique (tea-based for me), a citrus gin, and a floral gin.

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Here are some of my picks:

• Amazing complex dry gins - Scapegrace Gold, Saffron Gin, Canberra Dry, Bareksten

• Piney - Giniversity Botanical

• Tea like - Half Hitch, Kinotea