Discover the Best Apple Gins
Apples have been used as a botanical in gin for centuries, with Pippin Apples even appearing on one of the oldest known gin recipes, which dates back to 1689. Since the launch of One Gin's Crisp Apple Gin in 2017, we have been treated to a gradually increasing number of gins flavoured with apple, such as Symphonia Irish Apple Gin and Elemental Cornish Apple Gin, as well as combinations with other flavours, such as in Penrhos Apple & Elderflower Gin and Wildjac Apple & Elderberry Gin, both of which were Winners in the Flavoured Gin category of The Gin Guide Awards 2022. Discover the best Apple Gins available in our guide, listed from A-Z including information, tasting notes, serving suggestions, and details of where you can order a bottle for yourself.
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Elemental Cornish Apple Gin (38% ABV)
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Elemental Gin was founded in 2013 and was one of the first gins to be distilled and bottled in Cornwall for over 300 years. In 2020, Nicki and Joe Woolley took the reins at the distillery and have introduced updated branding and bottles while maintaining the original recipes and processes.
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Penrhos Apple & Elderflower Gin (44% ABV)
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Launched in 2018, Penrhos Spirits was established in Herefordshire by two farming families who grow eating apples, cider apples, strawberries, raspberries, cherries and blueberries. The distillery is an old barn where co-founder Richard's grandmother used to raise calves. In 2023, Penrhos Spirits launched new lightweight, refillable and eco-friendly aluminium bottles.
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Porthcawl Apple & Elderflower Gin (40% ABV)
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Porthcawl Distillery in Wales achieved the 'Best in Wales' Award in The Gin Guide Awards 2024 with their Welsh Dry Gin, and this edition adds fruit notes of apple and the delicate floral elderflower for a crisp and light gin.
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Still Sisters - Somerset Cider Apple Gin (40% ABV)
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Still Sisters from Frome in Somerset distill their Somerset Cider Apple Gin using a 50L copper still and the London Dry method. The gin pays homage to their Somerset roots and features bittersweet Dabinett Apples from Perry's Orchard which are pulped and juice before being combined with 9 further botanicals.
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The Shropshire Distillery Apple & Honey Gin (40% ABV)
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The Shropshire Distillery in Ellesmere was launched in 2018 by husband and wife, Emma and Gareth Glynn. This limited edition Springtime gin is distilled with crisp apples from their own fields, together with local honey, rose and hibiscus for a juniper-led, warm and fresh embodiment of spring..
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Symphonia Irish Apple Gin (40% ABV)
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Symphonia Gin was launched in 2018 by The Woodlab Distillery, established by Ulrich Dyer in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Rather than importing botanicals, Ric analysed the flavour molecules of local and sustainably grown botanicals to find alternatives which could achieve the same flavours.
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Three Wrens Apple Crumble Gin (40% ABV)
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Launched in 2019, Three Wrens Cheshire Distillery was established by three founders all hailing from Wrenbury in Cheshire, giving the inspiration for the Three Wrens name. Their Apple Crumble Gin is distilled with apple, toasted oats and cinnamon.
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Thunderflower Spiced Apple Gin (42% ABV)
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Thunderflower Distillery in Devon have been distilling gin since 2017, and their English Orchard Spiced Apple Gin features locally foraged, crisp English apples together with citrus and warming spices for a mulled apple character (with no flavourings, colourings or sweeteners).
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Wildjac Apple & Elderberry Gin (37.5% ABV)
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Launched in 2019 by Chris Sadler, whose family have been brewers and distillers for over 150 years, Wildjac Distillery is based in the heart of the Wyre Forest in Worcestershire.
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