Discover the Best Cherry Gins
Cherries have been used to flavour spirits and liqueurs for centuries, and Maraschino Cherries have been a popular cocktail ingredient and garnish for over 100 years. Scotland's Makar Gin from Glasgow Distillery was one of the first Cherry Gins to be commercially launched in 2018, and since then the number has been steadily increasing, with particular popularity in the autumn and winter months. The Cherry Gins featured below, listed in alphabetical order, are all full-strength gins (37.5% ABV and above) and not liqueurs and are all made through the distillation or infusion of real cherries, rather than simply using cherry flavouring.
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Abingdon Cherry Gin (40% ABV)
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Oxfordshire's Abingdon Distillery sources cherries that the supermarkets reject for having the wrong size or appearance, then soaks them in Abingdon Gin for 7 days, before adding orange zest, cassia bark and vanilla pods (with no colourings, flavourings or sweeteners).
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Berkshire Botanical Morello Cherry Gin (40.3% ABV)
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Berkshire Botanical's British Morello Cherry Gin is distilled with 9 botanicals, including Norway Spruce from the Yattendon Estate in rural Berkshire, before being infused with Morello Cherries.
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Junimperium Cherry Edition (40% ABV)
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Junimperium's Cherry Edition Gin from Estonia (available in the UK) blends macerated fresh sour cherries with floral meadowsweet, Estonian juniper and further botanicals including lemon peel, orange blossom, almond and vanilla.
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PUD PUD Cherry Gin (40% ABV)
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Made by Puddingstone Distillery in Hertfordshire (The Gin Guide Awards 'Distillery of the Year 2021') PUD PUD Cherry Gin is made by resting their seasonal PUD PUD Gin (made with Christmas Puddings!) in ex-Bourbon casks with fresh Lapin cherries grown 20 milies from the distillery.
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The Shropshire Distillery - Cherry & Pink Peppercorn Gin (40% ABV)
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For their Cherry & Pink Peppercorn Gin, The Shropshire Distillery team in Ellesmere take their core blend of botanicals and distills them in a copper pot still with the addition of sour cherries and pink peppercorns for clear gin, rather than infusing the gin with cherries after distillation.
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Vogis Wild Cherry Gin (41.2% ABV)
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Vogis Gin from Armenia is named after the Armenian word for 'Spirit' and was launched in 2022. Their Wild Cherry Gin features Armenian juniper, cherries, lemongrass, basil and Earl Grey tea. As a brand new gin it isn't widely available just yet, but keep an eye out for it!
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Vokini Gin Cheeky Cherry (40% ABV)
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Vokini Gin was launched in Altrincham, Cheshire, after founders Marta and Dom were unable to open their chain of coffee shops during the Covid pandemic and turned to their passion for spirits. Dom and Marta began by distilling in a T500 still above their Altrincham coffee shop and launched their first gin in 2020.
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