The Gin Guide Awards - 2023 Contemporary Category Winners

WINNERS
Contemporary Gin Categories

Including: Contemporary Gin (up to 42% ABV), Contemporary Gin (over 42% ABV), and Flavoured Gins

The below Blind Tasting categories are defined by the style of gin, flavour profile, botanicals and ABV. The Winners and Highly Commended entrants for each category are defined as follows:

WINNER: These are the gins that achieved a score that was above the threshold to be a Winner in their respective category. These gins are able to display the 'Winner' logo, bottle stickers and certificate.
HIGHLY COMMENDED: These are the gins that achieved a score within a small margin of the threshold to be a Winner and are deserving of a special mention. These gins are able to display the 'Highly Commended' logo and bottle stickers.

For gins with underlined / clickable names, use the link to find out more via The Gin Guide's profile and review for each gin, plus interviews, tasting notes, serving suggestions, behind the scenes features and more.

CONTEMPORARY GIN - Up To 42% ABV

WINNERS:

Blind Swan Gin
(42% ABV) The Henley Distillery - England
Buy

Bosque Nativo Gin
(42% ABV) Bosque Gin - Argentina
Buy

Boston Spa Dry Gin
(41% ABV) Chapel Lane Distillery - England
Buy

Coastberry Gin
(40% ABV) Neptuns Söhne / Dolleruper Distille - Germany
Buy

Dr Beaky's Gin
(42% ABV) Hay Distillery - England
Buy

Frankly Gin - Dry Citrus
(42% ABV) No7 Distillery - Australia
Buy

Habanero Gin
(42% ABV) Garage 22 - Czech Republic
Buy

Henley Gin Oriental Spiced (42% ABV)
The Henley Distillery - England
Buy

Sky Wave Signature London Dy Gin (42% ABV) Sky Wave Gin - England
Buy

Thunderflower Devon Dry Gin (42% ABV)
Thunderflower - England
Buy

Torbay Gin Aurantiaco
(41% ABV) Torbay Distilling Company - England
Buy

Vogis Classic Gin
(41.2% ABV) Vogis -
Armenia
Buy

Highly Commended:

Amazonian Gin (41% ABV) - Inca Distillery - Peru
Bond Street Sumptuous Spices Gin (40% ABV) - England
Campfire London Dry Gin (42% ABV) - Puddingstone Distillery - England
Eric’s Morecambe Gin (40% ABV) - The Three Wheel Gin Company - England
Ginacria (40% ABV) - Nysura Distillery - Italy
Mescladis (42% ABV) - Distillerie Crusòl - France

No.186 Signature Gin (40% ABV) - England
Pinnock Gin (42% ABV) - Pinnock Distillery - England
RPO London Dry Gin (42% ABV) - Ludlow Gin - England
Sir Edmond Gin (40% ABV) - Netherlands
Tack Room Distillery Bison Grass Gin (40% ABV) - England
Torbay Gin (42% ABV) - England
Wirral Gin (42% ABV) - The Handmade Gin Company - England

CONTEMPORARY GIN - Over 42% ABV

WINNERS:

7K Distillery Modern Tasmanian Gin (43% ABV) 7K Distillery - Australia
Buy

Analogias
(45% ABV) Analogias / Casa del Cerrito - Argentina
Buy

Alantide Gin 
(45% ABV) Distilleria Mezzanotte - Italy
Buy

Bareksten Botanical Gin
(46% ABV) Osscraft Distillery - Norway
Buy

Bosque Alta Montaña
(53% ABV) Bosque Gin - Argentina
Buy

Broken Bones Ljubljana Dragon Gin (45% ABV)
Broken Bones - Slovenia
Buy

Hendonya Original Gin (43% ABV)
BBG Spirits - Latvia
Buy

Lea Valley Lemongrass & Lavender Gin (43% ABV)
Lea Valley Distillery - England
Buy

Mezzanotte
(45% ABV) Distilleria Mezzanotte - Italy
Buy

Mousehall Sussex Dry Gin
(43.2% ABV) Mousehall Distillery & Winery - England
Buy

Tack Room Contemporary London Dry Gin (45% ABV) Tack Room Distillery - England - Buy

Two Gingers Pink Pomelo Craft Gin (43% ABV) Gember Distillery - South Africa
Buy

Highly Commended:

7Eins London Dry Gin Citrus (43% ABV) - Switzerland
Aatta (43% ABV) - Orkney Gin Company - Scotland
Bear Brothers Gin Microcitrus Bio (45% ABV) - Distillerie des Pyrénées - France
Breslauer Gin Curacao (43.5% ABV) - Poland
Broken Bones London Dry Gin (45% ABV) - Slovenia
Doja Gin (42.8% ABV) - East Side Distillery - India
Ginepraio Mediterranean Dry Gin (43% ABV) - Italy