Christmas Gins - The 2024 Guide

If you're looking for the perfect tipple for the festive season, look no further - we've gathered together the very best Christmas Gins for you. Discover everything from gins distilled with Christmas puddings, mistletoe, frankincense and myrrh, to gins inspired by Christmas cake recipes. There's classic gins with a Christmassy twist, all the way to full on festive spirits.

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Black Cat 'Father Whiskers' Christmas Gin (43% ABV)

Black Cat Distillery in Cumbria have an ideal treat for Christmas, bringing together orange, liquorice, nutmeg and festive spices with notes of cinnamon, but without cloves as they can split opinion! It is beautifully festive with Tonic and a slice of orange, or with lemonade and a grating of nutmeg.

• ​Buy direct from Black Cat Distillery

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Bond Street Mince Pie Gin (37.5% ABV)

To make this festive treat, Leicestershire's Bond Street Distillery steep their London Dry Gin with traditional Mince Pie fruits and spices, such as sultanas, currants, apple, orange zest, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg. We've tried it ourselves and it really does taste like Mince Pies!

• ​Buy direct from Bond Street Distillery

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Cotswolds Cloudy Christmas Gin (46% ABV)

Cotswolds Distillery have put a little festive twist on their Cotswolds Dry Gin by adding sweet clementines alongside grapefruit, warming cardamom, black pepper spice, hints of lavender and bay leaf. As the gin is not chill filtered, you get the classic Cotswolds Distillery cloudiness in a G&T as the botanical oils are released.​

• Buy on Amazon​ or Master of Malt

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Edinburgh Gin - Christmas (43% ABV)

Edinburgh Gin's aromatic, spiced and warming Christmas gin features botanicals including frankincense and myrrh! Flavours of orange, clove, nutmeg and piney juniper come through beautiful and make for the perfect festive Gin & Tonic.

• ​Buy direct from Edinburgh Gin or via Amazon​ or Master of Malt

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Gin In A Tin - Christmas Gin (40% ABV)

The Gin In A Tin team can always be relied on to bring you beautifully designed seasonal gin tins, and their Christmas Gin features juniper, pine, cinnamon and orange peel. Be sure to check out their other festive gins and designs too, including their Christmas Pear Gin.

• ​Buy direct from Gin In A Tin

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Goldings Christmas Gin (42% ABV)

Christmas in a glass! Goldings Christmas from Leicestershire combines a traditional core of juniper with festive botanicals including ginger, cloves, tonka beans, cassia bark and citrus. If you need any more convincing, it was a Winner in the Spiced Gin category of The Gin Guide Awards 2024!

• ​Buy direct from Goldings Gin

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Kirkjuvagr Yuletide Gin (40% ABV)

Kirkjuvagr Yuletide Christmas Spiced Gin was initially launched exclusively with Craft Gin Club in 2021 and it was so well received that they launched it for everyone the following year. You'll find winter spices of cinnamon, nutmeg and orange peel, as well as frankincence and myrrh!

• ​Buy direct from Orkney Distilling or via Master of Malt

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Orkney Gin Company - Christmas Old Tom (40% ABV)

You'll have to be quick to grab a bottle of this one! Orkney Gin Company's Christmas limited edition is made with their Aatta Gin and whole oranges and lemons, dried fruits, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger for a quintessentially festive flavour. Try it with Ginger Ale or Mandarin Soda.

• ​Buy direct from Orkney Gin Company

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PUD PUD Cherry Christmas Gin (38% ABV)

Puddingstone Distillery in Hertfordshire, distillers of the Campfire Gin range, have relaunched this festive treat in a new bigger bottle for 2024! The gin is distilled with botanicals inspired by a classic Hertfordshire Christmas Pudding recipe, before being rested for 2 months in ex-bourbon casks loaded with fresh local cherries and with no added sugar. 

• ​Buy direct from Puddingstone Distillery

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Ruddy Fine Christmas Gin (42% ABV)

This limited edition from Nottinghamshire's Ruddy Fine Distillery brings together citrus peels, and warm, festive baking spices. Founders Rory and Cheryl suggest serving it with Fever-Tree Spiced Orange Ginger Ale and a garnish of orange zest and a cinnamon stick.

• ​Buy direct from Ruddy Fine Distilery

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Shed One Gin - Festive Tipple (43% ABV)

Shed One Distillery in Cumbria have created their Festive Tipple and it is Christmas in a glass! It's a smooth mix of festive flavours including cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, sultanas and cherries with subtly sweet orange. Be sure to try their Festive Bramble Gin Elixir too!

• ​Buy direct from Shed One Distillery

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Still Sisters - Christmas Gin (40% ABV)

Still Sisters Christmas Gin is distilled in Somerset by sisters Hannah and Tori. It combines subtly sweet fruits and warming spices to provide its distinctly festive taste. Hannah and Tori recommend serving it with Tonic Water and a slice of orange for a lovely Christmas G&T.

• ​Buy direct from Still Sisters

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Stockport Gin - Festive Mulled Gin (40% ABV)

Having achieved the 'Best in Britain' Award in The Gin Guide Awards 2022 with their Twist of Lime Gin, Stockport Distillery have a new festive offering! Alongside piney juniper you'll find Christmas flavours of clementines, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves cassia, frankincense and myrrh - perfect for serving with Tonic Water and orange or with Ginger Ale and cinnamon.

• ​Buy direct from Stockport Gin

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The Shropshire Distillery - Festive Editions (40% ABV)

The Shropshire Distillery have launched not one but two festive tipples in time for Christmas. The first is a classic gin with a Christmassy twist from clementine, cranberry and cassia, while the second is distilled with nutmeg, cloves, clementine, Frankincense and Myrrh!

• ​Buy direct from The Shropshire Distillery

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Three Wrens - Ultrasonic Christmas Gin (40% ABV)

For Christmas this year, Three Wrens Distillery in Cheshire have created and truly unique festive gin. Only 250 bottles of this limited edition gin have been created and the Three Wrens team have used ultrasonic waves to enhance the infusion of seasonal flavours from juniper, chocolatey cacao, vanilla-y tonka beans, and fruity clementine.

• ​Buy direct from Three Wrens Distillery

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Warner's Christmas Cake Gin (40% ABV)

Warner's Christmas Cake Gin is inspired by founder Tom's mum's Christmas cake recipe. It is made with sloes, dark chocolate, treacle, ginger, orange, cherry juice and an array of festive spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. It is recommended to be served neat, in a festive Espresso Martini or with cola and orange.

• ​Buy on Amazon or Master of Malt

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York Gin - Chocolate & Orange ​(42.5% ABV)

Terry's Chocolate Oranges have become a Christmas essential and for decades, up until 2005, they were produced in the city of York. In homage to this and York's long chocolate-making history, York Gin have created this full-strength gin in time for Christmas with fresh oranges and cocoa nibs.

• ​Buy direct from York Gin​

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Yuletide Gin (46% ABV)

'That Boutique-y Gin Co' have created another deliciously bonkers gin for Christmas. As well as traditional gin botanicals they've added everything Christmassy into the still, including a gingerbread house, chestnuts, mince pies, Christmas tree needles, gold glitter, frankincense and myrrh. Could it be anymore Christmassy!

• ​Buy on Amazon​ or Master of Malt

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Gin Snow Globes

It would be remiss of us not to mention the most popular Christmas spirits of recent years - the Gin Liqueur Snow Globe, typically 16% - 20% ABV and flavoured with Christmassy spiced orange and cranberry. While the contents may not be for traditionalists and craft gin lovers, they don't taste half bad and they're a really lovely festive decoration and gift.

• 70cl. 16-20% ABV. Approx £20.

• Buy The Christmas Ball Gin on Amazon
• Buy Snow Globe Liqueur on Amazon or Master of Malt

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