Christmas Gins - The 2023 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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Bond Street Mince Pie Gin

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!

• 70cl. 37.5% ABV. Approx £35.
• ​Buy direct from Bond Street Distillery

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Cotswolds Cloudy Christmas Gin

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.

• 70cl. 46% ABV. Approx £35.
• Buy on Amazon​ or Master of Malt

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Edinburgh Gin - Christmas

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.

• 70cl. 43% ABV. Approx £28.
• Buy on Amazon​ or Master of Malt

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Gin in a Tin - Christmas Gin

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.

• 50cl. 40% ABV. Approx £35.

• Buy direct from Gin in a Tin

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GWYR Wassail Gin

From Wales' GWYR Gin, Wassail Gin is back for a 2nd year. The definition of a Wassail is a spiced drink that is part of the Yuletide tradition of Wassailing - drinking to good health and a good harvest in the year to come. So in this gin you'll find Christmas botanicals of nutmeg, ginger, sultanas and orange, with apple, damsons, elderberry and honey.

• 70cl. 43% ABV. Approx £36.

• Buy direct from The Gower Gin Co

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Initial Gin - Christmas Old Tom Style Gin

This festive Limited Edition version of our multi award-winning OTG is intense and indulgent. Created with orange zest, a hint of cinnamon and woody top notes, all sweetened with a touch of honey to provide a seasonal warmth when it’s chilly outside. For a delicious winter warmer by the fire, serve with ginger ale and a squeeze of lime.

• 20cl. 42% ABV. Approx £18.
• Buy direct from G&H Spirits

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Kirkjuvagr Yuletide Gin

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

• 70cl. 40% ABV. Approx £39.

• Buy direct from Orkney Distilling or via Master of Malt

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Misty Isle Mulled Christmas Gin

For this warming Christmas treat, Isle of Skye Distillers soak their botanicals, which include juniper, star anise, orange and liquorice root, in Italian Amarone wine before distillation. The result is gorgeous mulled flavours of orange, cinnamon, dark chocolate, raspberry and juniper.

• 70cl. 41.5% ABV. Approx £36.

• Buy direct from IoS Distillers or via Master of Malt

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Orkney Gin Company - Christmas Old Tom

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.

• 50cl. 40% ABV. Approx £36.

• Buy direct from Orkney Gin Company

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PUD PUD Cherry Christmas Gin

Puddingstone Distillery in Hertfordshire, distillers of the Campfire Gin range, have relaunched this festive treat in a new bigger bottle for 2023! 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. 

• 70cl. 38% ABV. £40.

• Buy direct from Puddingstone Distillery

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Ruddy Fine Christmas Gin

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.

• 70cl. 42% ABV. Approx £38.
• ​Buy direct from Ruddy Fine Distilery

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Shed 1 Gin - Festive Tipple

Shed 1 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!

• 50cl. 43% ABV. Approx £35.
• Buy direct from Shed 1 Distillery

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Stockport Gin - Festive Mulled Gin

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 a wealth of Christmas flavours, from clementines, cinnamon, nutmeg and cassia, to frankincense and myrrh - perfect for serving with Tonic Water and a garnish of orange or cinnamon.

• 70cl. 40% ABV. Approx £39.
• Buy direct from Stockport Gin

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The Herbal Gin Co. - Spiced Gingerbread Gin

The Herbal Gin Company in Country Durham have an extensive range of flavoured gins, and for Christmas their Spiced Gingerbread Gin is a perfect option, combining a blend of sweet and fiery gingerbread flavours for a little warmth on a Winter evening.

• 70cl. 40% ABV. Approx £30.

• Buy direct from Herbal Gin Co or via Master of Malt

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The Secret Garden Christmas Gin

The Secret Garden team, based near Edinburgh in Scotland, teamed up with Great British Bake Off 2018 finalist Ruby Bhogal to create this Christmas tipple. The festive spices used including ginger, cinnamon and cardamom, and it's infused with mallow petals to give it a warm red hue that turns a vibrant pink when you add tonic.

• 50cl. 39% ABV. Approx £30.
• Buy on Master of Malt or Amazon

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The Shropshire Distillery - Festive Editions

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!

• 70cl. 40% ABV. Approx £40.
• Buy direct from The Shropshire Distillery

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Warner's Christmas Cake Gin

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.

• 70cl. 40% ABV. Approx £38.

• Buy on Amazon or Master of Malt

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York Gin - Chocolate & Orange

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.

• 70cl. 42.5% ABV. Approx £42.
• Buy direct from York Gin​

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Yuletide Gin

'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!

• 50cl. 46% ABV. Approx £35.

• 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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