The Gin Garnish Guide
Make the Perfect Gin & Tonic
The Gin Garnish Guide
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Every gin has its own flavour profile and your choice of garnish can make or break your gin and tonic. Garnishes typically either match and harmonise with a gin's key flavours, or contrast and balance them. For example, Boodles Gin includes no citrus botanicals in the distillation in anticipation of being served with a lemon garnish. We also know that you don't always have a fridge full of exotic garnishes, so we've given accessible options and two suggestions where we can, based on our tastings and the distiller's suggested 'perfect serve'.
Ultimately there is no 'correct' choice of garnish or 'perfect serve' and it comes down to your own preferences, so take this guide as a starting point and the beginning of your experiments on how to serve each gin! |
Please feel free to bookmark this guide so you've always got it to hand for your gin garnishing needs! This guide is added to each time a new gin is reviewed on The Gin Guide. If your favourite gin isn't on the list, do get in touch. |
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Gin Garnishes: A - Z
Click on underlined gins for our review and tasting notes. Click on a garnish link for a list of gins to pair with that garnish. # 1897 Quinine Gin - Garnish: Lime 58 Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel 6 O'Clock Gin - Garnish: Lemon 7 Dials Gin - Garnish: Rhubarb or Clementine Peel A Adnams Copper House Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Adnams First Rate Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Thyme Ableforth's Bathtub Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Cinnamon Anno Gin - Garnish: Lime or Samphire Arcturus Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Samphire Aviation Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lavender Avva Gin - Garnish: Lime or Juniper Berries B Batch Gin - Garnish: Lime Zest or Coriander Bath Gin - Garnish: Lime or Kaffir Lime Leaf Barra Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Rosemary Beckett's Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Mint Bedrock Gin - Garnish: Lime & Basil or Lemon Peel Beefeater Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lime Beefeater 24 Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Black Pepper Berkeley Square Gin - Garnish: Juniper Berries or Basil Bertha's Revenge Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Bimber Gin - Garnish: Lime or Lemon Blackdown Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Mint Blackwoods Gin - Garnish: Thyme or Orange Peel Bleu D'Argent Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest Bloom Gin - Garnish: Mint or Strawberry Boatyard Double Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit Bobby's Gin - Garnish: Orange & Cloves Boe Gin - Garnish: Orange Bombay Sapphire Gin - Garnish: Lime Boodles Gin - Garnish: Lemon Boxer Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel, Bergamot Peel or Cucumber Brecon Botanicals Gin - Garnish: Lemon Brecon Special Reserve Gin - Garnish: Lime Zest Brighton Gin - Garnish: Orange Brilliant Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Brockmans Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit Peel or Orange Peel Broken Heart Gin - Garnish: Orange or Lemon Peel Broker's Gin - Garnish: Lime Brooklyn Gin - Garnish: Orange, Lime or Thyme Bulldog Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Star Anise Burleigh's Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Rosemary By The Dutch Gin - Garnish: Orange or Bay Leaf C Cambridge Dry Gin - Garnish: Mint or Lemon Campfire Gin - Garnish: Orange or Rosemary Caorunn Gin - Garnish: Red Apple Caspyn Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Caspyn Midsummer Gin - Garnish: Cucumber Chilgrove Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lime Zest Citadelle Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lime City of London Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Collagin Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Colombo No. 7 Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Curry Leaf Colonel Fox Gin - Garnish: Cherry or Blackberry Colonsay Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Conker Gin - Garnish: Lime Zest Copper Frog Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Copperhead Gin - Garnish: Orange Cotswolds Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Crossbill Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Orange Cuckoo Gin - Garnish: Ginger or Orange Peel Curio Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Samphire D D1 Gin - Garnish: Mint or Lime Da Mhile Botanical Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lime Da Mhile Seaweed Gin - Garnish: Lemon Daffy's Gin - Garnish: Lime or Mint Darnley's View Gin - Garnish: Lime or Orange Death's Door Gin - Garnish: Apple Dingle Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lime Diplome Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit Peel Dockyard Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Rosemary Dodd's Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Lime Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin - Garnish: Red Grapefruit or Lemon Durham Gin - Garnish: Apple or Cardamom E Echlinville Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Mint Eden Mill Hop Gin - Garnish: Lemon Eden Mill Love Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Red Berries Eden Mill Original Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lemon Edinburgh Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Elephant Gin - Garnish: Apple Esker Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Grapefruit F Ferdinand's Saar Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Thyme Fifty Pounds Gin - Garnish: Lime or Mint Filliers Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lime Fishers Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Lemon Fords Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Lemon Forest Gin - Garnish: Rosemary Four Pillars Gin - Garnish: Orange or Grapefruit Foxdenton 48 Gin - Garnish: Lime or Black Pepper Fresha Gin - Garnish: Black Pepper or Strawberry G Galway Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Basil Garden Tiger Gin - Garnish: Orange or Blood Orange Geranium Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Gilpin's Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Gilt Gin - Garnish: Lemon Gin David - Garnish: Orange or Grapefruit Gin Mare - Garnish: Basil or Rosemary Gin Sul - Garnish: Rosemary or Lemon Zest Ginerosity Gin - Garnish: Mint or Lime GlenWyvis Gin - Garnish: Orange & Coriander Gordon Castle Gin - Garnish: Lime or Mint Gordon's Gin - Garnish: Lime or Lemon Greenall's Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Lime Greensand Ridge Gin - Garnish: Bay Leaf or Lemon Zest Griffiths Brothers Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Bay Leaf G'Vine Gin (Floraison) - Garnish: Grapes or Cinnamon G'Vine Gin (Nouaison) - Garnish: Grapes H Half Hitch Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Orange Hawthorn's Gin - Garnish: Grapefuit Peel or Orange Hayman's Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lime Hedgehog Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Helsinki Gin - Garnish: Rosemary Hendrick's Gin - Garnish: Cucumber or Lime Hepple Gin - Garnish: Lemon Herno Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest Hidden Curiosities Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Pink Peppercorns Hoxton Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lime I Ink Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Rosemary Isfjord Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Isle of Harris Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit Peel or Orange J Japanese Gin - Garnish: Apple or Pink Peppercorn Jawbox Gin - Garnish: Lime or Mint Jensen's Gin - Garnish: Lemon Jensen's Old Tom Gin - Garnish: Rosemary Jinzu Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Apple JJ Whitley Gin - Garnish: Lime or Orange Jodhpur Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Lime Juniper Green Gin - Garnish: Lime or Juniper Berries Junipero Gin - Garnish: Lime or Lavender |
Gin Garnishes: K - Z
Click on underlined gins for our review and tasting notes! . Click on a garnish link for a list of gins to pair with that garnish. K Kew Organic Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Lime King of Soho Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Lime Kirkjuvagr Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Kokoro Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Lemon Zest Kuro Gin - Garnish: Mint or Apple L Langley's Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Lime Langley's Old Tom Gin - Garnish: Clementine or Orange Langton's No.1 Gin - Garnish: Lemon Larios Gin - Garnish: Lemon Larios 12 Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Leeds Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Orange Lilliard Gin - Garnish: Orange Listoke 1777 Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Little Bird Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Liverpool Gin - Garnish: Orange or Mint Loch Ness Gin - Garnish: Kiwi or Vanilla London No. 1 Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Blueberries M Makar Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Green Chilli Malfy Gin - Garnish: Thyme or Lemon Zest Manchester Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Manchester Gin Wild Spirit - Garnish: Lemon or Thyme Manchester Three Rivers Gin - Garnish: Cherry or Rosemary Martin Miller's Gin - Garnish: Cucumber or Strawberry Martin Miller's Westbourne Strength - Garnish: Lime Masons Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Pink Grapefruit Peel Mean Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Orange Monkey 47 Gin - Garnish: Lime or Sage Mr Hobbs Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel N Napue Gin - Garnish: Rosemary or Cranberry NB Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Nicholson Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Rhubarb No. 209 Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Rosemary No. 3 Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest Nordes Gin - Garnish: Mint or Grapes O Old Bakery Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Mint Old English Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Grapefruit Peel Orkney Johnsmas Gin - Garnish: Lime, Orange or Apple Orkney Mikkelmas Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Ginger Opihr Gin - Garnish: Ginger or Orange Oxley Gin - Garnish: Lime or Cucumber P Pickering's Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Lemongrass Pin Gin - Garnish: Strawberry, Lime or Cinnamon Pinckneys London Dry Gin - Garnish: Lime or Grapefruit Pink 47 Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Orange Zest Pink Pepper Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Grapefruit Peel Pinkster Gin - Garnish: Mint or Raspberry Plymouth Gin - Garnish: Lime or Lemon Poetic License Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Portobello Road Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Peel or Juniper Berries Pothecary Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit, Rosemary or Orange Peel Psychopomp Woden Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit R Rock Rose Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Rosemary S Sacred Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Rosemary Salcombe Gin - Garnish: Red Grapefruit or Lime Sarabande Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Grapefruit Peel Scapegrace Gin - Garnish: Lime or Orange Seven Dials Gin - Garnish: Rhubarb or Clementine Peel Seagram's Extra Dry Gin - Garnish: Lime or Orange Sharish Blue Magic Gin - Garnish: Apple or Raspberry Shetland Reel Gin - Garnish: Mint or Pink Grapefruit Shortcross Gin - Garnish: Orange or Orange Peel Siegfried Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Grapefruit Silent Pool Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Sipsmith Gin - Garnish: Lime or Juniper Sipsmith VJOP Gin - Garnish: Lime or Coriander Sir Robin of Locksley Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Skin Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel & Rosemary Slingsby Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit Peel or Lavender Sloane's Gin - Garnish: Orange Spirit of Hven Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Juniper Berries Spitfire Heritage Gin - Garnish: Orange Zest or Salted Capers St George Botanivore Gin - Garnish: Bay Leaf or Grapefruit St George Terroir Gin - Garnish: Rosemary or Fennel St Giles Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Orange Star of Bombay Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Strane Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lemon Zest Strathearn Classic Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit SW4 Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Pink Grapefruit Sylvius Gin - Garnish: Apple or Cinnamon T Tanqueray Gin - Garnish: Lime or Orange Peel Tanqueray No. 10 Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Lime Tarquin's Gin - Garnish: Lime or Thyme Tarquin's Seadog Gin - Garnish: Lime The Botanist Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Lemon & Thyme The Lakes Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Thin Gin - Garnish: Orange, Lime or Strawberry Thomas Dakin Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel Tiger Gin - Garnish: Orange Tinker Gin - Garnish: Pear Trevethan Gin - Garnish: Orange or Rosemary Twisted Nose Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit Zest or Bay Leaf Two Birds Gin - Garnish: Cucumber or Lime U Underground Spirits Gin - Garnish: Orange Ungava Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Lemon Zest W Warner Edwards Gin - Garnish: Orange or Lemon West Winds Gin (The Sabre) - Garnish: Lemon, Grapefruit or Basil Whitley Neill Gin - Garnish: Orange or Cape Gooseberry Whittaker's Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Thyme Wicked Wolf Gin - Garnish: Lime or Lemon & Thyme Wight Mermaids Gin - Garnish: Samphire, Apple or Cucumber Williams Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest & Ginger Wild Island Botanic Gin - Garnish: Lemon Zest or Lemon Wint and Lila Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Mint X X-Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Raspberry Xoriguer Mahon Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Thyme |