Norwegian Gin & Distilleries
On This Page: Norwegian Gin and Distillery directory, reviews and tasting notes, distillery tours in Norway, interviews with Norwegian distillers, and G&T garnishes for gins from Norway.
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With a global reputation for high quality, pure and natural products, Norway has XXXXX. Recent years have seen the establishment of many gin distilleries there, some of which offer distillery tours and tasting experiences. Read on to discover some of the best Norwegian gins available!
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Norwegian Gin Reviews - A to Z
- Bivrost Gin - Info & Review | Buy / Garnish: Raspberry or Blueberry
- Oslo Gin - Review Coming Soon | Buy / Garnish: Lemon or Lime
Award-Winning Norwegian Gins
The recent winners of the 'Best Nordic Gin' Award in The Gin Guide Awards are:
The recent winners of the 'Best Nordic Gin' Award in The Gin Guide Awards are:
Norwegian Distilleries & Tours
Only a small number of distilleries in Norway are open for tours and/or tastings, and they are wonderful experiences for gin lovers living in or visiting these areas:
- Aurora Spirit Distillery (Bivrost Gin)
Meet the Makers
Get to know some of the finest gin creators and distillers from Norway in our 'Meet the Maker' interviews. Find out how they created and launched their gin, how it's made, what botanicals are used, how best to serve their gins and what they have planned for the future:
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The Inside Scoop
With Jakob Vallentin of Nordic Gin House
We caught up with Jakob Vallentin, Founder of Nordic Gin House - a collaboration between Nordic distilleries and industry experts that facilitates the export and distribution of Nordic gin - to find out more about the Nordic gin industry and how and why it has evolved in recent years:
Over the last 4 - 5 years, all Nordic countries have reached 30 - 40 different distilleries in each country. Most of them are hobby business, but for about 20% of the producers a global adventure just started. Nordic Gins are ready to take on the growing global premium gin market. The focus is on handcrafted, small batch Nordic gins with local authenticity - distinct national gins distilled based on gin traditions and with a genuine experience of juniper.
Gin's current boom in the Nordic area can be attributed to a number of factors: generational shifts in consumption habits, a new-found quest for 'authenticity', plus a revolution in the way that the spirit - and the gin and tonic especially - is presented.
Keep in mind that the Nordic countries have a great environment for innovative businesses. Even if globally we are small, we have a great reputation worldwide and in 2020 Nordic Gin House even began exporting Nordic gins to China. We have clean air and water, we look after ourselves, and people from other countries tend to appreciate our minimalistic design and work-life balance, not to mention other factors, such as our culture and TV productions. The world consider us to be producers of good quality brands - who'd have thought 20 years ago that we would have some of the world's best restaurants in Copenhagen. So people have high expectations for Nordic Gin House brands, but at the same time the statistics show that consumers are happy to pay extra if they feel that a gin is local, authentic and not mass produced.
Over the last 4 - 5 years, all Nordic countries have reached 30 - 40 different distilleries in each country. Most of them are hobby business, but for about 20% of the producers a global adventure just started. Nordic Gins are ready to take on the growing global premium gin market. The focus is on handcrafted, small batch Nordic gins with local authenticity - distinct national gins distilled based on gin traditions and with a genuine experience of juniper.
Gin's current boom in the Nordic area can be attributed to a number of factors: generational shifts in consumption habits, a new-found quest for 'authenticity', plus a revolution in the way that the spirit - and the gin and tonic especially - is presented.
Keep in mind that the Nordic countries have a great environment for innovative businesses. Even if globally we are small, we have a great reputation worldwide and in 2020 Nordic Gin House even began exporting Nordic gins to China. We have clean air and water, we look after ourselves, and people from other countries tend to appreciate our minimalistic design and work-life balance, not to mention other factors, such as our culture and TV productions. The world consider us to be producers of good quality brands - who'd have thought 20 years ago that we would have some of the world's best restaurants in Copenhagen. So people have high expectations for Nordic Gin House brands, but at the same time the statistics show that consumers are happy to pay extra if they feel that a gin is local, authentic and not mass produced.
