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Home > Gin, Gins & London Dry Gin Gin is a spirit flavoured with juniper berries. Distilled gin is redistilling white grain spirit flavoured with juniper berries. Compound gin is flavoured neutral grain spirit with juniper berries without redistilling. The most usual style of gin, typically for mixed drinks, is London dry gin which is made from neutral grain spirit and redistilling after the botanicals are added. In addition to juniper, a small amount of citrus botanicals including lemon and bitter orange peel. Other botanicals that may be used include anise, angelica root and seed, orris root, licorice root, cinnamon, coriander, and cassia bark. Distilled gin evolved from the Dutch spirits, Genever. While Plymouth gin, and Old Tom gin both of which are Compound gins made by adding the juniper flavouring to the neutral spirit with no redistillation. Sloe gin is a ready-sweetened form of gin that is traditionally made by infusing sloes (the fruit of the blackthorn) in gin. Similar infusions are possible with other fruits, such as damsons. A well-made gin will be relatively dry compared to other spirits. Gin is often mixed in cocktails with sweeter ingredients like tonic water or vermouth to balance this dryness. 
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