There is no restriction on the number of Botanicals for flavours - each gin has a different count. Most juniper berries grow in the wild unlike grapes for wine that tend to be cultivated methodically. Strictly speaking, Juniper berries need to be the main flavouring agent for a gin to be classified as a gin but there are quite a few modern gins that don't use juniper berries. There's no clear classification for gin, this has allowed various interpretations of the spirit to blossom over the years. The first versions of Genever also used herbs and spices like anise, caraway, and coriander along with Juniper berries.Īlso Read: 8 Gin Brands That Promise To Delight Your Senses - NDTV Food's Recommendations The British shortened Genenver to Gin and by the 1700s it became one of the most widely distilled spirits in Britain. Genever was a common fix for stomach and kidney ailments. By that time there were many Flemish distillers (in modern-day Netherlands and Belgium) that were distilling Genever, the precursor to Gin with juniper berries. The earliest references to Gin probably go back to the 16th Century. In May 2023 Broken Bat by Nao Spirits was picked as the Best Gin in Asia at the Gin Guide Awards 2023 The gin makers opted for a process that used Kashmir willow (used for cricket bats) to celebrate India's love for cricket instead of traditional oak barrels. All the botanicals are sourced locally in tandem with farming communities in the region. Himmaleh Spirits in the heart of Uttarakhand has just released Kumaon and I, India's first provincial gin with a farm-to-bottle approach. If you're shopping for a fine Indian gin this Diwali season, you will spoilt for choice. Indian gins are enjoying the global spotlight like never before. Distilleries that are thinking out of the box, mixologists who are resetting India's artisanal cocktail template, and well-heeled Indian travellers who are back on the road after the brief pause during the pandemic. If the 2010s were all about the resurgence of gin, the 2020s are all about the rise and rise of Indian gin.
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