11 Of The Best Infused Gin Recipes (2024)

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What is the best gin to infuse with? ›

Often, the most basic gins work best for this. Gins such as Gordon's and Aldi's Oliver Cromwell work well as they have simple flavors that will complement your additions. More complex gins such as Hendrick's have their own distinctive flavors, which will likely clash with or be overpowered by anything you add.

Hardy spices and strong-flavoured veg will need five to seven days. Berries and strong fruit can take around three to four weeks to impart as much flavour as possible. Milder ingredients like apple or florals will take up to a month.

Simply infuse one bottle of gin with three high-quality tea bags (Earl Grey is our favourite). Leave them to sit for no longer than an hour, to prevent the gin from extracting too many tannins from the tea. Use your very own tea-infused gin to craft a gin and tea co*cktail.

Lime, rhubarb, or an olive work well with dry gins, while grapefruit, citrus peel, cucumber, and rose petals work with floral gins.

Strain your infusion using a fine mesh strainer.

Store in its original jar (it's already labeled!) or a clean glass bottle in the refrigerator. Infused spirits are best enjoyed within three months, but will never go bad. See our co*cktail recipes for ideas on how to use your infused alcohol.

The original Hendrick's Gin, oddly infused with cucumber and rose. HENDRICK'S is an unusual gin created from eleven fine botanicals. The curious, yet marvellous, infusions of rose & cucumber imbue our spirit with its uniquely balanced flavour resulting in an impeccably smooth distinct gin. 41.4% ABV.

Once your gin bottle is open, the oxidisation process starts. Basically, the gin's flavour will change (and get slightly worse) very gradually over time. It's preferable to use up an opened bottle of gin within a year. Although it won't go off, after a year or more opened gin won't taste particularly nice.

Left unopened, gin can be stored for decades without change to its complex flavor profile or ABV. Because the flavor of gin relies heavily on its botanicals, you'll want to use a bottle of gin within 6 months to a year after opening. Despite both being clear liquors, gin will lose its flavor more noticeably than vodka.

Gin can be classified as a botanically infused vodka. Vodka is called the “conception spirit” as it can be seen as the base from which other spirits are derived. So if you add traditional gin botanicals, like juniper, you can make gin from vodka. But not all botanically infused vodkas are gin.

If the tea leaves are left in the hot water too long, they start releasing tannins, which impart a bitter taste to the tea (interestingly, steeping green or black tea for a longer period of time, such as 15 minutes, gives a bitter drink that can be used as a home remedy for diarrhea).

What tea is good with gin? ›

'A gin with fruitier notes might work well with green tea, and more floral teas such as rose and lavender compliment the floral notes in gin, also,' he adds. Whatever your flavour preference - we've rounded up the most mouthwatering gin and tea drinks recipes for you to try.

In the Earl Grey Marteani, Saunders uses Tanqueray gin. A widely available and popular product, Tanqueray is often seen as an exemplar of the London dry style. It also lends itself well to infusing, as its relatively high percentage of alcohol (the gin is 94.6 proof) means infusions require less steeping time.

You can't go wrong with a juniper-forward London dry gin, which works with nearly any juice you can source, from lemon and lime to orange and grapefruit. Softer gins can work great, too, but depending on their botanical makeup, they may pair better with sweeter OJ or more sour grapefruit.

A bad gin will taste like pine and nothing else. But a good gin will have a beautiful balance of flavors. Juniper berries are the backbone of gin. Juniper should be the dominant flavor and it gives the drink its fresh, piney character, as well as some of its dryness.

Juniper berries are the most important botanical in gin. They are what give your favourite spirit its piney, woody and slightly sweet flavour.

The flavouring of the drink comes from a recipe of ten ingredients: almond, lemon peel, liquorice, juniper berries, orris root, angelica, coriander, cassia, cubeb, and grains of paradise.

To make an alcohol infusion, combine a spice and a spirit in a glass jar or bottle. If you want a bright, sharp spice flavor, start with a neutral or clear spirit like vodka. If you want a sweeter, rounded flavor, use an aged or dark spirit like whiskey or dark rum.

Anno Extreme 95 Gin packs more punch and flavour, drop for drop, than any other spirit in the world. Being the world's strongest gin - just a 5ml measure gives you a full flavoured G&T with 75% less alcohol than a 50ml measure of 40% ABV gin.