Gins

Tobermory Gin draws inspiration from the plant life found on the Isle of Mull, including juniper, heather, elderflower and tea flowers among its botanicals. Clean aromas of fresh juniper, orange peel and coriander linger on the nose, and the palate offers notes of sweet oranges and lemons, juniper, garden herbs, star anise and delicate flowers.

Audemus Spirits produce this Pink Pepper Gin in a rotavap in a micro-distillery in the Cognac region of France. The botanicals include pink peppercorns, cardamom, juniper and local honey. This works well as a G&T, with ice, or adds spiciness to an gin-based cocktail.

A complex Japanese gin with refreshing yuzu citrus top notes and a spicy shansho pepper twist. Roku means 'six' in Japanese and refers to the six local, seasonal botanicals which complement eight traditional gin botanicals (juniper berries, coriander, lemon peel, etc) and give this spirit a distinctly Japanese character. The Japanese botanicals are: sakura flower (cherry blossom), sakura leaf, sencha tea, gyokuro tea, sansho pepper and yuzu peel. Try serving this in a gin and tonic with a ginger garnish, which accentuates the citrus notes.

Boatyard Double Gin hails from Northern Ireland. Made with spirit from organically grown wheat. The botanicals include juniper, coriander, lemon, angelica, orris, liquorice and grains of paradise.

A premium dry gin which is produced in Germany, Elephant Gin is inspired by Africa and in fact 15% of all profits go to two African Elephant charities. There are 14 botanicals in the recipe, including African wormwood, baobab, devil's claw, apple, elderflower, ginger and pine needles.

New version of the old-style gin, Old Tom was a predecessor of the now-ubiquitous London Dry style. Early gin was sweetened to hide harsh impurities. Folklore has it that Old Tom gin would be served through a hole in the wall under a wooden plaque of a black cat (hence the name). The customer would put his coin in the cat's mouth and receive a shot of gin through a tube between its paws.

Produced at Japan's Kyoto Distillery, Ki No Bi is the first gin to be made in the city. Made with a rice spirit and botanicals including yellow yuzu, Japanese cypress, green tea, bamboo and sanso berries (Japanese peppercorn), this has classic juniper notes which complement the Japanese botanicals. With a warming and spicy finish, this will make a delicious G&T.

The distillers who brought us Hendrick’s beloved cucumber and rose gin have hit on another great innovation: quininated gin. By infusing their spirit with quinine and wormwood, Hendrick’s have created an complex and intriguing drink that pays homage to what is often mixed with gin: tonic and vermouth. The quinine and wormwood flavours are rounded out by blue lotus blossom, which adds bright floral notes to the mix. Although it's delicious in tonic, you might also like to try Orbium with soda - which really lets the gin's flavour shine through - or in a classic cocktail such as a Martinez or Martini.

A delicious lip-smacking gin at a great price. Clean, fresh and a step up in quality from run-of-the-mill juniper concoctions.

The One Foundation donates its profits to water projects in the world's poorest countries. One Gin is made at Blackdown Distillery in Sussex using nine botanicals from around the world plus locally foraged sage. Filtered seven times, this is smooth with notes of black tea.