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Flavoured gin keeps the juniper base but brings fruit, floral or spice notes to the fore; pink gins are the best-known members of the family. You can order from our range of citrus, strawberry, forest fruit and rhubarb-and-ginger options with delivery across North Cyprus.
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What is flavoured gin?
Flavoured gin is the classic gin recipe with a distinct fruit or botanical character added. There's an important line here: under the European Union's regulation 2019/787, juniper must lead the taste in any drink called gin, and it must be at least 37.5% ABV. However prominent the fruit, juniper can be felt in the background; that's what sets flavoured gin apart from fruit liqueurs.
The flavour is added in one of two ways. Some producers distil fruit peel together with juniper and the other botanicals; Malfy Con Limone, for example, is made by distilling Amalfi Coast lemons and Sicilian lemon peel with classic gin botanicals. Others add fruit extract or flavouring after distillation; pink gins usually get their colour at this stage too. Both methods can stay within the definition of gin, but the London Dry label doesn't allow flavour or colour to be added afterwards.
Flavour families
- Citrus: lemon, orange and grapefruit notes; Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla adds bittersweet Seville orange to the classic recipe.
- Pink and red fruits: strawberry, raspberry and mulberry flavoured gins, usually pink in colour.
- Forest fruits: darker, richer fruit notes such as blackberry and blueberry.
- Spice, vegetable and floral: more unusual profiles with rhubarb and ginger, quince or floral essences.
How to serve it
Flavoured gins are most often drunk with tonic. To keep the fruit centre stage, choose a plain or light tonic, use large ice and match the garnish to the flavour in the bottle: fresh strawberries for strawberry gin, a slice of orange for orange gin, lemon peel for lemon gin. For a lighter drink, top it up with soda, or make a spritz-style cocktail with sparkling wine. If you're after the classic juniper character, see our gin shelf; to try similar fruit notes in vodka, see our flavoured vodka range. The whole range is in the gin and vodka category.
Picks from our shelves
- Malfy Con Limone: a refreshing citrus gin distilled with Italian lemons.
- Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla: with Seville orange and orange blossom notes.
- Beefeater Pink Strawberry: a pink, strawberry-flavoured summer classic.
- Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger Gin: a tart, spicy profile with rhubarb and ginger.
- Hendrick's Neptunia: a different take from Hendrick's flavoured series.
Frequently asked questions
What is pink gin?
Today, pink gin usually means pink-coloured gin flavoured with red fruits such as strawberry, raspberry or mulberry. As they're called gin, juniper must still lead the taste and they must be at least 37.5% ABV. The colour usually comes from fruit extract or ingredients added after distillation.
Should flavoured gin be drunk with tonic or soda?
Either works. Tonic balances the fruit with its gentle bitterness and gives you a classic G&T; choose a plain or light tonic so it doesn't mask the flavour. Soda lengthens the drink without adding sugar or bitterness, so the fruit comes through more purely. Either way, use large ice and a garnish that matches the flavour in the bottle.
Are flavoured gin and gin liqueur the same thing?
No. Flavoured gin stays within the definition of gin: juniper leads and, under EU rules, it's at least 37.5% ABV. Gin liqueurs are noticeably sweeter and usually lower in alcohol. To tell which is which, just check the product name and strength on the label.
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