What Categories are accepted?
Please refer to the below categories. If yours do not fit into any of the below, email support@ginoftheyear.org – Gin Of The Year Team respond within 24 hours.
Code | Categories | Definition |
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(G) GINS | ||
G01 | Classic Gin / London Gin | Gin that derives its primary flavor from juniper, often described as London Dry. |
G02 | Signature Botanical Gin | A gin that identifies a small number botanical other than juniper that is ment to be highlighted and take the forefront with juniper in a secondary role. |
G03 | Old Tom Gin | Sugar sweetened, botanically sweetened, or botanically intense gin that may be rested in wood barrels. |
G04 | Navy-Strength Gin | Gin bottled at 57% ABV. |
G05 | Genever Gin | A spirit made from the fermented mash of grains, usually rye, corn, barley, and wheat and distileld with juniper and other botanicals or made from a blend of malt spirt and botanical spirit. Genever may be contain up to 20g of sugar per liter and can only be produced in Belgium, The Netherlands, Départements Nord and Pas- de-Calais in France as well as German Bundesländer Nordrhein-Westfalen and Niedersachsen in Germany. |
G06 | Genever Style Gin | A gin distilled from a grain base that may be blended with neautral spirit and may be rested in wood barrels. |
G07 | Flavored Gin | As defined in the US Standards of Identity |
G08 | Cordial Gin | Also know as Gin Liqueur defined in the US Standards of Identity |
G09 | Contemporary Gin | Gin that includes juniper but derives its primary flavors from other botanicals. |
G10 | Compound Gin | Gin made from the blending of single botanical distillates including the distillate of juniper, or neautral spirit flavored with extracts. |
G11 | Aged Gin | Any gin rested/matured in new or used wood barrels. |
G12 | Pre-Mixed Drink | Gin-based Pre-Mixed Drink |
G13 | Non-Alcoholic Gin | Alcohol (vol%) is 0.0 |