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    The document discusses different types of gin including compound gin, pot-distilled gin, and column-distilled gin. It then describes some of the key chemical compounds found in gin from botanical ingredients like juniper berries and coriander. These include terpenes, esters, and the bitter compound quinine from tonic water.

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    THE CHEMISTRY OF GIN

    COMPOUND GIN POT-DISTILLED GIN COLUMN-DISTILLED GIN


    In compound gins, the botanical ingredients are Neutral spirit is distilled, botanical ingredients Column distillation creates a highly concentrated
    added to a spirit without any redistillation. are soaked in it, and it is then redistilled. spirit, which is then redistilled with botanicals.

    Gin comes in a number of diferent varieties, with widely varying chemical compositions. This stems from the
    diferent botanical ingredients that can be included. All gins must be primarily lavoured by juniper berries, but
    many other ingredients, including coriander, dry citrus peel, almonds, and nutmeg, can also be incorporated.

    JUNIPER BERRY COMPOUNDS CORIANDER COMPOUNDS


    HO

    LINALOOL
    floral, slightly spicy

    -PINENE & LIMONENE Coriander seeds are commonly used along


    woody, piney; sweet, citrus with juniper berries in the manufacture of
    gin. Linalool is the major compound in their
    essential oil, and one of the most abundant
    volatile compounds in gins where coriander
    is used. Geranyl acetate is another coriander
    compound also detected in gins.

    ß-MYRCENE GER ANYL ACETATE


    woody, herbaceous floral, rosy

    Many diferent terpene compounds can be O


    found in gins, a large number originating
    from the juniper berries used. Some, such as
    limonene, are also present in other botanical O
    ingredients used in gin’s manufacture. Other
    members of the monoterpene family of
    compounds that have been detected in gin
    include p-cymene, sabinene, and ß-pinene.

    TONIC WATER
    O

    O HO
    N
    OH O

    OH N
    BORNYL ACETATE (TOP LEFT) QUININE
    woody, camphoreous principal bitter component of tonic water

    1,4-TERPINEOL (R), & -TERPINEOL The bitter lavour of tonic water comes
    pine; woody, spicy from quinine, which was originally added
    for medicinal reasons rather than those of
    Juniper berries also contribute oxygenated lavour. It was added to water to act as an
    monoterpenes to the gin, with -terpineol anti-malarial compound, and gin and tonic
    one of their main volatile compounds. As originated in India, where members of the
    well as these, sesquiterpenes, which include British colonies would mix medicinal tonic
    cadinene & caryophyllene, are also present. water with gin to make it more palatable.

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    C Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence.
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