The Best London Dry Gins

Broker's Gin is produced outside of London, England. The base spirit is made from quadruple-distilled English wheat, and traditional botanicals are steeped in the spirit for 24 hours before a fifth distillation. Broker's Gin is certified Kosher. Note: The bottle received a bit of an update to the label in autumn 2021, but fret not — the bowler hat topper remains!

Opihr [o-peer] uses botanicals such as cubeb berries, Tellicherry black peppers, cumin seeds, cardamom, and ginger among others to highlight Asian flavors. This London Dry Gin is distilled at G & J Distillers in northwest England. It was launched in 2013 by Quintessential Brands and is now available in the U.S.

This classic London Dry-style gin is distilled in Edinburgh at The Biscuit Factory Distillery in Leith. Fourteen botanicals are used in the production and include pine, heather and milk thistle which are sourced in Scotland. Other botanicals include lavender, mulberries, orange peel, lemongrass, cobnuts, and lime peel.

Following a trip to Japan where tea is an important part of the food culture, Master Distiller Desmond Payne was inspired to create this expression that was released in October 2008. The name 24 references the number of hours the botanicals are steeped in the spirit. Made at the Beefeater Distillery in London, the 12 botanicals used in this gin are as follows: juniper, Japanese sencha tea, Chinese green tea, grapefruit peels, lemon peels, almond, Seville orange peel, coriander seed, orris root, licorice root, angelica root, and angelica seed.

Junipero is made in the London Dry style with juniper as the featured botanical. Other botanicals in play include aniseed, cardamom, cubeb, grains of paradise, and bitter and sweet orange peel. The spirit is distilled in a copper pot-still and is not chill-filtered. It was first released in 1996 by San Francisco's Anchor Distilling Co. now known as Hotaling & Co. Bottled a 49.3% ABV.

Launched in 2005, this London Dry Gin is made with unusual African botanicals like the fruit of the baobab tree and cape gooseberries. Other botanicals include sweet orange, lemon peel, orris root, angelica root, coriander seed, cassia bark and the requisite juniper. It's crafted in England by 8th generation distiller Johnny Neill who uses a 100-year old copper pot still for the small-batch production of this gin.

Distilled at the Thames Distillery in London, Fords Gin is the final product resulting from the partnership between master distiller Charles Maxwell and Simon Ford of the 86 Co., a New York based spirits company. Using a neutral grain spirit made from English wheat, this gin has nine botanicals - juniper, coriander seed, lemon peel, bitter orange peel, grapefruit peel, angelica, cassia, jasmine and orris - which are steeped in the stills before being distilled with the base spirit.

After working in the drink industry in the US, Cornwall natives and friends Sam Galsworthy and Fairfax Hall decided they wanted to pursue their shaded passion for creating craft spirits. Teaming up with spirit developer Jared Brown, they started their new distillery in 2009. They named their distillery "Sipsmith," a word they created to describe their profession as craft spirit producers. Their first product, Sipsmith London Dry Gin, is made with 10 botanicals: juniper berries, coriander seeds, angelica root, licorice root, orris root, ground almond, cassia bark, cinnamon, and orange and lemon peel.

No. 3 is produced by De Kuyper Distillery in the Netherlands for London spirits merchants Berry Bros. & Rudd. Six botanicals go into its distillation — juniper, orange peel, grapefruit peel, angelica root, coriander seed, and cardamom — which is distilled in a direct-fire pot-still after steeping overnight in a neutral grain spirit.

The brand macerates juniper, coriander and angelica root for 12 hours in a 100% wheat-based neutral spirit. An additional botanical mix with less traditional ingredients like local lavender from the Cotswolds, bay leaf and black pepper are also used. The gin is brought down to proof with water from the Cotswolds. This is bottled without chill-filtration so expect to see a cloudy appearance when chilled or diluted.