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Garnishes for your favourite tipple

Select the right garnish to create your perfect serve and know what to choose for your gin and tonic accompaniment.

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A fruit garnish gives the finishing touch to your drink.  But with an ever widening choice of fruit, florals, botanicals and other additives it can be a bit bewildering knowing which one to select.  Our simple guide below will help take some of the guess work out of creating your favourite gin sip, by aligning various fruits with the main gin types. 

Elevate your drink garnish with these suggestions.

But always remember - there are no rules - enjoy mixing it up and experimenting.

A Zesty Garnish Guide

From the fruits point of view

Sweet Orange ~ Citrus Sinensis

Oranges add a bright, sweet, citrussy note to cocktails and will pair well with many spirits including vodka, tequila, rum and gin.

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Some popular cocktails with orange garnish are:

  • Screwdriver

  • Mimosa

  • Tequila Sunrise

  • Sex on the Beach

  • Garibaldi

  • Breakfast Martini

  • Bee's Knees

Lemon ~ Citrus x Limon

Bright and acidic, lemon brings a clean, Zesty taste and fragrance to cocktails.

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Add that tart freshness to:

  • Sidecar

  • Arnold Palmer

  • Lemon Drop Martini

  • Tom Collins

  • Margarita

  • Long Island Iced Tea

  • French 75

  • Aviation

  • Pink Senoritas

  • Rum Punch

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Grapefruit ~ Citrus x Paradisi

A mix of Zesty brightness and subtle bitterness, the grapefruit tang is less sharp but more complex than lemon or lime.

Try that bittersweet punch in:

  • ​Daiquiri

  • Upper Cut

  • Dorchester

  • Monkey Wrench

  • Paloma

  • Zombie

  • Western Sour

Lime ~ Citrus x Latifolia

More intense than lemon, lime brings a fresh and lively profile to your cocktails, adding tropical brightness to rum and tequila drinks especially.

Include limey liveliness in:

  • Gimlet​

  • Mojito

  • Margarita

  • Collins

  • Daiquiri

  • Southside Rickey

  • Singapore Sling

Dehydrated clementine slices for cocktails

Clementine ~ Citrus x Clementina

Gin Groups:

London dry Gin

Old Tom Gin

Citrus Gin

Aged Gin

Spicy Gin

Floral Gin

Herbal Gin

Fruit Gin

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Try it with: ELG Christmas Gin, One Gin Sage Port Barrel Rested.

Dehydrated bergamot slices for cocktails

Bergamot ~ Citrus Bergamia

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Old Tom Gin

Citrus Gin

Aged Gin

Floral Gin

Herbal Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: Dandy Kat Gin, Harrogate Premium.

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Available November to March

Dehydrated Blood Orange slices for cocktails

Blood Orange ~ Citrus Sinensis

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Old Tom Gin

Citrus Gin

Aged Gin

Spicy Gin

Floral Gin

Herbal Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: Scapegrace Premium, Bulldog, Wardingtons Ludlow No 2.

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Available December to May

Dehydrated Apple Slices for cocktails

Apple ~ Malus Domestica

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Old Tom Gin

Citrus Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: Avva Scottish Gin, Blackwoods Vintage Dry, Boatyard Old Tom, Caorunn, Elephant Gin.

Juniper Berries

Juniper ~ Communis Juniperus

Gin Groups:

London dry Gin

Citrus Gin

Navy Strength Gin

Spicy Gin

Floral Gin

Try it with: Amazzoni Gin, Brecon Special Reserve, Haymans London Dry, Tanqueray Dry Gin,

Dehydrated pineapple

Pineapple ~ Ananas Comosus

Gin Groups:

Spicy Gin

Citrus Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: Brass Lion Singapore Gin, Liegin - Jungle, Iron Balls Gin, Jaffa 2512 Gin

Cranberry slices

Cranberry ~ Oxycoccus palustris

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Citrus Gin

Fruit Gin

Winter Gin

Spicy Gin

Try it with: Adnams Sloe Gin, Gwyr Pinwydd, Kalevala Gin, Williams Chase GB Great British Gin

Hibiscus flowers and petals

Hibiscus

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Floral Gin

Spicy Gin

Aged Gin

Try it with: Marylebone Gin, Tappers Springfever, 

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