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.

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

Dehydrated sweet orange slices for drinks and cocktails

Sweet 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: Beefeater Gin, City of London Distillery Gin, Adnams Copper House Gin, No. 209, Aviation, Shivering Mountain Early Harvest, Diplome Dry Gin, Durham Gin, Filliers 28 Dry Gin

Lemon ~ Citrus x Limon

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Citrus Gin

Navy Strength Gin

Spicy Gin

Floral Gin

Herbal Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: 6 O'Clock Gin, Abernathy, Adnams First Rate Triple Malt Gin, Aviation American Gin, Beefeater, Berkshire Botanical, Bombay Bramble, Original & Sapphire, City of London Old Tom, Six Bells & Sloe, Greenalls, Procera Blue Dot, Silent Pool Navy, 58 Gin, No. 209

Dehydrated grapefruit slice for drinks & cocktails

Grapefruit ~ Citrus x Paradisi

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

New Western Gin

Navy Strength Gin

Spicy Gin

Floral Gin

Herbal Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: Beefeater Crown Jewel, East London Liquor Company, Aviation American Gin, Bluecoat, Cotswolds Gin

Lime ~ Citrus x Latifolia

Gin Groups

London Dry Gin

Old Tom Gin

Citrus Gin

Aged Gin

New Western Gin

Navy Strength Gin

Spicy Gin

Floral Gin

Herbal Gin

Fruit Gin

Try it with: Ableforths Bathtub, Avva Scottish Gin, Blackwoods, Daffys, Fynoderee Kerala Chai, Jarrolds London Dry, Brighton Gin, Dodds

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

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.

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.

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 ~ 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,

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 ~ 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

Gin Groups:

London Dry Gin

Floral Gin

Spicy Gin

Aged Gin

Try it with: Marylebone Gin, Tappers Springfever,