Gin the Manual

In recent years, gin has shed its old-fashioned image and been reborn as a hot and hip spirit. With more brands available than ever before, this book sets out what makes gin special: how it is made, what a botanical is and how botanicals shape a gin's flavor, the differences between Dutch, London, Scottish, Spanish and American gins, and whether there is life beyond the gin & tonic (there is).

The body of the book covers 120 gins which Dave has tested four ways—with tonic, with lemonade, in a negroni and in a martini—and then scored. Each gin is also categorized according to an ingenious flavor camp system, which highlights its core properties and shows how you can best drink, and therefore enjoy, it.