Oxley Classic English Dry Gin
Oxley · Thames Distillers
Oxley's cold vacuum distillation captures botanicals with startling clarity — each ingredient arrives intact, as if preserved in amber. This is a gin for people who want to understand exactly what juniper, citrus, and spice can do when handled with surgical care. Outstanding in a Martini.
Nose
Bright juniper and grapefruit dominate the opening, with a clean, almost crystalline quality. Beneath that, coriander seed and a delicate meadowsweet sweetness emerge. The cold distillation method preserves a freshness rarely found in traditional gins.
Palate
Silky textured and remarkably precise. Juniper leads but shares the stage with lemon zest, orris root, and a gentle peppery warmth. The botanicals read individually yet cohere into a unified whole — nothing bleeds into anything else.
Finish
Medium, with juniper and grapefruit lingering cleanly. A whisper of vanilla and angelica root provides a soft landing.
- Style
- London Dry
- Botanicals
- Juniper, coriander, orris root, angelica root, lemon peel, grapefruit peel, meadowsweet, vanilla, cocoa, nutmeg, anise, cassia bark, grains of paradise, orange peel
- Base Spirit
- Neutral grain spirit
- Distillation
- Cold vacuum distillation at -5°C
Cocktail Suggestion
The Vanishing Martini — 2.5 oz Oxley Gin · 0.5 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth · Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Food Pairing
Oysters with mignonette
Distilled at Thames Distillers in London using a pioneering cold vacuum distillation process operating at minus five degrees Celsius, Oxley was developed over eight years and thirty-eight prototypes by master distiller Tim Taylor.
Be the first to comment.
Leave a comment
Ford's Gin Officers' Reserve Navy Strength Gin
Ford's Gin
Officers' Reserve is the rare navy strength gin that earns its extra proof through genuine complexity rather than brute force. The brief Oloroso sherry cask rest is a masterclass in restraint—adding just enough richness to elevate the classic Ford's botanical profile without obscuring it. A gin that rewards trust in the process, and in the craft of blending tradition with innovation.
Fords Gin London Dry
Fords Gin
Fords Gin was designed by 86 Co.'s Simon Ford in collaboration with master distiller Charles Maxwell — a gin built for bartenders, by a bartender. The 45% ABV ensures the botanicals punch through dilution, and the nine-botanical recipe is deliberately balanced to work across cocktail styles. It's a lesson in restraint: nothing flashy, everything functional, quietly excellent.
Isle of Raasay Hebridean Gin
Isle of Raasay
Isle of Raasay Hebridean Gin is a study in clarity through constraint — a tight botanical bill drawn from the island's own terrain, distilled with disciplined intent. It proves that limitation breeds focus: every botanical earns its place, nothing competes, and the result is a gin of luminous transparency. A quiet triumph from one of Scotland's most purposeful young distilleries.
New Riff Distilling Kentucky Wild Gin
New Riff Distilling
New Riff's Kentucky Wild Gin is a beautifully aerated spirit—distilled with a thoughtful openness to the botanicals' natural character. It's proof that a whiskey-focused distillery can channel that same reverence for terroir and process into a gin of real poise and clarity. A versatile, sippable gin that breathes Kentucky air.
Cadenhead's Old Raj Dry Gin
Cadenhead's
Old Raj is a gin of rare character—the saffron infusion turns a classic juniper-forward profile into something genuinely singular, perfect for the waning warmth of November. Its navy strength makes it a commanding presence in cocktails or neat, and its Scottish provenance from one of the oldest independent bottlers in the world lends quiet authority. A gin that feels like the last golden light before winter.
Ford's Gin Officers' Reserve Navy Strength Gin
Ford's Gin
Officers' Reserve is the rare navy strength gin that earns its extra proof through genuine complexity rather than brute force. The brief Oloroso sherry cask rest is a masterclass in restraint—adding just enough richness to elevate the classic Ford's botanical profile without obscuring it. A gin that rewards trust in the process, and in the craft of blending tradition with innovation.