This style must be made in Plymouth – and, while there used to be many distilleries working there, now only one remains. There’s a lot of debate in the drinks industry right now around the legal definition of gin and whether it is too loose or too restrictive.

So now all that’s left to do is go forth and explore all the different kinds of gin there are on offer and see which is your favourite! By taking those apple peels and infusing them into gin in the most simple and accessible way (maceration) I was able to get the absolute most out of my apples. Crumble for the flesh and skins for the apples. Fully waste free and sustainable. What's the difference between apple gin and apple skin gin?

Gin: Skin (Pink Leather) | 500ML

Using a method of distillation where the botanicals are separately distilled in two different styles of Arnold Holstein stills – the method is slightly unconventional compared to many gins. By separately heating and distilling each of the 7 botanicals, the process is inevitably longer than most gins too, where all are added at the same time. The benefit however is that each ingredient can be carefully distilled to maximise the extraction of the botanical’s flavours. Once each ingredient has been distilled, a careful blend of the separate liquids is made to create the final spirit. For those wondering who else makes their gin like this - other Gins whose production is similar to this fractional method are Bobby’s Gin and Sacred Gin. Skin Gin to taste… They plan to introduce new designs regularly to create a collector element, and recently launched an ‘ Edition Blanc’, which is naturally white. Every single bottle is hot stamped with a copper foil and wrapped around by hand in a small family owned factory located in Northern Bavaria. Recently, they have begun to offer exclusive editions of Skin Gin with various optical solutions in colour and material for clients to customise themselves. Peel your apples. Try to avoid getting too many bits of apple flesh on the peels, however, a few are fine. With their concept in mind, Jensen then enlisted the help of a distillery situated in the heart of the Old Country, one of the largest fruit-growing regions in Germany and renowned as one of the most beautiful in Northern Germany. Months of trials and iterations ensued, working collaboratively with the Nordik Edelbrennerei distillery and once satisfied, the final recipe emerged. Slightly sweeter than London Dry gins, the juniper flavour in Plymouth gin is also subtler, with greater emphasis placed on ‘root’ botanicals like liquorice and orris.

Martin Jensen first founded Skin Gin in 2014 with a distinct concept in mind and a desire to be different. From the beginning of his journey, he had the feeling that many of the Gin brands on the market tasted similar to one another and while delicious, once mixed with tonic were sometimes too difficult to really tell one gin’s set of botanicals from another. Regardless, the tradition it refers to is interesting and appears to have a basis in truth, according to Forces.net. Taking a leaf out of the perfume industry, Skin Gin is bottled in square 500ml bottles and while they have one gin, there are multiple designs for the encasing. The two flagship designs sheathe the bottle with either an ‘ Anthracite’ skin or a ‘ Reptile Brown’, which is snakeskin-like and very tactile.Has a high concentration of added sugar, leading to a much sweeter, syrupy taste and texture than gin From the 18th Century on, the British Royal Navy issued rations of gin to officers and rum to sailors to drink during their long journeys. The main difference between London Dry and other gins is that all the botanicals in London Dry must be added during the distillation process. And they must all be natural. We caught up with Robin Gerlach, Co-Founder of Elephant Gin, to find out more about the German gin industry and how it has evolved in recent years: