Gin Library

Here at Navyärd we make all of our gin and tonics ‘Spanish style’ using double (50ml) measures served over ice in goblets and accompanied by Fevertree mixers. If you would like yours another way just let us know. For ease, we have grouped our selection onto different shelves, with further information below.

Gin Cocktails	Price
The team here at the Navyard have pieced together a list of cocktails to fully compliment the wide variety of gins that our library has to offer.
Breakfast Martini A citrus mix of Chase Saville Orange Gin, Cointreau, fresh lime juice and a spoonful of orange marmalade	£8.00
Elderflower Martini Light and refined Warner Edwards Elderflower Gin, fresh cucumber, and a dash of elderflower syrup	£8.00
Bramble Forest fruits and fresh orange muddled with Brockmans Gin and lemon	£7.50
Negroni The classic ingredients of Citadelle Gin, Campari and sweet vermouth	£7.50
Scarlet Martini A blend of citrus and berries with Sacred Pink Grapefruit Gin creates a smooth fruity outcome	£8.00
Earl Grey Mar-tea-ni An intriguing infusion of Earl Grey tea with Tanqueray Rangpur Gin and lemon juice	£8.00
French 75 A mix of Hayman's Old Tom Gin, sugar and lemon, charged with Champagne Taittinger	£8.50
Sloe Gin Fizz A wonderfully smooth drink combining Sipsmith Sloe Gin, Sipsmith London Dry Gin, egg white, fresh lemon and soda	£8.00
Gin Old Fashioned The origins of cocktails were derived from mixtures of alcohol, bitters, sugar and water. In the mid 1900s bartenders returned to making cocktails in the 'old-fashioned' way, hence the modern day name	£8.00
Aviation An old classic of Aviation Gin, violet and cherry with a touch of lemon juice	£7.50

Lower Shelf	25ML	50ML & Mixer
Hayman’s Sloe, England Traditional sloe from one of gins oldest families this is bittersweet and intense in flavour.	£3.00	£7.00
Beefeater, England Produced since 1862, a true classic ‘London dry’ style gin.	£3.00	£7.00
Bloom, England From the oldest running distillery in the UK and the world’s only female Master Distiller. Light, floral gin with a smooth finish.	£3.00	£7.00
Bombay Dry (Original), England The original Bombay gin created from an old English dry gin recipe. Crisp and refreshing.	£3.00	£7.00
Boxer, England Classic flavours of juniper, citrus and spice. One of only a few gins approved by the Sustainable Restaurant Association.	£3.00	£7.00
Brecon Botanicals, Wales A herbal gin with earthy juniper and eastern spices mixed with a touch of bergamont, clove oil and cinnamon	£3.00	£7.00
Bulldog, England Dragon eye, poppy and lotus leaves give this a bold flavour, making it different from the norm	£3.00	£7.00
Darnley’s View Spiced, Scotland Scottish gin with warming cinnamon, nutmeg and clove flavours for a full flavour.	£3.00	£7.00
Edgerton Original Pink, England Delicate pink colour with hints of pomegranate and grapefruit.	£3.00	£7.00
Edgerton Blue Spiced Gin, England Earthier in style than the classic Edgerton Pink with masculine coriander notes.	£3.00	£7.00
ELLC London Dry, England Powerful juniper and citrus flavours and a delicate smoothness from the East End’s first new distillery in over 100 years.	£3.00	£7.00
Gin Lane 1751 London Dry, England A full-bodied London Dry gin with a predominance of juniper, star anise and refreshing citrus	£3.00	£7.00
Gin Lane 1751 Victoria Pink, England A naturally infused pink gin – made by infusing a herb and spice bitter into the gin before bottling.	£3.00	£7.00
Hayman's London Dry, England An excellent london dry gin, this was created by Christopher Hayman, a man with over 40 years experience in the gin world	£3.00	£7.00
Hayman’s Old Tom, England Old Tom is the original English style of gin with a touch of sweetness for a more rounded, softer flavour profile.	£3.00	£7.00
JJ Whitley London Dry Gin, England A classic juniper forward London Dry Gin from the J.J. Whitley range. Quite smooth with plenty of Citrus peels to back up the peppery juniper	£3.00	£7.00
Larios 12, Spain A blend of 5 separate distillations for exceptional smoothness and expressive character.	£3.00	£7.00
Pink 47 London Dry, England A fine London Dry Gin made from Italian juniper berries including some exotic botanical with 2 different types of angelica and two different corianders. There's also spanish citrus fruits and almonds and a touch of west Africa nutmeg	£3.00	£7.00
Portobello Road no.171, England From one of the UK’s best bartenders, this has generous juniper and citrus character.	£3.00	£7.00
Sloane's Premium Dry Gin, Netherlands A hearty handful of botanicals have gone into Sloane's gin, including iris root, coriander, angelica root, cardamom pods, liquorice root and whole vanilla beans	£3.00	£7.00
SW4, England Small batch gin made in Clapham designed to create the perfect gin and tonic.	£3.00	£7.00
Tanqueray, England Made to an export strength recipe for added flavour, but with the ABV lowered slightly. Now produced in Scotland but still using a copper pot that survived World War II.	£3.00	£7.00
Whitley Neill, England Gin with an African twist – Johnny Neill has macerated baobab and Cape gooseberry for an uplifting nose.	£3.00	£7.00

Next Shelf	25ML	50ML & MIXER
Sipsmith Sloe, England Produced using hand picked sloes each year, making every vintage different this has a mixture of jam and spice flavours.	£3.50	£8.00
Adnams Copper House, England Something bright from the coast with surprising flavours of Hibiscus flower	£3.50	£8.00
Beefeater 24, England A boosted version of Beefeater with rare teas such as Japanese Sencha infused with the more traditional botanicals.	£3.50	£8.00
Bertha’s Revenge Milk Gin, Ireland Using whey alcohol from irish dairies to give a smooth, creamy taste and fraged botanicals including sweet woodruff and elderflower.	£3.50	£8.00
Brockmans, England Made with blueberries and blackberries for a smoother, fruitier flavour.	£3.50	£8.00
Caorunn, Scotland Small batch gin from Speyside with some unusual notes coming from the heather, dandelion and apple used in the recipe.	£3.50	£8.00
Cherry Gin, England Made in the finest sloe gin tradition, both sweet and sour Marasca cherries are used by That Boutique-y Gin Company to create this rich nectar. Works well with everything, including Coke!	£3.50	£8.00
Citadelle, France Made by the Ferrand Cognac house, this is delicate and fragrant with hints of honeysuckle and jasmine on the nose.	£3.50	£8.00
Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan gin infused with curry leaves, fantastic with food.	£3.50	£8.00
Filliers 38, Netherlands A dutch genever aged for 5 years in American oak barrels – a more fullflavoured spirit than traditional gins.	£3.50	£8.00
Fords, England Made for bartenders with bright flavours of lemon peel, Turkish grapefruit and jasmine.	£3.50	£8.00
Gin Mare, Spain Savoury Spanish gin with basil, olive and rosemary – something truly different and great pre-dinner.	£3.50	£8.00
Hayman’s Royal Dock, England Named after the old naval base in Deptford, East London this is high strength with big juniper and orange blossom flavours.	£3.50	£8.00
Hendrick’s, Scotland An innovative floral gin with cucumber and rose petal hints.	£3.50	£8.00
Hoxton, England A truly unusual spirit with flavours of grapefruit and coconut.	£3.50	£8.00
Ish London Dry, England Heavy on the juniper supported by lighter notes of coriander, Ish has an almost medicinal aroma and a hot pepper heat which comes through on first sip.	£3.50	£8.00
Jindea Single Estate Tea Gin, France This Gin uses some fantastic Darjeeling black tea as well as juniper, lemon, grapefruit, coriander, ginger, fennel, cardamom, cinnamon and angelica	£3.50	£8.00
Kokoro, England A London Dry Gin made with a selection of botanicals that includes fresh sansho berries which are popular in Japenese	£3.50	£8.00
Langtons No.1 Lakeland, England Langtons Gin uses water filtered through ancient slate beneath the mountain of Skiddaw in the lake district	£3.50	£8.00
Little Bird, England Pink grapefruit, sweet orange and a pin-up girl for a label.	£3.50	£8.00
Malfy, Italy An Italian gin made using a selection of six botanicals, as well as an infusion of Italian coastal lemons including some from the Amalfi coast	£3.50	£8.00
Martin Miller's Westbourne Strength, England Named after Martin Miller's original base in Westbourne Grove, this is blended with pure Icelandic mineral water for freshness	£3.50	£8.00
Opihr Oriental Spiced, England Cubeb, black pepper and coriander give this warming spice and length on the palate.	£3.50	£8.00
Pinkster, England A classic London dry that is then steeped with raspberries , giving it a pink hue and softening the flavour of juniper.	£3.50	£8.00
Plymouth Premium, England A gin with a sense of place! Plymouth Gin can only be made in Plymouth, much like Champagne and Port.	£3.50	£8.00
Sacred, England Created by hand in a kitchen in Highgate with each botanical, even the Frankincense, distilled separately to maximise flavour.	£3.50	£8.00
Sipsmith London Dry, England Dry with a zesty citrus finish. Sipsmith led modern-day gin craze with the first new still in London in 200 years.	£3.50	£8.00
Spit Roasted Pineapple Gin, England Back in the 1920's, Pineapple Gin was a commonplace beverage but it fell into obscurity in the years following. However, That Boutique-y Gin Company could not bear to see Pineapple Gin lost over time and have revitalised it with their own 21st Century twist	£3.50	£8.00
Spectator, Scotland A beautifully intense perfumed juniper infused spirit mixed with the very finest Earl Grey tea extract, as well as a citrusy, sweet Lemon Balm extract	£3.50	£8.00
Star of Bombay, England The new flagship from Bombay Sapphire, with strong scents of bergamot and earthy spice.	£3.50	£8.00
Tanqueray Rangpur, England Classic London Dry gin with the addition of ginger, bay leaves and Rangpur limes for a more complex flavour.	£3.50	£8.00
Warner Edwards Elderflower, England Home-grown elderflower is used in the recipe from the same farm on which each bottle is distilled, labelled and numbered by Tom and Sion.	£3.50	£8.00

Upper Shelf	25ML	50ML & TONIC
Warner Edwards Sloe, England Jammy, yet still fresh this uses sloes foraged locally to the Nottinghamshire farm where this is made.	£4.25	£9.25
Adnams First Rate, England Well-balanced with great flavours and a long gentle finish.	£4.25	£9.25
Blackdown Sussex Dry, England Made in Sussex this delivers a touch of woodiness married with some fresh citrus and a smooth mouthfeel.	£4.25	£9.25
The Botanist, Scotland From Islay, where the 22 native botanicals are also foraged – a really unique taste from a company that traditionally makes whisky.	£4.25	£9.25
Chase Seville Orange, England Herefordshire potato gin infused with raw Seville oranges for a fresh, light flavour.	£4.25	£9.25
Copperhead, Belgium Apparently named after Mr Copperhead, an alchemist who was searching for the Elixir of life. Along the way he produced the recipe for this refreshing gin	£4.25	£9.25
Dictador Ortodoxy, Columbia An aged gin from the Dictador rum company rich with juniper and mint flavours.	£4.25	£9.25
D1 London, England Infused with nettles that give a touch of spice.	£4.25	£9.25
ELLC Premium Batch no1, England Juniper is complemented by Darjeeling tea for a complex finish.	£4.25	£9.25
Fifty Pounds, England Smooth and delicate, with a number of distillations used.	£4.25	£9.25
Ginabelle, Spain Using mirabelle plums, albarino wine and gorse flowers, as well as more traditional botanicals like juniper, liquorice, lemon peel and coriander.
G’Vine Floraison, France Produced using the Ugni Blanc grape with big citrus flavours balanced with a mineral grape note.	£4.25	£9.25
G’Vine Nouaison, France A darker, richer flavour than the Floraison with herbal notes and subtle spice.	£4.25	£9.25
Gunpowder Irish Gin, Ireland An Irish gin made with caraway, coriander, meadowsweet, cardamom and star anise as well as vapour infused oriental lemon and lime, fresh grapefruit and gunpowder tea!	£4.25	£9.25
Hayman’s Family Reserve, England Made by resting the gin in old Scotch Whisky barrels for just three weeks. Such short contact with wood lifts the botanical flavours of enticing peppery spice.	£4.25	£9.25
Ish Limed, England Dry gin that is enhanced with bold flavours of lime.	£4.25	£9.25
Jinzu, Scotland Something new that blends traditional gin – that includes cherry blossom as a botanical – and sake for a creamy, delicate taste.	£4.25	£9.25
Miyagawa Citrus, England A citrusy London Dry from East London Liquor Company made with fresh orange and lime peels, exotic miyagawa (a type of Japenese satsuma), douglas fir and cubeb berries!	£4.25	£9.25
No3 London Dry, England Made to a secret recipe with juniper at its heart.	£4.25	£9.25
Old English, England Mimick’s the old sweeter style of gin, even down to the re-used champagne bottle and wax seal.	£4.25	£9.25
Old Tom Gin Ampleforths, England Slightly sweetened, with the style named after the old cat plaques outside London gin houses that were used to secretly dispense gin.	£4.25	£9.25
Plymouth Navy Strength, England Intense, bold notes of juniper, coriander and cardamom are matched with smooth sweetness on the finish.	£4.25	£9.25
Sacred Cardamom, England Sacred’s classic London gin with lots of cardamom flavour, making this a great drink with food.	£4.25	£9.25
Sacred Pink Grapefruit, England Made using whole distilled organic Pink Grapefruit from Spain and Italy, this gin is a shining example of how vacuum distillation retains the freshness of botanicals.	£4.25	£9.25
Saffron, France Subtly flavoured but less subtly coloured this is a bright, zesty gin.	£4.25	£9.25
Silent Pool, England Smooth and delicate, made in the heart of the Surrey Hills.	£4.25	£9.25
Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle Gin, England Naturally sweet and brightly citrusy, this Lemon Drizzle Gin is reminiscent of a slice of lemon drizzle cake	£4.25	£9.25
St George Botanivore, USA Earthy, herbaceous and still citrus-fresh, from America’s oldest craft distillery in California.	£4.25	£9.25
Tarquin’s Cornish, England A big mix of flavours from around the world, made on a fire-driven copper still and hand bottled.	£4.25	£9.25
Ungava, Canada Canadian Gin suing six rare botanicals that include cloudberry, crowberry and Labrador tea that give it a slightly sweet flavour.	£4.25	£9.25
Warner Edwards Victoria’s Rhubarb, England Crisp, sweet and bitter taste, using an old rhubarb plant originally grown at Buckingham Palace.	£4.25	£9.25
West Winds Sabre, Australia For the Sabre, they use a selection of classic botanicals including juniper, citrus and coriander seed, as well as toasted australian wattle seed, which brings a wonderful creaminess to the table.	£4.25	£9.25
Willem Barentsz Premium, England Named after Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz, this is a gin made with juniper, jasmine and coriander seed	£4.25	£9.25

Top Shelf	25ML	50ML & MIXER
Monkey 47 Sloe Gin, Germany Small-batch distilled this is true Monkey 47, but also not…crisp and fruity on the nose with deep tangy fruit notes on the palate. A limited release masterpiece.	£5.00	£10.50
Brooklyn, USA With fresh citrus peels in the recipe this is lip-smackingly fruit forward – a delight from New York.	£5.00	£10.50
Death’s Door, USA Made with red winter wheat with flavours of creamy vanilla, anise and pepper alongside the traditional juniper and citrus.	£5.00	£10.50
Dictator Colombian Treasure, Colombia Using a botanical selection based on the limon mandarino, a hybrid between a mandarin orange and a lemon, they have created a wonderful citrus-forward gin.
Elephant, Germany Uses 14 botanicals, including apples from the orchard around the distillery, with 15% of profits going to elephant charities.	£5.00	£10.50
Fishers, England A London Dry Gin from the suffolk coast made with spignal, rock samphire, wood aven and bog myrtle, all native to the Suffolk coast	£5.00	£10.50
FEW American, USA Vanilla, hops, cinnamon and more make this unconventional.	£5.00	£10.50
Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz This Intriguing treat is the delicious result of mixing Four Pillars rare dry gin with Yarra Valley Shiraz Grapes. What the Australian distillers did was steep the grapes in the gin for 8 weeks, then pressed the grapes and blended it with yet more of their gin!	£5.00	£10.50
Glendalough Seasonal Small Batch Gin, Ireland The brainchild of the Glendalough whiskey distillery in Ireland this changes with every season, giving you something new and exciting to try.	£5.00	£10.50
Half Hitch, England The ‘G with Tea’ – infused with black tea and bergamot for a quintessentially English drink.	£5.00	£10.50
Hepple, England Utilising three different distillation methods and including the lovely fresh taste of Amalfi lemons and lovage.	£5.00	£10.50
Herno Swedish Rose, Sweden Using a classic London Dry Recipe, red rose petals are added which dials back the meadowsweet and lingon berries to accommodate a new floral influence, before blending with some of their juniper cask gin for a luxurious texture	£5.00	£10.50
Junipero, USA Made by a craft brewery – rich fruity and packed full of juniper.	£5.00	£10.50
Ki-No-Bi, Japan Using a rice spirit base, as well as a selection of botanicals including locally sourced ingredients - the likes of yuzu, hinoki wood chips, bamboo leaves, green sansho and gyokuro	£5.00	£10.50
Monkey 47 Schwarzwald, Germany A creative blend of 47 botanicals, including cranberries, this is distilled on the edge of the Black Forest in Germany.	£5.00	£10.50
No.209 Gin, USA A quintuple-distilled gin has perhaps the best for a Gin Matini. The name is derived from the fact that the distillery is 209th to be registered in the United States	£5.00	£10.50
Oxley, England Bright and intense, this uses a cold distillation vacuum ‘boiling’ the liquids at -5 degrees!	£5.00	£10.50
Pink Pepper, France Truly unusual – lemon zest, soft spice and then big peppercorn notes that make this incredibly refreshing.	£5.00	£10.50
Pothecary, England Soft orange, with a touch of white chocolate followed by sherbet and juicy raspberries.	£5.00	£10.50
Scapegrace, New Zealand Featuring a selection of 12 different botanicals and presented in a bottle inspired by an antique genever bottle. "Scapegrace" is another name for a rouge or scoundrel	£5.00	£10.50
Sipsmith VJOP, England Huge juniper flavours with a long finish.	£5.00	£10.50
Slingsby Dry, England A London Dry that is proudly from the Yorkshire town of Harrrogate! Smooth, citrus led, classic gin.	£5.00	£10.50
Smooth Ambler Double Barrel Gin, USA From Virginia this is aged for three months to give hints of vanilla, brown sugar and a buttery smoothness.	£5.00	£10.50
Spirit of Hven, Sweden Spirit of Hven, SwedenSpirit of Hven Organic Gin is the only gin served at Copenhagens Noma, the best restaurant in the world. With flavours of Sichuan pepper, guinea pepper and grains of paradise	£5.00	£10.50
Spitfire Heritage, England A 1930's retro gin, made in celebration of a decade that also saw the birth of possibly the most iconic aeroplane of all. Botanicals include sweet and bitter orange peels, almond, borage, coriander, rosemary, star anise and rose petals	£5.00	£10.50
Tanqueray Ten, England Crafted with the perfect martini in mind, the fresh citrus fruits of No. Ten perfectly complement and capture the exquisite essence of the ultimate martini.	£5.00	£10.50
Warner Edwards Melissa, England Made with Lemon Balm, a member of the mint family. Also known by its name “Melissa Officinalis”.	£5.00	£10.50
West Winds Cutlass Gin, Australia The Cutlass combines traditional juniper alongside some uniquely Australian elements, including cinnamon myrtle, lemon myrtle and Australian bush tomato.	£5.00	£10.50

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Gin Library

Gin Cocktails

Breakfast Martini

Elderflower Martini

Bramble

Negroni

Scarlet Martini

Earl Grey Mar-tea-ni

French 75

Sloe Gin Fizz

Gin Old Fashioned

Aviation

Lower Shelf

Hayman’s Sloe, England

Beefeater, England

Bloom, England

Bombay Dry (Original), England

Boxer, England

Brecon Botanicals, Wales

Bulldog, England

Darnley’s View Spiced, Scotland

Edgerton Original Pink, England

Edgerton Blue Spiced Gin, England

ELLC London Dry, England

Gin Lane 1751 London Dry, England

Gin Lane 1751 Victoria Pink, England

Hayman's London Dry, England

Hayman’s Old Tom, England

JJ Whitley London Dry Gin, England

Larios 12, Spain

Pink 47 London Dry, England

Portobello Road no.171, England

Sloane's Premium Dry Gin, Netherlands

SW4, England

Tanqueray, England

Whitley Neill, England

Next Shelf

Sipsmith Sloe, England

Adnams Copper House, England

Beefeater 24, England

Bertha’s Revenge Milk Gin, Ireland

Brockmans, England

Caorunn, Scotland

Cherry Gin, England

Citadelle, France

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Filliers 38, Netherlands

Fords, England

Gin Mare, Spain

Hayman’s Royal Dock, England

Hendrick’s, Scotland

Hoxton, England

Ish London Dry, England

Jindea Single Estate Tea Gin, France

Kokoro, England

Langtons No.1 Lakeland, England

Little Bird, England

Malfy, Italy

Martin Miller's Westbourne Strength, England

Opihr Oriental Spiced, England

Pinkster, England

Plymouth Premium, England

Sacred, England

Sipsmith London Dry, England

Spit Roasted Pineapple Gin, England

Spectator, Scotland

Star of Bombay, England

Tanqueray Rangpur, England

Warner Edwards Elderflower, England

Upper Shelf

Warner Edwards Sloe, England

Adnams First Rate, England

Blackdown Sussex Dry, England

The Botanist, Scotland

Chase Seville Orange, England

Copperhead, Belgium