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New Flavour Gin Product
Abhishek Banik, B.Sc., M.Sc.
The International Centre for Brewing & Distilling, Heriot‐Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
The objective of the project was to produce a oriental
Score of Preference
flavour gin using specially selected cumin seeds,
cloves, bay leaves, coriander seeds, cinnamon and 2.25
1.909
cardamom seeds. These are the herbs which are
1.515 1.545 1.515
typically used oriental foods. Thirteen botanicals 1.50
1.455 1.455 1.455
Scores
(Juniper berries, almond, aniseed, bay leaves, 1.030
cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, coriander seeds, cumin 0.75
seeds, lime peel, lemon peel, mint leaves and saffron)
were used in the production of this gin. 0.00
SL3 SL7 SL8 SL11 SL12 TAN GRE BOM
Saffron was selected to bring colour to the gin. The Samples
position of introduction of saffron was critical since
crocin, the colouring pigment of saffron is not volatile Fig: Typical total ion chromatograms of volatile constituents of the Fig: Mean panel score for preference (the lower the score the greater
and steeping the stigmata in alcohol, an acidic liquid samples obtained by GC‐MS. the preference).
or hot liquid is suggested to extract their colour and
essence. Analysis of variance revealed that 4 of 14 attributes for aroma The effects of use of saffron to the sensory attributes were
showed significant difference and these were cloves, citrus, studied and the result showed saffron did not affect the aroma
Sixteen recipes were formulated to standardize a Fig: The saffron in muslin cloth at the connection point of lyne arm and alcohol, and spicy. much but in taste it has got an impact. It has a soothing or
recipe and dist illation was carried out in a laboratory condenser. softening effect on the overall attribute and the sample with
scale glass distillation unit. The principal component analysis (PCA) was used to saffron is concluded to have less alcoholic and spicy attribute,
summarised the result of sensory assessment. which makes it more drinkable.
The PCA provided information on the groups of samples
according to their sensory characteristics and were used to During conducting the sensory assessment sessions, a few
determine the major attribute that discriminates the products. panellists’ showed aversion towards the colour of the sample
First 2 components (PCs) explained totally 93% of the variation with saffron. To deal with this situation a maturation process
with the PC 1 accounted for 82% of the variance and the PC 2 of two days with a berry called the ‘Oregon grapes’ was
accounted for 11% of variance. practiced which gave the orange yellow coloured sample an
amber colour, and gave it a look of maturity.
A preference test was conducted and the result shows that
samples SL8, SL11 and SL12 has got the same preference score Future industry interest will aid the development of this
and has got the second rank in order of preference, first being prototype gin and on success could be a new type of gin with
Greenall’s Original Gin. oriental flavour and natural colour.
Fig: Samples SL3, SL7, SL8, SL11 and SL12 selected on the basis of initial
sensory trials.
The developed products were evaluated analytically for
identification and quantification of compounds using traditional
GC‐MS and Headspace GC. The GC/MS analysis suggested that the
product produced has higher number of volatiles than Bombay
sapphire.
Further work needs to be done to characterise the sensory attributes
of the product produced, as follows:
Gin) and products developed were conducted. More information on this and related projects can also be
Though the products were produced using different Saffron Cinnamon obtained at www.icbd.hw.ac.uk.
sets of botanicals the flavour profiles of the product
Spicy Cloves
produced are very similar to that of Bombay sapphire.
Herbal
Fig: Mean panel score for aroma attribute of commercial gin and product
developed.