Cheating on sweet

Savoury, the character in question for this edition of our ongoing series on the flavour profiles of gin, has only really been prominent during the 21st century and in the last 10 years in particular. Not to be confused with savory, the rosemary-related herb that is sometimes used as a botanical in its own right, here I am talking chiefly about the unsweetened side of spiced flavour profiles, as well as a more vegetal character.

One of the earliest savoury gins was Gin Mare, which was launched in Spain in 2010. Both Hendrick’s and Martin Miller’s use cucumber in their gins and, while they predate Gin Mare, their character is not, on balance, savoury. Bombay Sapphire, which does include two