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Angelica root
Angelica root is a common gin botanical. Its aroma compounds vary with where it was grown.
Role
Common secondary botanical in gin.
In gin
Angelica root is one of the botanicals Parr, Sutherland and Fisk (2024) list as commonly included in gin. Citing Holm and colleagues (1997) on Angelica archangelica roots, they note that angelica root may or may not contain 3-carene depending on its geographical origin, one example of how botanical origin changes a gin's volatile profile.
How it connects
Style
- ingredient-of London gin (London dry gin)
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- StyleLondon gin (London dry gin)Legal category
- MethodColumn still (Coffey still)Distillation
- StoryFrom juniper water to London ginSchiedam, the Dutch genever town, Netherlands
IngredientJuniperJuniperus communis L. (EU law also allows J. oxycedrus for juniper-flavoured spirit drinks and genever)- MethodVapour infusionFlavouring
- HistoryEU spirit drinks regulation (2019)17 April 2019 (applies from 25 May 2021)
IngredientCassia barkCinnamomum cassia (bark), the species shown in the illustration; sources do not specify the species used by distillers
IngredientCitrus peel (orange and lemon)Citrus × sinensis, Citrus × limon and related citrus (peel)
IngredientCoriander seedCoriandrum sativum (seed)
IngredientLiquorice rootGlycyrrhiza glabra (root), the species shown in the illustration; sources do not specify the species used by distillers