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It’s not easy whittling down a year’s worth of new admissions to my collection to my top ten but, I’m not going to lie, it is pretty fun! This year’s top ten has, I think, a good balance of older classics (for want of a better word), such as Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin which is celebrating its 10th birthday, alongside newer releases. With that in mind, it seems worth repeating how I’ve gone about choosing these gins over the years. Of course every gin must be exceptional (in my personal opinion!) but beyond that the only other (self-imposed) rule is that gins can only feature in my top ten once. They don’t have to be new releases; just new(ish) to me and/or my collection. So, with that clarification, and without further ado, here are the top ten gins I enjoyed last year (and a few honourable mentions too)…