The Gin Tasting Journal is your essential companion for exploring and documenting the world of gin. Whether you’re a casual enthusiast or a dedicated gin lover, this journal helps you record, compare, and refine your tasting experiences with professional-quality tools.
This gin tasting journal is created in Scotland for people who want to pay closer attention to what they enjoy, without rigid rules or pretentious language.
Inside, you’ll find 85 structured tasting scorecards suitable for a wide range of gin styles, from classic London Dry expressions to contemporary gins shaped by citrus, floral, spice, savoury, or unconventional botanicals. Each scorecard provides space to record essential details such as producer, style, country, ABV, appearance, aroma, flavour impressions, finish, and overall assessment, alongside a single integrated flavour checklist made up of 44 named tick-box flavour prompts. These prompts allow you to quickly mark what stands out while building a clear visual record to sit alongside your written notes.
The journal includes two separate gin flavour wheel reference pages, designed to reflect the breadth of modern gin styles. One wheel focuses on classic London Dry profiles, centred around juniper and traditional botanical structures. The second wheel supports contemporary and botanical-led gins, allowing more space for citrus, floral, spice, savoury, and experimental flavour directions. The wheels are intended as orientation tools rather than prescriptions, helping you identify dominant characteristics without imposing a single “correct” interpretation.
To support confidence and clarity, the journal also includes straightforward explanations of gin tasting terminology, covering concepts such as aroma, flavour balance, finish, and structure. These explanations are practical and accessible, offering guidance without overwhelming detail or technical jargon.
Additional index and notes pages make it easy to track favourites, build wish lists, note gift ideas, and reflect on how your preferences develop over time. Whether used during distillery visits, guided tastings, or quiet evenings at home, the layout supports intentional tasting while remaining flexible and personal.
Created in Scotland and using British spelling throughout, this journal reflects a thoughtful gin culture while remaining suitable for recording gins from around the world. It is designed with balance in mind: structured enough to be useful, and open enough to stay personal.
This journal is part of The Tasting Journal Series, a growing collection of thoughtfully designed notebooks for whisky, wine, beer, coffee, and other craft beverages and artisan foods.
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