Geranium Gin was created by Henrik Hammer, an accredited IWSC Gin judge who had been contemplating the potential use of geranium in gin for years. Before the relatively recent surge in gins available, Henrik had found that the flavour spectrum of gins (at the time) was relatively narrow, this made him think of other ways to expand upon a juniper base. Geranium and juniper may seem like an odd botanical pairing at first, but geranium extracts have been used for many years in therapeutic libations, which also include juniper and angelica. Interested in the historical parallels of the botanicals, Henrik decided to investigate whether on a less conceptual and much more scientific level, geranium and juniper could work together. Together with his chemist father they chemically analysed geranium leaves (where the essential oils of the plant can be found) and discovered that there were significant quantities of oils like geraniol formate, rose oxide and citronelol which are also present in most other fruits, vegetables and spices already used in the production of gin. For those not as chemically minded, in essence the research showed that the core extracts of geranium were already present in botanicals like juniper, lemon etc… and proved, at least theoretically, that geranium would be a good botanical to add to the mix when creating gin, as it would enhance and compliment the others already there. Satisfied that the chemistry and history were both in his favour, Henrik and his father set about finding a basic recipe to create their gin.