Ricks Dry Gin: A Dutch Recipe with Seventeen Botanicals — Allspice, Cinnamon, and Ginger Root

Item: Ricks Dry Gin: A Dutch Recipe with Seventeen Botanicals — Allspice, Cinnamon, and Ginger Root
Rating: 7
Author: Edward Forwood

Edward Forwood December 5, 2025 3 views

7 /10

EDITOR

Distillery: Ricks Gin
ABV: 40% ABV
Price: £39

Tasting Notes

Nose

Spicy — citrus tone, the seventeen botanicals creating a complex, spice-rich aromatic

Palate

Spice-forward — allspice and cinnamon providing warmth, ginger root adding heat, cardamom sweetness, citrus brightness cutting through, the old Dutch recipe producing a gin of genuine depth

Finish

Warming spice — ginger and cinnamon persisting, citrus fading, the Dutch heritage in the close

First Impressions

Ricks Dry Gin is distilled according to an old Dutch recipe with seventeen different botanicals including allspice, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, and ginger root.

Tasting

Seventeen botanicals in a Dutch recipe. Spicy citrus nose. Spice-forward palate with allspice and ginger. Warming spice finish.

The Bottom Line

Ricks earns a 7 — seventeen botanicals in an old Dutch recipe. The spice-forward character is distinctive. At £39.

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Edward Forwood

Senior Gin Reviewer

Edward has spent two decades judging spirits at competitions from the IWSC to the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, developing a palate that prizes balance above novelty. A holder of the WSET D...