James Gin

What to know about shopping at James Gin

James Gin is the drinks brand founded by presenter James May, and it is built around small-batch flavoured gins rather than one house style. The core bottlings are Asian Parsnip, American Mustard, London Drizzle and California Dreamgin', typically around £36.95 each, alongside a higher-strength Navy Strength at roughly £50.50. A Choose Your Gin option lets you pick the flavour yourself, and the range extends well past the bottles into cocktail kits, mixing glasses, a cocktail recipe book, signed books and branded T-shirts.

Most of the catalogue is gift-led, which shapes when it is worth buying. Multi-bottle bundles scale from the Starter Pack and the Internationalist up through the Fab Four, the Famous Five and the Survivalist, with a mini gift set at the entry end. Expect the strongest activity around Christmas and Father's Day, and around the brand's own limited releases — a five-year anniversary pack has featured at time of writing.

On the practical side, free UK delivery is advertised on orders over £50 at time of writing, which most two-bottle bundles clear comfortably and a single bottle does not. Gift cards start at £10 if you would rather leave the flavour choice to the recipient. This is alcohol, so UK law requires the buyer to be over 18 and age checks apply at the checkout.

For buying tips, the flavour range is unusual enough that a bundle or the mini gift set is a safer first purchase than committing to a full bottle of a single flavour you have never tasted. Navy Strength is considerably stronger than the standard bottlings and suits cocktails better than sipping neat. If you are buying for someone else, the cocktail kits pair a bottle with the glassware and the recipe book, which makes a more complete present than a bottle on its own.

— MoneySaverCodes Team