22. London gin

London gin is distilled gin which meets the following requirements: it is produced exclusively from ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with a maximum methanol content of 5 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol, the flavour of which is imparted exclusively through the distillation of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin in the presence of all the natural plant materials used; the resulting distillate contains at least 70 % alcohol by vol.; any further ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin that is added shall comply with the requirements laid down in Article 5 but with a maximum methanol content of 5 grams per hectolitre of 100 % vol. alcohol; it is not coloured; it is not sweetened in excess of 0,1 grams of sweetening products per litre of the final product, expressed as invert sugar; it does not contain any other ingredients than the ingredients referred to in points (i), (iii) and (v), and water. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of London gin shall be 37,5 %. The term ‘London gin’ may be supplemented by or incorporate the term ‘dry’.

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