Plymouth Gin Original Strength

Bottle · Plymouth gin

What it does

Plymouth is the soft option on the gin side. It gives assertive partners like Antica, Suze, and Cynar room to speak instead of fighting them, which is why it turns up in the rounder Classic, the gentian White, and the Cynar mixes. When a drink needs a hard dry push it's the wrong choice, and a loud base would swallow it whole.

In the family

Gins

The Classic's dry spine. Gin brings the botanical structure that keeps a Negroni clear and bitter instead of soft. Swap it out and you've usually changed families.

If you swap it

Beefeater London Dry Gin
Beefeater keeps the same gin job but gives the drink more bite and clearer gin structure.

What it opens up

Classic Negroni
Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, equal measures. The one everything else is measured against.
White Negroni
The pale one. Still bitter and strong, drier and more herbal, no red in sight.
Cynar Negroni
Cynar changes the bitter, not the base. The red brightness gives way to something darker and more vegetal.

Mixes using this bottle (5)

Plymouth, Campari & Carpano Antica
Classic Negroni
Plymouth, Suze & Cocchi Americano
White Negroni
Plymouth, Suze, Lillet & tonic
White Negroni
Plymouth, Campari, Cynar & Cocchi
Cynar Negroni
Cynar, Cocchi & Plymouth
Cynar Negroni

Also called

Plymouth gin
Plymouth

Bottle details

Brand: Plymouth