Even though many gins start their life as a grain-based, ‘neutral’ alcohol, gins are gluten-free. The grain used to make gin can include rye, barley and wheat. However, all the gluten present in the initial mixture is broken down thanks to the distillation process, leaving the remaining product gluten-free.
However, there are a few brands of gin out there that add gluten-based ingredients as botanicals to flavour the spirit, so be sure to check the label if you are avoiding gluten in your diet for health and wellbeing reasons.
If you’d like to find out more about grain in alcohol, the Coeliac UK website provides valuable information about the beverages that do and don’t contain gluten – you can find it here: .