Top 10 January drinks launches

Cream gin

Online retailer Master of Malt has partnered with Fluid Movement, owners of the popular London cocktail bars The Worship Street Whistling Shop, Purl, and Dach & Sons, to produce a 40% abv gin made with cold-distilled cream. Cream gin was a staple of the gin palaces of the Victorian era, and at the time was a mixture of gin, cream and sugar stored in a barrel to soften the harshness of the spirit.

Modernising the production method, Master of Malt’s effort, which includes fresh cream, is macerated with a citrus-forward gin then cold distilled to produce a spirit with a “full mouthfeel and strong notes of dairy and vanilla” that forms the base of Worship Street Whistling Shop’s signature cocktail, the Black Cat’s Martini. RRP: £41.95