The spirit of a new generation.
A judge’s gin: juniper intact, a citrus-rose lift that changes with the mixer. Organically grown and harvested when the oil is highest. Distilled in Denmark. Cut with our own artesian well water.
VIRTUE, WITH A TWIST
01 — The founding spirit
Geranium Gin is the result of an unprecedented combination of passion and science from Hammer & Son, aiming to create the ultimate Premium London Dry Gin.
H. Hammer Sr. used his skills as a chemist, while H. Hammer Jr. drew on his affection for gin and experience as a judge at gin tastings. From the beginning they knew that a particular type of geranium could add the quality they were seeking.
A perfect mix of geranium from the organic grounds and nine other botanicals is matured for 48 hours in the finest grain spirit before distilling. The purest water from the artesian well is added before bottling, with energy from sun and wind.
02 — Two strengths
44°
Outstandingly smooth and well-balanced, with a delicate taste of juniper and a crisp citrus-rosy geranium aroma. The everyday bottle, and the one that changes most with the mixer.
55°
For those times when more intensity is needed — a Dry Martini, a G&T, a Negroni. 55% adds weight and enhances the botanicals while keeping the same smooth, well-balanced impression. 55° is also the latitude of the distillery.
The phrase “proof” comes from the British Royal Navy. They poured gin onto gunpowder: if it ignited, the spirit was proven. The later hydrometer average settled at 54.5% — navy strength.
03
Ten botanicals
The oils in the leaf — geraniol, rose oxide, citronellol — already live in fruits and spices. Turn the wheel. The same bottle becomes a different drink, depending on what you put with it.
01 / 10 The heart
Pelargonium
Harvested when the oil is highest, typically in July, now grown on the organic grounds at Vintre Møller. Macerated with the other botanicals for 48 hours, then distilled.
In the glass A citrus-rose lift that moves when the mixer changes.
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04 — In this issue
Fourteen house recipes live on the cocktails page — classics, competition winners, and a G&T that will take whatever garnish you like.
Long
Large ice, a quality tonic, and a garnish that suits the night. Literally anything goes, as long as it tastes good.
Open the recipeShaken
Raspberry, lemon, egg white. A journalists’ Friday drink from Philadelphia, still the prettiest thing in the shaker.
Open the recipeFloral
The 2010 Geranium competition winner: rose syrup, pomegranate, lavender, Peychaud’s.
Open the recipe55°
Equal parts Navy Strength, Campari and Carpano. The extra weight is the whole point.
Open the recipe05 — How it drinks
Awarded in 17 international spirits tastings and winning cocktail competitions in Europe, Asia and the USA. The house effort in packaging and transport saves more than 40 tonnes of CO2 a year. Most botanicals are harvested from the organic grounds.
06 — A quiet ledger
World Spirits Awards2009 · the first year
IWSC Gold2010
IBA World Cocktail Championship2016 · Japan · gin in the winning drink
07 — The house
Geranium is the founding spirit of a Danish house that still works in small stills, at Vintre Møller. Trade, bulk and the rest of the lineup live with the house.
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08 — Plainly
Geranium is a Premium London Dry Gin made by Hammer & Son, a Danish spirits house. It comes in two strengths: 44% ABV London Dry and 55% ABV Navy Strength.
Hammer & Son ApS (CVR 39190176) makes it at Vintre Møller in Kirke Såby, Denmark, in the copper pot stills Mia and Nini. The gin was created by H. Hammer Sr., a chemist, and H. Hammer Jr., a gin judge, and first released in 2009. At first the base spirit was distilled at Langley in England; since 2024 the whole gin has been made at Vintre Møller.
Yes. The geraniums, and most of the other botanicals, are grown on the organic grounds at Vintre Møller.
Ten: geranium (Pelargonium), juniper, coriander, lemon peel, orange peel, angelica, cassia, orris, liquorice, and a tenth that the house keeps unnamed. They macerate in grain spirit for 48 hours before distilling.
Juniper first, with a crisp citrus-rose note from the geranium. The oils in the leaf (geraniol, rose oxide and citronellol) are also found in fruits and spices, so the gin changes with the mixer.
44° is the everyday London Dry. 55° is Navy Strength: more weight for a Dry Martini, a G&T or a Negroni, with the same balance. 55° is also the latitude of the distillery.
Water from the artesian well at Vintre Møller is added before bottling.
Geranium has been awarded in 17 international spirits tastings, including the World Spirits Awards in 2009, its first year, and IWSC Gold in 2010. It was the gin in the winning drink at the IBA World Cocktail Championship in Japan in 2016.
