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London dry gin

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Every one of its 15 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

• linaloolaromaalcoholreads as spicy, citrus taste (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite

  one of nine terpenoids detected across the 16 commercial gins by (−)ESI FT-ICR MS (tentative identification, isomers assigned by comparison with earlier GC-MS studies); the paper calls linalool 'one of the main oxygenated monoterpenes' of gin and traces it to coriander — Dou et al. 2023, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (Results, section 3.1 (Gin Analysis with (−) ESI FT-ICR MS))
• alpha-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as odor of turpentine (PubChem)Measured in 71 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC in the gin and not detected in the rum or whiskey; named in the Results as one of six 'key flavor constituents of juniper berries' with high relative peak areas in this gin — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4 (Volatile compounds by chemical class identified in 3 commercial liquors analyzed by HS-SPME-GC-MS), monoterpene row 'α-pinene', Gin column '++'; Results)
• γ‑terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 44 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey; the paper's typesetting uses a latin small gamma (ɣ) rather than the greek letter — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'ɣ-terpinene', Gin column '++')
• α-terpinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 16 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.01-0.1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'α-terpinene', Gin column '+')
• p-cymenearomaterpenoidreads as mild pleasant odor (PubChem)Measured in 42 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.01-0.1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'p-cymene', Gin column '+')
• terpinen-4-olaromaalcoholreads as pine (PubChem)Measured in 41 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.01-0.1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, oxygenated monoterpene row 'terpinen-4-ol', Gin column '+')
• terpinolenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene taste (PubChem)Measured in 38 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.01-0.1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'terpinolene', Gin column '+')
• beta-pinenearomaterpenoidreads as terpene odor (PubChem)Measured in 55 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.01-0.1% of TIC; named as a key juniper-berry flavour constituent — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'β-pinene', Gin column '+'; Results)
• sabinenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 32 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.01-0.1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'sabinene', Gin column '+')
• limonenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant lemon-like (PubChem)Measured in 91 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC; named as a key juniper-berry flavour constituent, and noted as also abundant in the citrus botanicals — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'limonene', Gin column '++' (rum and whiskey 'tr'); Results)
• myrcenearomaterpenoidreads as pleasant (PubChem)Measured in 68 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC, absent from rum and whiskey; named as a key juniper-berry flavour constituent — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, monoterpene row 'β-myrcene', Gin column '++'; Results)
• neryl acetatearomaterpenoidMeasured in 12 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, oxygenated monoterpene row 'neryl acetate', Gin column '++')
• geranyl acetatearomaterpenoidreads as odor of lavender (PubChem)Measured in 24 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC in the gin, not detected in the rum or whiskey — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, oxygenated monoterpene row 'geranyl acetate', Gin column '++')
• caryophyllenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 50 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC; named as a key juniper-berry flavour constituent — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, sesquiterpene row 'β-caryophyllene', Gin column '++'; Results)
• humulenearomaterpenoidMeasured in 26 of 338 ingredients.cite

  relative peak area 0.1-1% of TIC; named as a key juniper-berry flavour constituent — Barnes et al. 2022, Foods (Table 4, sesquiterpene row 'α-humulene', Gin column '++'; Results)