what is gin made from wiki
Gin is a spirit flavoured with juniper berries. Distilled gin is made by redistilling white grain spirit which has been flavoured with juniper berries. Compound gin is made by flavouring neutral grain spirit with juniper berries without redistilling and can be considered a flavoured vodka. The name gin is derived from geniÃ¨vre (French), jenever (Dutch), and ginepro (Italian), all of which mean juniper.