Understanding Gin: A Tasting Workshop — Pure & in Cocktails

About this experience

Understanding Gin — Tasting It Pure & in Cocktails 
 
This workshop is designed to help you understand what gin really is, beyond brands, labels, and Gin & Tonics. 
 
Not all gins are the same. 
And once you understand why, choosing a gin — and using it — becomes much easier. 
 
In this workshop, you’ll taste a carefully selected range of gins, chosen to represent different styles, histories, and production methods. 
 
Each gin is tasted twice: 
 • first pure, to understand its profile, structure, and identity 
 • then in the same cocktail, so you can observe how it behaves once mixed 
 
The cocktail stays the same. 
The gin changes. 
 
And suddenly, the differences become obvious. 
 
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What this workshop is really about 
 
The goal is not to learn a recipe. 
It’s to understand how gin is made, and how production choices shape what you taste. 
 
You’ll start to see: 
 • why two gins can give completely different results in the same cocktail 
 • how distillation, maceration, ageing, or compounding influence flavour 
 • how to choose a gin consciously, depending on what you want to do 
 
At the end, you won’t just have “tasted gin”. 
👉 You’ll understand it. 
 
And once you understand gin, 
you stop choosing bottles randomly — and start choosing them with intention. 
 
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What’s included 
 • Guided tasting of 6 different gin styles 
 • Each gin tasted pure and in the same cocktail 
 • All your questions are welcome 
 
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Tickets 
 • Drinks only — 55€ 
 • Drinks & Bites (+10€) — avocado cream with tortilla chips 
 
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Practical info 
 • Language: English 
 • Location: LIB Atelier — 58 Rue de Laeken, 1000 Bruxelles 
 • Duration: 19h to 21h30