Florida Gin

This is a craft gin built on a Florida Wheat Vodka base and flavored with botanicals that include juniper berries grown directly on the distillery property in northwest Florida. The local juniper has a softer profile than commercially sourced varieties, which lets the floral botanicals — honeysuckle, rose, and lavender — stay clearly defined rather than buried under heavy resin. The result is a floral, approachable gin that works well chilled, in tonic, and in cocktails where lighter botanical character is an advantage.

What Makes This a Florida Gin?

However, what defines a Florida gin is not just where it is made, but how the ingredients and environment shape the final spirit. Florida’s climate, water, and agricultural conditions influence both the base spirit and the botanical expression. This gin is built on a Florida wheat vodka base, uses Florida limestone spring water, and incorporates botanicals selected to reflect a lighter, more floral profile suited to the region.

Florida’s heat and humidity also affect how ingredients behave during production, often leading to softer, more rounded flavor extraction compared to colder climates. As a result, Florida gin tends to lean less aggressive on resinous juniper and more toward balanced, approachable botanical character. The outcome is a gin that reflects its environment — clean, floral, and distinctly regional rather than standardized.

The production standards that define the expression:

• Distilled from 100% local Florida-grown wheat
• Uses Florida limestone spring water throughout production
• Bottled unfiltered to preserve natural botanical character

For more on how gin works as a category and how botanical selection shapes the finished spirit, see our guide to gin.

The Botanical Profile

Florida Gin uses eight distinct botanicals, each contributing a specific layer to the finished spirit. Understanding what each brings explains why the gin tastes the way it does.

Florida Juniper — The Foundation

By definition, all gin must contain juniper. However, the character of the juniper determines whether everything else gets to express itself. Florida juniper produces a softer, more restrained pine and berry note than commercial alpine juniper. That restraint creates space for the floral botanicals to step forward clearly. The juniper is present and identifiable, but it does not dominate.

The Floral Layer: Honeysuckle, Rose, and Lavender

These three botanicals form the gin’s defining character — a floral profile that reads as distinctly Southern and distinctly Florida. Honeysuckle contributes a light, sweet floral note with a mild nectar quality. Meanwhile, rose adds a classic floral depth. Lavender brings a herbal-floral quality that bridges the flower botanicals toward the savory elements. Together, these florals create the gin’s primary aromatic signature.

Fennel, Cracked Pepper, Cucumber, and Lemon Peel — The Structure

Fennel adds a subtle anise-like freshness that prevents the floral profile from becoming one-dimensional. Cracked pepper introduces a dry, spicy edge that gives the gin backbone without aggression. Cucumber contributes a clean, green freshness that lifts the mid-palate. Lemon peel provides brightness and citrus clarity at the finish. These four botanicals provide the structural layer that keeps the floral profile grounded rather than diffuse.

Florida Gin Tasting Notes

Nose

Floral aromatics lead immediately — honeysuckle and rose open the nose with a light, sweet quality. Lavender adds depth and a herbal dimension underneath. Juniper is present as a soft, clean pine note that frames the florals rather than dominating them. Lemon peel brightens the top of the nose. The overall impression is light, garden-fresh, and distinctly Southern.

Palate

The floral character from the nose carries through to the entry. Honeysuckle sweetness arrives first, followed by the juniper structure and a mild pepper edge from the cracked pepper botanical. Fennel adds a fresh, slightly anise-like mid-palate quality. Cucumber provides a clean green note at the center. The wheat vodka base gives the gin a smooth, clean texture that keeps the botanical character readable rather than muddied.

Finish

Clean, lightly floral, and dry. The lemon peel contributes a citrus brightness at the finish that lifts and clarifies. The juniper lingers as a mild, clean resin note. Because the gin is unfiltered, there is slightly more body and botanical texture in the finish than in filtered expressions. The finish is short to medium in length — inviting rather than demanding.

Overall Character

Overall, it is a floral, approachable craft gin with a distinctly Southern botanical profile. This gin suits drinkers who find traditional London Dry too juniper-heavy, and it works equally well for people exploring gin for the first time. Bronze Medal at the Denver International Spirits Competition in both the Gin and Craft Gin categories.

How to Drink Florida Gin

With Tonic

The classic gin and tonic is the best starting point for any gin. It works particularly well with floral or light tonic varieties — the tonic should complement the botanical profile rather than overwhelm it. A strip of cucumber or a lemon peel garnish amplifies the gin’s own botanical notes. Avoid tonic with artificial sweetness, which competes with the honeysuckle and rose character.

Chilled or Neat

Because the base is a clean wheat vodka and the botanical character is restrained rather than aggressive, Florida Gin works well chilled or even at room temperature. The floral aromatics are most perceptible without dilution. A small pour over a single ice cube is the best way to track the individual botanical layers as the spirit warms slightly in the glass.

In Gin Cocktails

The gin’s floral, lighter profile makes it particularly suited to cocktails where delicate botanical character needs to survive other ingredients. A Gin Fizz, French 75, or Bee’s Knees all work well — the floral notes hold their own against citrus and light sweetener. A traditional Gin Martini suits it if stirred rather than shaken, preserving more of the floral aromatics. Because the juniper is soft, it does not dominate in spirit-forward cocktails the way a heavyweight London Dry would.

The Florida Wheat Vodka Base

Florida Gin starts from the same Florida Wheat Vodka base — 100% north Florida Red Soft Winter Wheat, distilled four times through a copper pot still, charcoal filtered, and rested six months before use. A clean, precise base allows the botanicals to express themselves fully without fighting a harsh or aggressive spirit underneath. The wheat vodka base is one reason the floral botanicals in Florida Gin are so clearly readable compared to gins built on neutral column-still spirits.

 

Farm-to-Bottle PureBlend® Process

At Timber Creek, we take a natural, sustainable approach to crafting our spirits through our proprietary PureBlend® process. This method carefully brings out the rich, authentic flavors of each grain and botanical ingredient, honoring natural character. For Florida Gin, that means using property-grown juniper, handling each botanical to preserve its distinct contribution, and starting from a clean wheat vodka base that lets the botanicals speak clearly.

Download the Florida Gin Spec Sheet (PDF)

Explore the Spirits Lineup

• Florida Vodka — The wheat vodka base this gin starts from
• Timber Creek Whiskey — Wheated grain-to-glass expression
• Timber Creek Rum — Gulf Coast molasses, copper pot still
• What Is Gin? A Guide to Gin Styles and Botanicals

Spec Sheet