Last Updated on February 3, 2021 by Fiona Maclean
The Orangery Gin and The English Drinks Company
Small Batch, handcrafted and copper distilled gin sounds good to me. The English Drinks Company who make The Orangery Gin are best known for their cucumber gin and for a non-alcoholic drink called Qcumber which is a light and refreshing drink that works on its own or as a cocktail mixer. They went on to create an award-winning cucumber gin which came about when they realised people were mixing Qcumber with gin. Their first gin took a couple of years to perfect and they’ve now expanded the range to include two more artisan gins.
As the weather is beginning to get wintery, I wanted to try something a bit more seasonal. The Orangery Gin is made with Valencian oranges and just opening the bottle you’ll get a heavy citrus mixed with juniper scent. Sweet and warm, for me, it’s a perfect autumn drink. It turns out I am not alone in loving this particular gin – The English Drinks Company is currently celebrating two significant wins at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2018 – considered to be the most prestigious competition of its kind in the world. They scooped a coveted Silver for The Orangery and also were awarded a Bronze for their Classic Pink Gin.
Back to The Orangery though, It’s quite good enough to drink on the rocks with no mixer at all. That, for me, is the sign of a really good gin.
It’s also lovely with tonic and a slice of orange, as they suggest.
But I wanted to try making a cocktail – I ended up with a long version but again, this works well as a short with no mixer.
Here’s the recipe for the cocktail I created. The pretty glasses come from Root 7 – where you’ll find all sorts of quirky cocktail accessories.

- 30 ml The Orangery Gin
- 30 ml St-Germain
- 60 ml Sicilian lemonade optional
- A handful of fresh thyme leaves and a few sprigs to garnish
- zest of orange
- 1 slice orange
- ice
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Muddle most of the thyme in the gin, reserving a few leaves for garnish
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Fill a tumbler with ice
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Add the gin and St- Germain and mix well
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Top up with lemonade (if using)
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Add a little orange zest
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Garnish the drink with fresh thyme sprigs and a slice of orange
It really is a lovely drink and one which I’ll be making again. If you want to try some yourself, you can buy The English Drinks Company products from a range of off-licences or online from their own shop. But I haven’t managed to come up with a good name for it yet! So your challenge for this giveaway is to name my cocktail – or if you prefer to invent one of your own. Before you get started, pop over to the English Drinks Company site and check the cocktails they’ve already got…
Meanwhile, here’s the recipe for a classic St-Germain Spritz – another one that you really should try at home
I would call it Orange Sunshine
This sounds wonderful. I would call it Orange Supreme
Thyme for Orangery Gin!
Leaving stars!
Summer’s End
I’d call it heavenly orange
Perfect for Christmas
Zes Zingy ginger
I’d make a simple Tom Collins with the gin
I’d try making an Orange Blossom Cocktail
I would call it zingy zing
Orange you nice
sunset delight
Zesty surprise
Oranges Fizzed Up
I’d have to call that one Tango’d
The Hallow
Orange Sunrise
Citrus Sizzle
I would call it blossom-Gin!
Citrus Peel
I would call the cocktail Ginsational Orange , it’s so refreshing.
Gin sings&zings
Sounds lovely – Halloween gingster
Citrus Sparkle x
Orange zing. I’d add some citrus tonic to the gin and maybe a slice of lime
Amazing
I’d call it an Indian Summer 🙂
An autumn gin cocktail.
Orangin
Oran – gin (prounced arranging) a taste in heaven
Citrus Celebration
I would call it Orogin Sun over The Yardarm
Orange bloom
Orange Gin dreamer
Gin Blossom. Sounds rather nice. So nice, I might just have another (don’t mind if I do) *cheers*
It’t orange Thyme.
sunset boulevard 🙂
I would call it Gintle orange tipple. Sounds amazing
Thyme of your life,
Orange Delight – sounds fab!
OranGINa
An orange oh tang!
I’d call it a Gin Zing
Oran-gin-a
I would call it a Zesty Zing Sling
Citrus Sunset
Orange Zest.
Outrageously Orange
Boozy Bells of St Clements, sounds really zingy, great for summer or winter
Pressed send before the stars!
Gin Zing! I’d love to make a sour with this!
I would call it orange bonb
I’d call it zesty cocktail thyme or juice gin thyme x
I’d call it a Sunset Over the Orangery.
I’d call it St Clements
Bells of St Clements
Soulmate is an apt name for this fab cocktail / thank you for hosting the giveaway x
I would call this gin – Orange heaven
I’d go for St Clements for the oranges and oranges. Think I’d love to try with ginger beer
I’d call it a Saint Clement’s Belle – referring back to the nursery rhyme and that it’s a beautiful drink.
Gin St Clement’s
sunset rise
I would call yours the Orgin.
Harvey Wallbanger
Citrus Gin
Sunny Romance
Orange Fizz
Just rating the recipe!
Zesty delight
Orangery OraGINery
Amazing looking bottle of gin.. would really like to taste this!
It’s Citrus Thyme
orange delight
Bespoke Orangery
orange zest
Fizz Bang stars
Fizz Bang
Orange Sherbet
Orangin Tree
Ginsuma
I would call it Orange delight
Citrus sensation
Thyme and a Half
I would call it Summer Zest
I’d call it Orange Kick, star rated your recipe
Sounds delicious
Citrus zing
I would call it the Orange Bomb! x
I love your glasses! I would call it orange dreams
Citrus kick xx
Sunset Surprise
An Orange Zest
Zesty Fizz – the orange gin & prosecco with a twist of pink grapefruit
I would call it Besty-zesty because I would drink it on girls night with my best friend.
I’d like a Zingy Zang=Zang please.
Just commenting again to add the stars
Because it sounds so delicious I think I would just have it with lemonade
Orangin
oranginal
I would call your cocktail Gin-zing, sounds delicious too!
This looks like my perfect drink!
*** forgot stars!
Sexy Sicilian
Orange Twist
(I love the idea of thyme with citrus!)
Ori-gin
Givuscitrus
Looks amazing!
Zesty Med-dle
Belle of st Clement? I’m going to have to try this one, sounds lovely!
Zingy delight
Gin L’Orange
a simple martini would be fantastic
Citrus Ice
Citrina
Orange ginster
I would call it Gin-ger gin-gle bells
I would make a blackcurrant gin cocktail, using the blackcurrants that I have preserved from the summer crop and turned into creme de cassis.
Summer lovin
Summer Days
Id call it ‘The Grange’…..a kind of mash up of the words Gin and Orange and also sounds super classy!
Zesty fizz 🙂
Zesty gin-fest
Jaffa Vapes
(as in fumes from the Gin)
Zesty Gin Gin
Sounds good
I would call it oranges of autumn
X
sunset delight 🙂
orange perfect
Orange Sunset
Mediterranean Orangin delight
Citrus Moment
I would call it Saint Clements – Oranges and Lemon(ade)
orint you glad you came
Orange-you-glad-you-made-this-drink
Orange Ginlight
Take The Pith
Just for Chrisms – Gin-gle Bells
I’d call it zesty Surprise
I’d name it Gintrus delight
I’d make a gin and tonic with it, not entirely sure it’s a cocktail but it would taste amazing!
Citrus Sparkler
Sunset Surprise
I’d love to try this!
The ori-gin of Orange Gin
Chin Chin Orange Gin.
I’d try Orangery Gin, amaretto and soda… keep it simple x
Max Jaffa
JaffaGin
Supreme orange delight
Fizzgin
ORANGIN ??
5 stars
Muddled time
Muddled Time
Sicilian Sunset !
For my own, i would keep things simple for a gin as good as this, and I am not much into sweet drinks – so Orangery Gin, a quality tonic & a slice of blood orange!
Citrus delight
Tangerine Dream
Orange Sunset
I would call it the Citrus Summer Surprise..
I think i would have to call it oragin or ginore
I would call it: “Justin Thyme” – bet it’s delish XXX
Glamour Puss!
Tangy Temptress
The futures Orange…..
Oranginery ?
I would call it Orangeinal delight
Citrus Spash
A citrus garden
I would call it Orange Sicilian
The Bells of St. Clements
Hawkes Bay Heaven. They grow magnificent oranges, lemons and herbs in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Sunset Orange
The bells of st clements
Orange Delight x
i would call it, the oranginal
Sunset Bliss
Orangey delight
Sunset Surprise
Summer Zest, I have just started getting into gin and your cocktail sounds perfect! x
Valencian Gin
Citrus dance
Thyme and Again
id call it citrus blast
I’d mix with gin and a splash of orange juice to make my own concoction, maybe add a little peach schnapps too! xx
I would call it ImaGINe that!
TanegerGIN
Mediterranean Delight
I’d call in orangegina
I would call it an orange twist
sunset delight
l’d call it . . . . . amaZING
Clements Slider……
sunny dayz
Posting again as I missed the stars!
My previous comment:
I would call it the two saints or double saints as oranges and lemons is a st clements and you also use St-Germain, therefore two saints ?
I would call it the two saints or double saints as oranges and lemons is a st clements and you also use St-Germain, therefore two saints 🙂
Copper Zest
I would call it a Mediterranean Moment.
I would call it a Gin Zing
I’d make a Sloe Gin fizz , but an orangey twist
I would call it ‘The Godfather of Gin’
Bells of St Clements
OriGINal Citrus Delight xx
Sicilian Sunset
Sunset sip
Nell Gwyn’s kiss
Citrus Drop
Orange you glad we met? 🙂
Orange fizz bomb
Orange Fizz xx
Sunset surprise
Citrus Gin Zing
Posting again to give you some stars! Only 3, I’m afraid, for the very personal reason I don’t like cocktails.
I’d call it Mediterranean Sling.
I’d drink it as a classic G&T rather than in a cocktail, but garnished with a slice of blood orange.
OraGin Dream.
Orange Sunrise
Narangin
Looks good
Sun bomb
Orange is the new gin
Orange wake-up!
Zippery Orange
I’d call it Gino
Orange Daze
I would call it Orange Dream.
I’d just have the gin!
It does sound delicious!
I would call it Saúco Naranja
Super recipe
Orange Gin Fizz
Orange pazaz
Sunshine Burst
A Grosvenor (as in orange groves!).
Orange Surprize
Hint of orange
Super recipe !
Lots of good names already suggested. I’d make myself a Fog Cutter cocktail
Long Island Iced Tea
anything with gin is a 5 star for me!
OranGinTang for yours
I’d make Blackberry and Lychee Ice Crush with Gin
The Europhile. ,….lemons from Italy , St germain form France , oranges from Spain, thyme from the Med, and Gin from England
I would call it a Summer Orangery
I would call it an OranGINa
Orange St Germain Gin mix
I don’t know what I’d call yours, but I’d try to make some sort of jaffa cake themed cocktail with it
Forgot to click the stars, my bad!
Must try this. Looks very tasty!
I’d call i5 CLEMENTHYME
I’d call it the Orange Donald
The Nell Gwyn
Oragine surprise
Citrus Delight
The Ora-gin-al!
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Rubbish!
Oragine suprise
Love the sound of this…. would name it ‘Orange Equinox’ or somesuch, in honour of the changing seasons
great recipe!
orange surprise!
OrangGineous =D
Citrus sizzler and I would make my favourite a Negroni
I’d call your gorgeous recipe ‘Summer’s Surrender’ x
Orange Delight
I’d make an Orangery Negroni
Marmalady Joy
Orange sunset
I’d make an orange blossom – with your gin, sweet vermouth and orange juice!
orange sparkle
Ora-gin
Citrus Fizz
I would call it Orange You Glad I Made Us A Drink! I am available to all businesses for eccentric drink naming. 😀
marmalade
Top Marks
Ginsational
ORA-GIN!
Sunset Surprise
It’s got to be Clementhyme for me – chin, chin !
Sicilian Delight
Sicilian Sunrise
Ora-gin-al
Zest Fest!
Orangeflower Fizz
Sounds amazing
I would call it Orange Blossom.
I would call yours ZesGin or Herbie ZesGin