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Founders planning a craft gin brand
Brewers and distillers adding a gin
Bartenders who want to understand what is in the bottle

By the end

What you walk away with.

Explain the difference between distilled, London dry and compound gin
Design a botanical bill and predict how each botanical will show
Plan a still run, the cuts and proofing to bottling strength
Cost a bottle and map the licences behind it

Syllabus

Week by week.

4 weeks. Two live sessions every weekend and one assignment a week.

Week 01. What gin is, and the law

Juniper has to lead: what makes a gin a gin
Distilled, London dry and compound gin
Neutral spirit as the base, and why many Indian craft gins redistil it with botanicals
Licences and contract distilling. Rules vary by state, so check yours

Assignment: Taste three gins and describe what each botanical brings.

Week 02. Botanicals

The classic set: juniper, coriander seed, angelica, citrus peel and orris
Indian spices, citrus and teas, and how to use them without losing the juniper
Maceration versus the vapour basket
Distilling single botanicals and blending them

Assignment: Design a botanical bill for your own gin, with the role of each one.

Week 03. The run and the finish

Charging the still and running it
Heads, hearts and tails, and where flavour sits in the run
Reducing to bottling strength, and why oils can cloud a gin
Chill filtering and resting before bottling

Assignment: Plan the cuts and the reduction for a sample run.

Week 04. Brand, costing and market

Costing a bottle: spirit, botanicals, energy, glass and duty
Positioning against imported and other Indian gins
Label registration and excise. Rules vary by state
Bars, retail and your first year

Assignment: Write a one-page plan for launching your gin.

How it runs

Format and terms.

Schedule: Live on Saturdays and Sundays, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM IST. Timings may shift by mutual agreement with the cohort.
Batch size: Maximum 20 students, so every question gets answered.
Included: Session recordings, presentation decks, weekly assignments and the learning kit.
Certificate: Certificate of Completion once every assignment is in and you have attended at least 80% of live sessions.
Beyond the screen: Recommended microbrewery visits, so you see the kit you are studying.
Fees: Paid in full at sign-up. No discounts apply, and a package of courses cannot be changed once confirmed.

Want the full flight? All eighteen courses together run to 53 weeks, and you choose your package when you enrol. Compare all eighteen courses, and read the refund policy before you pay.