Julu Gin

Julu Gin was born in the small garden of an old lane house on Julu Road in Shanghai, inspired by a desire for a flavourful gin that showcases China’s rich array of botanicals and spices while honoring the traditional juniper flavour.

In 2022, they launched their first small batch of Julu Gin on Chongming Island, their ancestral family home. Through experimentation with a unique blend of dark spices, vibrant citrus, and delicate florals, they crafted two main varieties: Julu Dry Gin and Julu Silk Road Gin. Both are distilled in small batches using a custom-built copper still.

Committed to creating an authentically local product, their recipes draw on Chinese culture and its long-standing tradition of blending spices and herbs into cuisine and aromatics. The creative visuals of the brand are inspired by traditional Jinshan folk art. Both gins have received accolades at prestigious global competitions, including the IWSC, LSC, SFWSC and HKIWSC.

Julu Gin’s distillery is located in the western part of Chongming Island Shanghai, China, where two gins are made in small batches and bottled on-site. Their custom-made 600L steam-jacketed copper pot still with horizontal lyne arm (leading into a botanical basket) combines with two distillation columns and then a second botanical basket, leading into a shell and tube cooler.

Balanced, and flavourful, the gin is meticulously crafted and five times distilled in a copper still on Shanghai’s beautiful Chongming Island. It remains the only gin distilled in Shanghai.