Seagrams Extra Dry Gin

Seagram’s Extra Dry Gin has been continuously produced since 1939. For a long time, Seagram’s Gin was The American gin. Distilled stateside, to this very day— the spirit itself has undergone a lot of changes.

Once Seagram’s was more Ancient— aged for ninety days and bottled with a golden hue. Their Ancient Bottle Gin* was a big seller early in the company’s. Over the decades though Seagram’s became Extra dry and by the early 2000’s was merely “rested” in oak. In 2017, the words rested are gone though Seagram’s Extra Dry Gin retains a slight yellow tinge.

To modern gin drinkers and fans of golden age hip-hop, Seagram’s Extra Dry Gin holds a special place in their hearts. Before Snoop Dog was selling Tanqueray 10, he was a bit more brand agnostic. He was drinking Seagram’s and Juice. Please let me quote from his 1993 masterwork Gin and Juice.