Top 50 innovative spirits launches of 2019: 10-1

English spirits producer Circumstance Distillery created the first gin using artificial intelligence (AI) last year, called Monker's Garkel. The Bristol‐based producer partnered with technology scientists Tiny Giant and Rewrite Digital to build the AI, called Ginette, a neural network and the'brains' behind the expression. Ginette was programmed by the team to analyse thousands of botanicals, understand gin recipes and learn a database of more than 500 gin names. The AI then selected a "fragranced" gin – and that was how Monker's Garkel came to be. Bottled at 40% ABV, Monker's Garkel is made with juniper berries, coriander seed, angelica root, raspberry leaf, gooseberry, prune, clementine zest, orange zest and marigold.