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Archives: April 2017

Adnams Rising Sun Gin

28th April, 2017

A rye-based gin from Adnams, released in the latter half of 2016. This is made using rye grown by Jonathan Adnams at his farm is Reydon, along with Japanese macha tea, lemongrass and a blend of botanicals. Very refreshing indeed.

Adnams Copper House Gin

28th April, 2017

This cracking gin is distilled in a beer stripping column, before being put through a handmade copper pot still. It is then purified in a rectifier. The result is very creamy and rich. This gin is infused with six botanicals, including juniper, sweet orange and hibiscus flowers.

Sipsmith VJOP Gin

28th April, 2017

All hail the juniper berry! If, like us, you think the juniper berry is a proper champion of the botanical world, then you’ll love Sipsmith’s V.J.O.P., which is jam packed with the fresh, peppery berries. V.J.O.P. (which of course stands for “Very Junipery Over Proof”) is made in a...

Martin Miller’s Reformed Dry

28th April, 2017

Martin Miller’s gin is distilled in pot stills and shipped to Iceland, where it is mixed with Icelandic spring water. It is flavoured with Tuscan juniper, cassia bark, angelica, Florentine orris, coriander, Seville citrus peel, nutmeg, cinnamon and liquorice root.

Tarquins Cornish Dry Gin

28th April, 2017

An exotic, world spanning botanical basket makes Tarquin’s Gin. Orris root from Morocco, green cardamom seeds from Guatemala, cinnamon from Madagascar and Devon violets from… Well, from the distiller’s garden in Cornwall. Southwestern Distillery produce small batches of their artisan Tarquin’s Gin using their flame-fired copper pot still called...

Filliers Dry Gin

28th April, 2017

Originally created in 1928 by Firmin Filliers, Filliers Dry Gin 28 also uses 28 botanicals in addition to juniper. It is a small batch gin created in copper stills. The Filliers family had been producing jenever, gin’s ancestor, in Belgium since the 19th century and adding gin to their...

Copperhead Gin

28th April, 2017

Copperhead Gin is a Belgian expression, made with a selection of five botanicals – Juniper, Cardamom, Orange peel, Angelica and Coriander. It was apparently named after Mr. Copperhead, an alchemist who was searching for the elixir of life. Along the way, he produced the recipe for this refreshing gin!

No. 209 Gin

28th April, 2017

New potstill American gin made from sugar cane in very small batches and distilled five times for extra purity, using natural botanicals that are macerated overnight in the still.

Aviation American Gin

28th April, 2017

New batch-distilled US gin. Distillers Lee Medoff and Christian Krogstad have teamed up with Seattle mixologist Ryan Magarian to produce a new gin based on the fuller-bodied Dutch style with rye neutral grain spirit and what they describe as a ‘botanical democracy’ of Juniper, Cardamom, Coriander, Lavender, Anise, Sarsaparilla...

The Botanist

09th March, 2016

An exciting and unusual gin from Islay whisky distillery Bruichladdich, The Botanist is made in a Lomond still christened Ugly Betty and contains no fewer than 31 botanicals, of which 22 are native to the Southern Hebridean island itself. These latter include the likes of mugwort, meadowsweet and the...