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LoneWolf Cloudy Lemon Gin 70cl, 40% ABV - Made by BrewDog Distilling Co in Scotland - Macerated in Fresh Sicilian Lemon Peel

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Gordon’s is always a great option if you’re more on a budget while you would still like to enjoy a great gin. Alexander Gordon began distilling in the 18th century and the recipe for their base London dry gin has stayed more or less the same throughout all those years because it is simple yet great in taste. Once the base spirit has been made, the gin begins with a combination of botanicals being steeped for some time ahead of distillation, while others are added in just before the heating begins. The botanicals named are mace, pink pepper, kaffir leaves, grapefruit peel, lemon peel, orris, almond, lemongrass and pine needles (alongside juniper and coriander seed). Given the complexities of brewing, fermenting and distilling are highly technical - if making the gin sounds like the easy part of the process, think again… Around 190 distillations were tested in the creation of this gin, each one trialling botanical variation and refining both the selection and how each botanical came together. You can’t really go wrong with any of the Whitley Neill gins, they’ve got a gin for every occasion you could think of. The City of London Distillery opened on the 20th of December in 2012 and was the first distillery in the city of London to open for almost 200 years. If you see this bottle, you would agree that it doesn’t look like this would be a citrusy-flavored gin at all. It looks more like a rough version of a gin or maybe even a barrel-aged gin.

Like all of Sipsmith’s flavored gins, the Lemon Drizzle gin is based on the recipe of their London dry gin. The Sipsmith London dry gin is a complex gin that is rich with aroma. The spirit is extremely smooth but also very rich in taste. UNIQUE: Fanatical craft and obsessive distilling let us worship juniper in all its raw, imperfect glory (using 5 times more juniper than your average craft gin) A couple of months on from the launch, we review the giant that didn’t come out of the woods to wreak havoc and take the world by storm as many predicted, but that has taken some rather self assured steps instead. Furthermore, while they may go from grain to glass, so too do William Chase, Adnams, Copper Rivet, Arbike, Dog House and many more. Their process gives them authenticity to command attention and respect, but this does not make them a lone producer, beyond reproach and with the right to cast judgement without expecting to alienate many potential fans as they do so. SERVING SUGGESTION: In a G&T, add a rosemary sprig if you like the domineering nature of the juniper and pine, as doing so makes it go nuclear. Grapefruit peel also works well, but our preferred garnish would be a sprig of lavenderThe Lemon Peel version is a bit less lemon-forward and somewhat more sweet than the Sicilian Lemon, while both gins do a great job of keeping juniper at the center of the taste palate. Brands are trying to be more innovative and are trying to keep up with the increasing demand for different kinds of gin. One of those new flavored gins is lemon based gin. On the nose, you immediately notice the citrus twist to this gin with some added sweetness. The spirit is refreshing, but it comes paired with a warm vanilla feeling and finishes with bright and warming licorice. The expression tends to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but the irony here may well be that until the controversy has fully quelled and they have found confidence in their voice, they could well choose to a sheep disguised in wolfish attire and fly under the radar for a little longer. Going on Brewdog’s history, though, this seems unlikely. The Sicilian Lemon variant to the classic London dry gin offers a zesty variation with some of the best lemons (Sicilian lemons) in the whole world added to the recipe.

It’s safe to say that the English Drinks Company has quite the experience in distilling flavored gins and it shows!Lone Wolf was one of the most hotly anticipated launches of the year, but since its launch in May 2017 it has remained a shadowy figure of the night, quietly growing in stature and confidence, but not quite revealing all. Yet.

It’s remarkably different to the V1 & V2 prototype gins the brand released in the months preceding the launch, but it’s clear to see the thought process that’s gone in from them to this final outcome and overall- it’s a really well assembled Gin. As a flavour structure it has been distilled perfectly to deliver the three main elements, which are all clear and present, arrive in deliberate succession and have a graceful clarity when they do. The secondary citrus elements ( coriander seed, lemongrass, kaffir) help add some levity towards the finish, which would otherwise be like getting lashed by pine, while elements like mace, cardamom and pink peppercorns add a little complexity throughout. It’s nice to see almonds being used to add some weight to the mouthfeel too. While doing so they think about the environment by minimizing energy use, recycling, and re-using waste, so the distillery is as eco-friendly as possible. Derbyshire Distillery is a relatively young distillery that only started in early 2018. They aim to create the most amazing gins, vodkas, and liqueurs using high quality local and international ingredients combined with fresh, cool Derbyshire.While the team are realistic about long term demand forcing them to scale up production - the gin is currently made via a one shot method using their third still (small for them, but over 400lt in its own right) - one wonders just what a concentrated process might involve, as it takes almost 18 grapefruits per batch as it is!

Brewdog is actually a brewery for craft beers with a mission to make other people just as passionate about great craft beers as they themselves are. The spirit begins with a mix of 50% wheat and 50% barley that spends 4 to 5 days fermenting. The team’s experience as brewers doesn’t just comes handy here, but is obvious in each element of the production of their wash, in that they even use a bespoke BrewDog yeast to create the desired alcohol and flavour combination. The last spirit on this list is not exactly a gin, but instead, it’s a gin liqueur. This mainly means that the Alcohol By Volume or ABV of this gin is lower than 37.5% which is the required amount for gin. Just like the Sicilian Lemon gin, this gin stays close to an original gin by keeping crisp juniper notes at its core.In a G&T, add a rosemary sprig if you like the domineering nature of the juniper and pine, as doing so makes it go nuclear. While the brand team serve it with a Grapefruit peel, which indeed works well, our preferred garnish would be a sprig of lavender. The Lone Wolf brand… Citruses in general were already a quite commonly used botanical in gin, pretty much every dry gin contains citrus botanicals. Only recently, however, have brands been incorporating lemons specifically more and more into the main flavor palate of their gin. Another interesting botanical is bee pollen. This is quite an uncommon botanical and it also means that contrary to pretty much any gin, this gin is not suitable for vegans.

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