Zurich Gin

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I received a bottle of Brecon gin from a colleague last week, the taste proved to be spiritually fab.

22
I used to say I hated gin. I have since discovered that I hate "pedestrian" gin, and that there are many variants of the stuff. Turicum is one of my faves, the linden blossoms really do it for me. So now I bring home stuff made by the Durham Distillery (the UK one) (which includes an excellent gin) when I visit family in England and will be "exporting" Turicum gin for them to enjoy on my next trip there.

23
There has been a recent boom in the gin market.

I find the German and Swiss gins lack finesse. The same goes for Swiss whisky, where the flavours are bloated and brutal, lacking balance. It's as if they've tasted Laphroaig and thought 'SMOKY!' - so the whisky here tastes like it has artificial smokiness to it.

The same goes for the gins, they're too full of flavours. It must be floral and spicy - There is no sublety to them. They're also too expensive for what they are.

If you'd like to try a superb gin at very reasonable prices try The Botanist. It's made on Islay by the Bruichladdich distillery with botanicals foraged on Islay.

If you're looking for the very best, next level gin, try Isle of Harris gin with Windspiel tonic and a few drops of Isle of Harris sugar kelp aromatic water. Don't use lemon or lime in Harris gin, but rather a slither of grapefruit.

Keep the gin in the fridge so that it remains thick and viscous, also keep your tonics in the fridge so that everything is optimally cold and refreshing. Also, try lime instead of lemon ;-)

Also, when it comes to ice, those wee ice trays are a huge disappointment. Take a tupperware and use that to make ice, carefully hack great solid blocks of ice out that won't simply melt away and dilute your decompression aide.

Cheers!

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24
I lack finesse and subtlety too, all good then...

Pleaaaase. You get those ice trays that create clementine sized ice balls. We are busy creating a whole collection with flavours to up our summer cocktail game.

25
The Irish gins were Shortcross and Glendalough. Both were subtle, fragrant and I enjoyed them immensely. If I had to give a nod to one or the other, it would be the Glendalough. A cracking blend of floral blends and herbs, with that juniper tang coming in later. Perfect with lots of ice, lime and fever tree tonic. Shame it's all gone now Summer is here .

26
Not a fan of Turicum at all, though their Globus 50 years edition (black bottle) is quite decent. Globus sells a gin called ZH Zuri gin, which is really tasty. Also the Zurich tailor Pelikamo has their own house gin, heavy on the citric side.