Strange Luve Gin – 70 cl

Love Is Strange. It comes crashing into your life like a lightening, wreaking havoc in feelings and emotions. It makes you enjoy it all the while. The curtain is pulled aside and you start seeing things differently. With a certain hint of a deeper reality, only revealed to those who are mad enough, brave enough, talented enough to dare and see it for what it is. Or those in Love. Love Is Strange. Love Is beautiful… 

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: BELGIUM

Content-type: London dry gin

BOTTLE VOL.: 70cl ALCOHOL VOL.: 40%

COLOUR: Crystal clear

NOSE: Loud coriander, surpassing to elderflowers attempts to sweeten nose and finishing with warm citrus note.

PALATE: Juniper is present throughout, but never dominant, rather it supports the whole flavour journey, leaving mouth oscillating wildly between the pine and citrus. This is a classic gin with a nice and emotional side of a love story, full of details for imagination.

Enjoy the tantalizing flavor of Hoegaarden® White — a Belgian-style witbier. It's an unfiltered brew that has a cloudy, gold appearance with a frothy head that lasts.

The Hoegaarden beer derives inspiration from a centuries-old recipe that a group of monks invented in the Belgian village of Hoegaarden.

Orange peel lends this Belgian wheat ale a burst of freshness, while earthy coriander infuses a mildly spicy kick.

This white ale has a nice balance of flavors. Its refreshing taste and bubbly carbonation offset the faint tartness for an easy-to-drink brew. Its sweet and spicy profile accents the flavor of seafood items such as fish tacos and sushi.

Pair this lemony Belgian wheat beer with fresh goat cheese for a fun platter with well-balanced flavors. 

-Hoegaarden White is a Belgian style witbier-Unfiltered for a golden, cloudy appearance-Inspired by a centuries old recipe

Gunpowder Tea is so called because each tea leaf has been rolled into a small ball, reminiscent of gunpowder. It’s usually made with green tea leaves and it’s that special ingredient that gives Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin its name. But beyond that, Gunpowder Gin is a complex array of botanicals from a number of traditions.

Three kinds of citrus fruit: grapefruit, lemon and makrut lime join the tea and are vapor distilled. The remaining ingredients, including Macedonian juniper, are macerated and distilled in a pot still. There’s the legendary American Jackelope on the bottle; Chinese tea as a signature botanical, but Gunpowder Gin is made in Drumshanbo, Ireland.

Tasting Note:

The nose is light and citrus-forward. The more delicate handling of the citrus ingredients is quite evident here. Fresh lemon zest highlights a subtle herbaceous, sagey juniper with the slightest hint of green tea and meadowsweet.

Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin explodes with flavor on the palate. Citrus once again dominates. This time its grapefruit. Juniper and green tea are present mid-palate: the juniper herbaceous and bright, the green tea calling to mind Jasmine green tea, as you might get before sushi at a Japanese restaurant. Towards the end though, it turns sweet and spicy/herbal. Anise and cardamom are subtly and expertly played in here. Meadowsweet, especially late and towards the finish lends its a honeyed, vanilla-like nuance. The combination of botanicals though somewhat eccentric is well balanced. The green tea is at the fore. Gunpowder Gin does justice to its namesake. However, where this really stands out for me is how it balances the botanicals. Enough juniper for classic gin fans, but also heavy on the citrus and herbs, without overpowering each other.

The finish is mildly warming with a pleasant heat.

Find this and more exceptional selections at Kaasak. 

One of the world's best-selling gins, Beefeater London Dry is distilled in a traditional London dry style. Using fine botanicals and master distiller James Burrough's original recipe from the 1800s. Shaped by nine all-natural botanicals: juniper, Seville orange peel, bitter almonds, orris root, coriander seeds, angelica root, licorice, angelica seed, and Sicilian lemon peel Beefeater London Dry Gin has a remarkably clean flavour, with a bold juniper character that is balanced with strong notes of citrus. An ideal gin to enjoy with the tonic of your choice or in your favourite gin cocktail

Terres de Mistral Gin was born from three friends' love of all things Provence. Produced at a family-run distillery in Forcalquiers, they used their wine knowledge to create a beautiful rosy gin. The handcrafted gin is distilled from wine made with Provençal grapes and is then infused with 12 herbs and botanicals.

A wonderfully dry pink gin, and the ornate label doesn't go amiss either.

Tasting Notes: Herbs de Provence (of course), with thyme and rosemary alongside pink grapefruit peel and a touch of mint and aniseed

Burnett's Gin is a true London distilled dry gin. Spirits and selected botanicals are distilled together to deliver a distinctive flavor, instead of adding flavoring to neutral grain spirits, as with some competitive brands.