Gin samples

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  Sample 3 cl That Boutique-Y Gin Company Big Dipper Gin 46%

  Item no.: 059763-615-797

  A travelling funfair on a late summer evening. Candy floss and popcorn, trampled grass worn down to bare patches, coloured bulbs overhead and the oily warmth of a rollercoaster that has been running since noon. Big Dipper Gin is an attempt to pour that evening into a bottle.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl That Boutique-Y Gin Company Big Dipper Gin 46% is an English London Dry Gin distilled with juniper, orange, coriander seed, cassia and grains of paradise among others, and bottled at 46%.

  The bottle belongs to That Boutique-Y Gin Company's Olfactor-y range from 2018, four gins made with fragrance specialist Lizzie Ostrom. Each release sets out to translate one particular smell into a gin. Fresh Rain chased rain falling on dry earth, Beware of the Woods went for forest floor, Dead King for Egyptian embalming. Big Dipper went for the fairground.

  The botanicals are assembled accordingly. Gingerbread and cassia deliver the sweet, baked side, grains of paradise and pepper bring the heat, and sandalwood alongside oak-infused juniper supplies the woodsmoke. Elderflower, lemon and orange lift everything into brighter territory, while black liquorice sits heavy at the bottom. This is a gin built as a story rather than as a classic balancing act between juniper and citrus, and 46% gives it the muscle to survive a mixer.

  This release is a 3 cl sample. That is exactly the measure needed to build one Gin and Tonic, or to taste carefully twice, without committing to a full bottle of something this unorthodox.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Grass and oiled smoke first, like machinery that has run all day. Behind it sit cardamom, orange and coriander seed, with a floral thread that lifts the whole picture a little.

  Palate

  Sweet and soft on entry, with citrus, cocoa and buttered popcorn, before gingerbread and cassia put a warm, prickling edge on it. Juniper is present throughout, but it is woody and sits beneath the rest rather than leading.

  Finish

  Dry and woodsy, with ginger hanging on. The liquorice only shows up right at the end, a dry sweetness at the back of the mouth.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl That Boutique-Y Gin Company Big Dipper Gin 46%
  Producer: That Boutique-Y Gin Company
  Region/Country: England
  Type: London Dry Gin
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, orange, coriander seed, pepper, angelica, grains of paradise, gingerbread, cassia, sandalwood, lemon, oak-infused juniper, elderflower and black liquorice
  Edition: Olfactor-y
  Serving suggestion: In a classic Gin and Tonic with a strip of orange peel
  

  Flavour profile

  Sweet · Spiced · Smoky · Citrus · Woody

  Did you know?

  The Olfactor-y range was first sold exclusively through Harvey Nichols in London, and the four labels were drawn by Philippa Staunton around the idea of synaesthesia, the crossing of senses where sound takes on colour and smell takes on shape.

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  • 8,00
    1pcs.
    7,00EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Big Farm Boys GB Grand Botanical Premium Dry Gin 37.5%

  Item no.: 059763-615-798

  A few lads from Vejle with a serious eye for raw materials. A Spanish wine house with the local herbs growing on its doorstep. Out of that pairing came GB Grand Botanical, a triple distilled dry gin softer in style than most. Here in 3 cl.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Big Farm Boys GB Grand Botanical Premium Dry Gin 37.5% is a Spanish-made Premium Dry Gin, triple distilled with a selection of local herbs and bottled at 37.5%.

  Big Farm Boys is a Danish brand out of Vejle. The people behind it built their whole approach around ingredients, and when the gin came up they did not set out to distil it themselves. Production went to Bodegas Cruz Conde in Spain, a house that spends its working life on sherry and wine. That is an unusual address for a gin, and you can taste it.

  GB Grand Botanical rests on a set of herbs from the country around the bodega, all chosen for quality. The aroma is intense without turning sharp, and the palate lands softly with citrus on the close. Setting it at 37.5% is deliberate: the alcohol steps aside so the herbs can be heard more clearly.

  The brand carries two gins, and Grand Botanical is the classic of the pair. This 3 cl bottling exists to give an impression of the style before anyone commits to a full bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Mild but wide. Dried herbs and juniper sit side by side, with a note of freshly peeled citrus resting over them. Nothing juts out, everything holds together.

  Palate

  Soft and rounded from the first sip. The herbs fill the middle with a light sweetness, juniper keeps the direction, and a trace of spice settles underneath. The low strength leaves the mouth round rather than sharp.

  Finish

  Citrus takes over at the end, mild and dry, and lingers a while without ever biting.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Big Farm Boys GB Grand Botanical Premium Dry Gin 37.5%
  Distillery: Bodegas Cruz Conde
  Producer: Big Farm Boys
  Region/Country: Spain
  Type: Premium Dry Gin
  ABV: 37.5%
  Size: 3 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled
  Edition: GB Grand Botanical
  Serving suggestion: Neat in a cognac glass or with a dry Tonic Water
  

  Flavour profile

  Mild · Herbal · Citrus · Soft · Lightly spiced

  Did you know?

  Cruz Conde is first and foremost a sherry house. Wine and fortified wine are the day job, and distilling gin is a side branch where the copper gets put to work on something other than what it was originally set up for.

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  • 5,25
    1pcs.
    4,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Boigin Italian Gin 40% Italian Gin

  Item no.: 22227865395-1081

  Sardinian maquis smells strongest once the sun has worked the scrub all day: myrtle, resin and a warm, almost curry-like note from helichrysum. Boigin sets out to catch exactly that air and pour it into a bottle. Here in 3 cl, so the island can be visited in a single glass.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Boigin Italian Gin 40% is an Italian gin distilled in small batches with juniper and Sardinian herbs such as myrtle, mastic, sage and helichrysum, bottled at 40%.

  The gin comes from Silvio Carta, a distillery in Zeddiani in the province of Oristano on the west coast of Sardinia. The house works to a zero km principle, sourcing its raw materials as close to home as it can. The citrus fruit and the juniper come from the Sinis peninsula and from the distillery's own botanical garden, which goes a long way towards explaining why this gin tastes of its place.

  The herb selection is Sardinian through and through. Myrtle is the island's signature plant, familiar from mirto, the dark berry drink served after dinner all over Sardinia. Mastic, known locally as lentischio, brings resin and something dry and pine-like. Sage lays in a dusty herbal tone, and helichrysum, the everlasting flower of the dunes, supplies the warm spice note that makes people take a second sniff.

  At 40% Boigin is softer than many northern gins, and the juniper has stepped back to make room for the Mediterranean herbs. This is a gin built for the table rather than the bar, and the producer recommends it in an Italian Gin and Tonic drunk across a whole meal. This 3 cl bottling is a ticket into the Sardinian style.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Mediterranean scrub immediately. Myrtle berries and resin first, then lemon peel and a trace of sage. Helichrysum sits furthest back with its warm, spiced perfume.

  Palate

  A soft, round opening where juniper shares the room with myrtle. Mastic lays a dry resinous tone across the middle, and sage pulls it in a herbal direction. A hint of sea salt runs underneath the lot.

  Finish

  Dry and herbal with a warm spice note from the helichrysum. The resin lingers longest and leaves the mouth clean and gently bitter.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Boigin Italian Gin 40%
  Distillery: Silvio Carta
  Region/Country: Sardinia, Italy
  Type: Italian Gin
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, myrtle, mastic, sage and helichrysum
  Edition: Small Batch Handcrafted
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water in a large glass with lemon peel, ideally alongside food
  

  Flavour profile

  Herbal · Resinous · Mediterranean · Spiced · Dry

  Did you know?

  Helichrysum is commonly called the curry plant, because its yellow flowers smell strikingly of curry when rubbed between the fingers. It grows wild in the dunes of Sardinia and is one of the scents locals tie to high summer.

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  • 4,00
    1pcs.
    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Chase Great British Extra Dry Gin Extra Dry Gin 40%

  Item no.: 22227865395-1085

  Most gin begins in a sack of grain. This one begins in the soil of a farm in Herefordshire, where the potatoes are lifted, washed, mashed and fermented on site. Only then does juniper enter the picture. Here in 3 cl, for anyone curious about what a potato tastes like once it has become gin.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Chase Great British Extra Dry Gin 40% is an Extra Dry Gin distilled from Chase potato vodka with eleven botanicals and bottled at 40%.

  Chase Distillery sits on Rosemaund Farm in Herefordshire, England, and the farm is where the whole thing starts. Potatoes are grown in the fields around the distillery and turned into vodka on the spot. That vodka is the base for the gin, which is redistilled with eleven botanicals: juniper buds, juniper berries, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, almond, coriander, cardamom, cloves, liquorice and lemon peel.

  The potato base makes itself felt. Where a grain-based gin is often lean and sharp, potato brings a thicker, almost creamy mouthfeel, and it carries spice better than a neutral grain spirit would. That is why so much warm spice can sit in the recipe without the gin turning heavy.

  Extra Dry in the name points to the style. Nothing is sweetened, and although cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg sound like something that belongs in December, the gin stays at the dry, spiced end the whole way through. This 3 cl bottling exists so the style can be learned before a full bottle is chosen.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Warm spice first, cinnamon and clove side by side, nutmeg right behind them. Juniper sits underneath as a dry pine note, and there is a trace of overripe fruit and lemon peel out at the edge.

  Palate

  Creamy to feel, dry to taste. The spices land immediately, cinnamon and clove up front, black pepper and ginger behind. Juniper cuts in across the middle with resin and pine, while liquorice and almond lay down a soft floor.

  Finish

  Long and spiced. Peppery warmth stays in the throat while the lemon peel dries the mouth out, and at the very end juniper is left standing on its own.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Chase Great British Extra Dry Gin 40%
  Producer: Chase Distillery
  Region/Country: Herefordshire, England
  Type: Extra Dry Gin
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper buds, juniper berries, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, almond, coriander, cardamom, cloves, liquorice and lemon peel
  Distillation method: Redistillation of Chase potato vodka with eleven botanicals
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, ice and a wide strip of lemon peel
  

  Flavour profile

  Spiced · Dry · Creamy · Juniper-forward · Peppery

  Did you know?

  The man behind the distillery, William Chase, was a potato farmer long before he was a distiller. He first turned his own crop into crisps under the Tyrrells name, sold that business, and then used the same fields to make spirits instead.

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  • 4,00
    1pcs.
    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Fary Lochan Citrus Small Batch Danish Gin 40%

  Item no.: 059763-615-800

  Out at Farre, a stretch west of Give, sits a distillery that made its name smoking malt over nettles. Those same nettles are in this gin, tucked under lemon and lime. Three centilitres is enough to work out why they bother.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Fary Lochan Citrus Small Batch Danish Gin 40% is a Danish Gin distilled in small batches with juniper, lemon, lime, coriander seeds and nettles and bottled at 40%.

  Fary Lochan Destilleri sits in the village of Farre near Give in central Jutland. The place is small, production runs in short batches, and over the years the distillery has built a reputation for doing things its own way rather than copying the Scots. Citrus is the brightest release in their gin range, and according to the shop's own information it builds on the distillery's Classic Gin with extra lemon and lime laid on top.

  That addition is what gives the bottle its yellow tint and its leading aroma. Lemon and lime supply the tartness and a clear peel note, while the coriander seeds tie citrus and juniper together. The nettles are the quiet ingredient: they make no fuss, but they lay down a green, faintly bitter floor you will not find in a classic London Dry Gin.

  Forty per cent is enough to carry that citrus through both tonic water and ice. The gin is meant for either, neat over ice or in a Gin and Tonic, and the 3 cl bottling exists so you can taste your way forward before choosing a larger bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Squeezed lemon peel lands first, sharp and juicy, with lime right behind it. Under the citrus lies a green, almost grassy layer from the nettles, and juniper keeps discreetly to the back.

  Palate

  Tart and crisp. Lemon and lime fill the front of the mouth, then juniper's dry bitterness reports for duty and pulls everything back down to earth. Coriander adds a warm, faintly soapy spice, and the nettles round it off with something green and herbal.

  Finish

  Lime peel and a dry bitterness stay behind. Short, clean, with a green trace right at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Fary Lochan Citrus Small Batch Danish Gin 40%
  Distillery: Fary Lochan Destilleri
  Region/Country: Farre near Give, Denmark
  Type: Danish Gin
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, lemon, lime, coriander seeds and nettles
  Edition: Citrus Small Batch
  EAN no.: 5714713000640
  Serving suggestion: Neat over plenty of ice or in a Gin and Tonic with lime
  

  Flavour profile

  Citrus · Tart · Fresh · Herbal · Dry

  Did you know?

  Fary Lochan smokes its malted barley over fresh nettles instead of peat. That is the distillery's signature in the whisky, and the same nettles have been pulled into the gin, where they supply the green underside of the flavour.

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  • 4,00
    1pcs.
    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Fly Finest Quality Alpine Gin 40%

  Item no.: 059763-615-806

  The mountains behind this bottle are not just a picture on the label. FLY is distilled in Switzerland, run through the still again and again with no shortcuts, until no sharp edges are left. No gimmicks, no fashionable botanicals. Three centilitres to decide whether it is your style.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Fly Finest Quality Alpine Gin 40% is a Swiss Alpine Gin distilled several times with classic gin botanicals and bottled at 40%.

  Behind FLY stands Fire & Ice Beverages AG in Switzerland. The company makes a point of holding to Swiss standards without abbreviations, and the gin is built the same way: it is distilled several times, precisely to make the spirit as supple as possible and let the aromas of the classic botanicals come through cleanly.

  Alpine Gin is not a protected term in law. It is a place name more than a recipe, pointing to gin from the Alpine countries, where soft mountain water and a dry, herbal style are the shared traits. FLY stays on that line. No unusual ingredient has been chased down; instead the work has gone into juniper, citrus and root spice in a clear, balanced shape.

  Forty per cent sits where the gin can carry a glass of tonic water without thinning out, and where it can also be chilled down into a dry Martini. This 3 cl bottling is meant to give an impression of the Swiss style before anyone commits to a full bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Aromatic juniper stands at the front, clear and resinous. Behind it lie citrus oil and grated orange zest, and right at the bottom a trace of liquorice root that lends depth without sweetness.

  Palate

  Clean and dry. Juniper carries the middle, orange zest gives it width, and a light spice settles along the sides of the tongue. There are no edges and no burn, just an even, balanced passage across the mouth.

  Finish

  Dry and medium in length. The liquorice root stays behind as a faint sweetness in an otherwise entirely dry close, and the juniper lets go slowly.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Fly Finest Quality Alpine Gin 40%
  Producer: Fire & Ice Beverages AG
  Region/Country: Switzerland
  Type: Alpine Gin
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 3 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled several times
  Edition: Finest Quality
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water and lemon peel, or ice cold in a dry Martini
  

  Flavour profile

  Juniper-led · Citrus · Dry · Smooth · Lightly spiced

  Did you know?

  The brand is called FLY, but the company behind it is Fire & Ice Beverages AG. That name is nowhere on the front of the bottle, so most people only ever meet the three letters.

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  • 6,50
    1pcs.
    5,75EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Foxdenton The Original 48 London Dry Gin 48

  Item no.: 22227865395-1086

  An English estate family, an old recipe and a decision to bottle the gin stronger than anyone else. Foxdenton makes little noise about itself, but the label reads 48%, and few London Dry Gins go that high. Here in 3 cl, so the strength can be tried in a small glass first.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Foxdenton The Original 48 London Dry Gin 48% is a London Dry Gin distilled with juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root and lime flower oil, and bottled at 48%.

  Behind the gin stand the Foxdenton Estate Company and the Radclyffe family, whose estate has been in family hands since 1367. The distillation itself takes place at Thames Distillery in London, where Charles Maxwell worked the recipe out, and the first run came to a modest 1,000 litres.

  The Original 48 is the flagship and structurally a very classical London Dry Gin. Juniper, coriander, angelica and orris root form the backbone of the style, and it is the fifth ingredient that sets it apart: oil of lime flower. It lays a soft, honeyed floral tone across the dry pine structure and rounds off the high 48% from the inside.

  The strength is no accident. A gin bottled this high carries more of the oil-bearing aromatics through into the distillate, and it holds its shape through ice and tonic instead of thinning out. This 3 cl sample is there so the difference between 48% and a standard 40% gin can be felt before a full bottle is chosen.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and traditional. Juniper stands out front and dry, and behind it sits coriander with a warm, bread-like tone alongside the earthy root of angelica. Lime flower arrives last as something sweet and floral.

  Palate

  Opens with lime-like citrus peel and turns dry quickly. Orris root lays a powdery, almost violet note across the middle, and the strength registers as warmth rather than as sharpness. Lime flower keeps the whole thing from becoming severe.

  Finish

  Dry and long. The pine tone from the juniper hangs on together with something close to dry hay, and it takes a while before the mouth is clean again.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Foxdenton The Original 48 London Dry Gin 48%
  Producer: Foxdenton Estate Company
  Region/Country: England
  Type: London Dry Gin
  ABV: 48%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root and lime flower oil
  Edition: The Original 48
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, plenty of ice and a strip of lime peel
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Juniper-forward · Floral · Spiced · Powerful

  Did you know?

  The Foxdenton estate has been in the Radclyffe family's hands since 1367, when it came to the line through a marriage. The gin is therefore several centuries younger than the family, and its name is a quiet reminder of that.

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  • 4,00
    1pcs.
    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Gilpins Premium Extra London Dry Gin 47

  Item no.: 22227865395-1077

  The name comes from a family in Westmorland, the water from a spring at Cartmel in the Lake District, and the distilling happens in London. Gilpins gathers three corners of England into one bottle and bottles the result dry and taut. Here in 3 cl, so the style can be met without opening a full bottle.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Gilpins Premium Extra London Dry Gin 47% is an English London Dry Gin distilled in pot stills from eight botanicals and bottled at 47%.

  The gin was launched in 2011 by Matthew Gilpin, drawing on his family's roots in Westmorland in the north west of England. Distillation itself takes place at Thames Distillery in London, while spring water from Cartmel in the Lake District brings the strength down before bottling.

  Eight botanicals carry the recipe. Juniper leads, as the style demands, but sage and borage are what give Gilpins its own signature. Sage lays down a dry, almost dusty herbal note, and borage pulls towards something green and cool. Lime and bitter orange supply the citrus. The 47% is chosen so that none of it disappears once tonic hits the glass.

  London Dry Gin says nothing about geography and everything about method: every botanical goes in during distillation, and nothing may be sweetened or coloured afterwards. Gilpins meets both conditions and happens to be distilled in London as well. This 3 cl bottling exists so you can form an impression first.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Juniper straight away, dry and resinous, followed by lime peel and coriander seed. Sage sits behind it as a dry herbal tone and makes the aroma read more garden than fruit bowl.

  Palate

  Dry and faintly oily across the tongue. Juniper takes up plenty of room, bitter orange cuts a sharp edge, and sage and borage fill the middle with something green. The strength registers as warmth rather than bite.

  Finish

  Long and dry, with bitter angelica root and a peppery flick. Citrus rings out last and leaves the mouth clean.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Gilpins Premium Extra London Dry Gin 47%
  Distillery: Gilpins
  Region/Country: England
  Type: London Dry Gin
  ABV: 47%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, sage, borage, lime and bitter orange
  Distillation method: Pot still distilled
  Serving suggestion: With a neutral Tonic Water and a strip of lime peel
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Juniper · Herbal · Citrus · Spiced

  Did you know?

  Borage is known as starflower after its sharp blue petals, and it has spent centuries in English summer cups alongside cucumber and mint. That same herb is what gives Gilpins its cool green breath behind the juniper.

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  • 4,00
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    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Indian Summer Duncan Taylor Saffron Infused Gin 46% 3 cl

  Item no.: 22227865395-1088

  Hold the bottle up to the light and the colour gives itself away at once: a pale golden tone that comes not from a cask but from saffron. In Huntly, Aberdeenshire, where most bottles contain whisky, someone put the world's most labour-intensive spice into a gin. Here in 3 cl.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Indian Summer Duncan Taylor Saffron Infused Gin 46% is a Saffron Infused Gin distilled with juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root, cassia, liquorice, almond, lemon and orange, with saffron added after distillation, and bottled at 46%.

  Behind the gin stands Duncan Taylor in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, a house that built its name on Scotch whisky and on casks left to sit for a long time. Indian Summer is the house gin, and the name gestures at saffron's route from the Mediterranean fields eastwards.

  The base recipe is classical. Juniper, coriander, angelica and orris root form the backbone, lemon and orange lay in the peel, and cassia, liquorice and almond supply the warm, slightly soft floor. Only afterwards does the unusual part happen: the saffron goes into the finished spirit instead of travelling through the still.

  There is a reason for that. Saffron's aroma is fragile and would suffer from the heat of distillation, so infusing it later preserves both the scent and the golden colour. The colour is not added, it comes straight from the spice. The 46% gives the gin enough power to carry the saffron through ice and tonic alike.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Saffron sits on top, dry and faintly honeyed, with something close to warm hay. Beneath it lies the classical gin aroma: juniper, angelica and coriander with an exotic turn.

  Palate

  Orange peel first, then cassia bark and a peppery warmth. Juniper steps forward across the middle with a clear pine note, and the saffron holds all the way through as a dry, almost floral undercurrent. Almond rounds it off softly.

  Finish

  Medium-long and spiced. Peppercorn and citrus peel linger, and despite the 46% there is no burning edge, only a warm tone settling down slowly.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Indian Summer Duncan Taylor Saffron Infused Gin 46%
  Producer: Duncan Taylor
  Region/Country: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Type: Saffron Infused Gin
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root, cassia, liquorice, almond, lemon, orange and saffron
  Distillation method: Distilled gin with saffron infused after distillation
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, ice and a slice of orange
  

  Flavour profile

  Spiced · Citrus · Floral · Dry · Warm

  Did you know?

  Duncan Taylor was founded in 1938 and started out as a cask trader, buying and sitting on Scotch whisky casks on other people's behalf. Only many decades later did the house begin bottling under its own name, and gin is one of the newer chapters in that story.

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  • 4,00
    1pcs.
    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Martin Millers Westbourne Strength Premium London Dry Gin 45,2% Dry Gin

  Item no.: 22227865395-1084

  Three friends, a lukewarm gin and tonic in a bar, and a decision to do better. That is where Martin Miller's starts. The spirit is distilled in England and shipped to Iceland, where it meets spring water filtered through lava. Here in 3 cl, so the stronger release can be tasted without opening a full bottle.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Martin Millers Westbourne Strength Premium London Dry Gin 45.2% is a London Dry Gin made through two separate distillations of juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root, liquorice, cassia, nutmeg, cinnamon, cucumber, lemon and orange, and bottled at 45.2%.

  Martin Miller's was founded in 1999 by Martin Miller, David Bromige and Andreas Versteegh. The idea came out of a disappointing gin and tonic, and the brief was to build the finest gin they could, however awkward that turned out to be. The brand became one of the earliest voices in the wave of premium gin that has since reshaped the whole category.

  Westbourne Strength arrived in 2003. Bartenders had asked for a version with more muscle, a gin that would not vanish behind ice, tonic and citrus in a tall glass, and the answer was a bottling at 45.2%.

  The technical trick sits in the distillation. Citrus peels run on their own with the heat kept low, while the heavier, earthier botanicals such as angelica, orris root and liquorice get harder treatment in a separate run. The two distillates are married afterwards. It costs time, but it keeps the bright peel notes alive instead of boiling them away.

  Finally the spirit travels to Iceland and is cut with spring water from there. That water is very soft, having passed through lava and picked up almost no minerals, and it explains a good part of the rounded mouthfeel. Cucumber lays a cool layer over the juniper and has become the house signature.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Juniper straight away, dry and pine-like. A layer of lemon and orange peel follows, and underneath sits something cool and green from the cucumber alongside a trace of nutmeg.

  Palate

  Strong and dry, yet without sharp edges. Juniper leads, citrus peel cuts through, and coriander and nutmeg lay in a peppery warmth halfway across. Liquorice supplies the floor, and the cucumber cools everything down again.

  Finish

  Long and dry. Juniper and cinnamon hang on while the citrus slowly withdraws. Right at the end a cool, green note is left sitting on the tongue.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Martin Millers Westbourne Strength Premium London Dry Gin 45.2%
  Producer: Martin Miller's
  Region/Country: England
  Type: London Dry Gin
  ABV: 45.2%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root, liquorice, cassia, nutmeg, cinnamon, cucumber, lemon and orange
  Distillation method: Two separate distillations, citrus peel on its own and the remaining botanicals apart from it
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, plenty of ice and a thin slice of cucumber
  

  Flavour profile

  Juniper-forward · Citrus · Spiced · Cool · Dry

  Did you know?

  Martin Miller had an entirely different life before the gin. He was the man behind Miller's Antiques Price Guide, the reference work antique dealers around the world reached for, and he ran a hotel in London long before juniper caught his attention.

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  • 4,00
    1pcs.
    3,50EUR
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  Sample 3 cl Mosgaard New Organic Dry Gin 40% Organic Dry Gin

  Item no.: 22227865395-1080

  Jes and Gitte Mosgaard started with whisky and quickly learned that casks need years. Gin arrived in the meantime, distilled from the same organic raw material and driven by the same impatient curiosity. Here in 3 cl for anyone who wants to know how a Danish whisky distillery approaches gin.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Mosgaard New Organic Dry Gin 40% is a Danish Organic Dry Gin distilled with juniper and fresh citrus peel and bottled at 40%.

  Mosgaard was founded in 2015 on Sydfyn in Denmark, where Jes and Gitte Mosgaard built the distillery around a single condition: everything had to be certified organic, from the grain to the finished contents of the bottle. The ambition was Scottish craft with a Nordic voice, and that attitude carries straight into the gin. In 2025 production moved to Kolding under new ownership.

  The style is dry and restrained rather than perfumed. Juniper is allowed to stand out, and around it sit fresh citrus peels and a calm spice note that lends the gin a hint of sweetness without any sugar being added. At 40% it is softer than the strongest gins on the shelf, which makes it easier to drink without tonic.

  A distillery working with both whisky and gin thinks differently about its raw material. The base spirit comes from the same organic grain foundation, and that gives the gin a body you rarely meet in fully neutral industrial gin. This 3 cl bottling makes it possible to try the style before committing to a larger bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and bright, with juniper and grated citrus peel. Behind it sits something soft and grainy, plus a puff of spice that recalls a freshly opened spice drawer.

  Palate

  A gentle opening of citrus and lightly spiced sweetness, which comes from the botanicals rather than from sugar. Juniper steps clearly forward in the middle, and the 40% keeps the whole thing measured and drinkable.

  Finish

  Long and fresh, carried by the citrus fruit. The spice fades slowly and leaves a dry, clean feeling on the palate.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Mosgaard New Organic Dry Gin 40%
  Distillery: Mosgaard
  Region/Country: Denmark
  Type: Danish Organic Dry Gin
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 3 CL
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water and a slice of fresh lime, or over ice with squeezed lime
  

  Flavour profile

  Fresh · Citrus · Spiced · Dry · Soft

  Did you know?

  Mosgaard has been named best Danish distillery at the ISC spirits competition in Berlin. The award went to a house then less than ten years old and run by two people who originally came from entirely different trades.

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  Sample 3 cl O.P. Anderson Blood Orange Organic Gin 40%

  Item no.: 059763-615-801

  A Swedish house that built its name on aquavit turns to juniper. Fennel and anise come along from the other end of the portfolio, and blood orange settles over them: dark, faintly sweet, carrying the bitterness that ripe orange peel always has. Three centilitres of it.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl O.P. Anderson Blood Orange Organic Gin 40% is a Swedish Organic Gin distilled with juniper, blood orange, citrus peel, coriander, fennel and anise and bottled at 40%.

  O.P. Anderson Distillery is one of those names every Swede recognises, though most recognise it from the aquavit. Blood Orange is the house stepping into the gin category, made with organic ingredients throughout. The colour is distinctly orange in the bottle.

  What is interesting is what the house brought with it. Fennel and anise belong to the aquavit toolkit and rarely appear in gin, but here they sit beneath the blood orange and give it a warm, faintly liquorice-like floor. Coriander and citrus peel sharpen everything up, and juniper holds the direction so the bottle stays a gin rather than sliding into a sweetened orange spirit.

  Blood orange differs from ordinary orange by being darker and less sweet, with a bitter edge in the peel. That edge is what makes the gin useful in a Negroni, where it can hold its ground against both campari and vermouth. This 3 cl bottling is there so you can taste the style before choosing a full bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh blood orange straight away, juicy and with peel in it. Behind that sits a sweetish note of anise and a trace of fennel, while juniper only shows up once the glass has stood for a moment.

  Palate

  Orange leads and fills the mouth with ripe fruit and a little bitter peel. Juniper and citrus report next, and the spice arrives last: fennel and anise, warm and lightly sweet, like a distant memory of aquavit.

  Finish

  Orange hangs on longest. Underneath it lies a dry, liquorice-like tone from the anise that slowly dries the mouth out again.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl O.P. Anderson Blood Orange Organic Gin 40%
  Distillery: O.P. Anderson Distillery
  Region/Country: Sweden
  Type: Organic Gin
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, blood orange, citrus peel, coriander, fennel and anise
  Edition: Blood Orange
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, orange peel and a sprig of rosemary, or in a Negroni
  

  Flavour profile

  Blood orange · Citrus · Spiced · Anise-led · Fresh

  Did you know?

  The strong orange colour in the bottle all but vanishes the moment tonic water hits the glass. The drink turns pale gold, while the smell of blood orange carries on unchanged.

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  Sample 3 cl Paris De Miscault Dry Gin 44

  Item no.: 22227865395-1079

  The name points to Paris, yet the mint and lemon balm grow a few steps from the still house. This family has been distilling fruit since 1859 and treats its gin with the same patience as an old mirabelle brandy. Three centilitres is all it takes to work out whether the French approach appeals.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Paris De Miscault Dry Gin 44% is a French Dry Gin distilled with juniper, fresh peppermint, lemon balm, allspice and ginger and bottled at 44%.

  Behind the bottle stands René de Miscault, a family house that has distilled since 1859 and passed the trade from father to son. Most of the range is fruit brandy, some forty of them, and the house also makes absinth. Gin is the youngest branch on the tree, built on the same principle: the plants must be recognisable in the glass.

  The peppermint and the lemon balm are grown at the distillery itself, and they explain the whole fresh character of this gin. Where an English gin usually pushes citrus peel forward, Paris works with green herbs at the top. Underneath sit allspice and ginger, laying in a dry, warm spice note while juniper holds the direction. The 44% gives the bottling body without turning it sharp.

  The producer recommends the gin well chilled and neat, which says a good deal about how it is put together. Cold tightens the herbs and makes the ginger easier to read. This 3 cl bottling is a shortcut into a French herbal gin without clearing shelf space for it.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh peppermint first, close to crushed leaves between the fingers, then lemon balm and a calm juniper. The spice sits underneath and shows as a trace of ginger.

  Palate

  A soft opening of mint and citrus peel, quickly taken over by allspice and a warm ginger tone. Juniper is present throughout but carries rather than dominates. The middle stays dry, with no sweetness at all.

  Finish

  Cool and long. Mint settles on the palate while the ginger leaves a gently burning tail and a peppery note that lets go slowly.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Paris De Miscault Dry Gin 44%
  Distillery: René de Miscault
  Region/Country: France
  Type: French Dry Gin
  ABV: 44%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, peppermint, lemon balm, allspice and ginger
  Serving suggestion: Well chilled and neat in a small glass, or with a neutral Tonic Water
  

  Flavour profile

  Fresh · Herbal · Mint · Spiced · Dry

  Did you know?

  René de Miscault runs its own spirits museum in Lapoutroie in Alsace. It opened in 1986 inside a converted coaching inn and holds old copper stills along with a collection of ten thousand miniature bottles.

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  Sample 3 cl Penderyn Brecon Botanicals Special Edition Gin 43% 3 cl

  Item no.: 22227865395-1083

  The village of Penderyn sits against the Brecon Beacons, where mist hangs in the valleys long after sunrise. The distillery is known for bringing Welsh whisky back to life, yet a side door stands open onto a spice cupboard that smells more of the Levant than of Wales. Here in 3 cl.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Penderyn Brecon Botanicals Special Edition Gin 43% is a Welsh gin distilled in small batches from pure grain spirit and selected botanicals, bottled at 43%.

  Penderyn Distillery opened in 2000 in the village of the same name in south Wales, close to the Brecon Beacons national park. The house is best known for its single malt whisky, but the Brecon range of gins has run alongside it for years and has collected a long line of medals at international competitions.

  Brecon Botanicals is the spiced expression in the range. The juniper is soft and earthy rather than sharp, and above it sit dried herbs, orange and lemon peel and a clear note of saffron. Further in come bergamot, clove oil and cinnamon, while the finish rides on cassia bark. This is a gin that leans towards the spice cupboard instead of the citrus press.

  At 43% it has the strength to hold its shape in a drink without turning sharp, and the distillery suggests fresh mint and cucumber ice cubes to go with it. This 3 cl bottling covers one full run through the style before any decision about a whole bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft juniper and dried herbs, then orange and lemon peel. Saffron sits behind it with its faintly medicinal, floral scent.

  Palate

  Herbal and earthy, with juniper as the foundation. The spices arrive through the middle as clove oil and cinnamon, and a thread of bergamot gives a perfumed edge that leans towards Earl Grey.

  Finish

  Medium in length and spiced. Cassia bark and saffron hang on while the citrus peel dries the palate at the very end.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Penderyn Brecon Botanicals Special Edition Gin 43%
  Distillery: Penderyn
  Region/Country: Wales
  Type: Welsh Gin
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 3 CL
  Edition: Special Edition
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, fresh mint and cucumber ice cubes
  

  Flavour profile

  Herbal · Spiced · Saffron · Citrus · Soft

  Did you know?

  Penderyn released its first whisky on 1 March 2004, St David's Day, the Welsh national day. It was the first whisky distilled in Wales in more than a hundred years.

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  Sample 3 cl Radius Batch No. 045 Mint Grapefruit Danish Organic Gin 45.4%

  Item no.: 059763-615-796

  At Oremandsgaard Gods the still sits a stone's throw from the fields the botanicals grow in. Batch 045 is the release where mint cools the grapefruit down and hops slide in a bitterness that usually belongs in a beer glass. Here in 3 cl, so you can form an opinion before committing to a full bottle.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Radius Batch No. 045 Mint Grapefruit Danish Organic Gin 45.4% is a Danish Organic Gin distilled with juniper, grapefruit, mint, sea buckthorn and hops and bottled at 45.4%.

  Radius Distillery works out of Oremandsgaard Gods near Præstø in southern Zealand, and the distillery follows one clear rule: fewer botanicals, better botanicals, and a flavour where each one can still be picked out. Batch 045 is dry and full-bodied, built around grapefruit and hops, then closed off again by mint and sea buckthorn.

  The hops are the unusual move. They lay a herbal bitterness underneath the citrus, and together with the grapefruit's own bitter compounds they produce a gin that never turns sweet anywhere along the line. Mint arrives last and acts almost as a cooling agent, the kind of freshness that stays put long after the glass is down. Sea buckthorn adds acidity and a sharp, orange-red fruit note.

  The whole production is certified organic. Radius Distillery does not name its gins, it numbers them, and every batch carries its own botanical make-up. 045 is therefore a specific release rather than a permanent fixture on the shelf. This 3 cl sample exists so you can taste your way forward before choosing a full bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Grapefruit peel first, sharp and faintly bitter, with juniper sitting dry behind it. Then mint arrives like a cold draught, and underneath it all a resinous trace from the hops.

  Palate

  Dry and full across the tongue. Grapefruit carries the whole thing with clear bitterness, sea buckthorn cuts in with acidity, and the hops lay down a lightly bitter floor familiar from a dry pilsner. Juniper stays in the background and holds it together.

  Finish

  Mint takes over at the end and leaves the mouth clean and cool. The bitterness lets go slowly, and what remains is a dry, herbal tone that hangs around.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Radius Batch No. 045 Mint Grapefruit Danish Organic Gin 45.4%
  Distillery: Radius Distillery
  Region/Country: Oremandsgaard Gods, Denmark
  Type: Danish Organic Gin
  ABV: 45.4%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper, grapefruit, mint, sea buckthorn and hops
  Edition: Batch No. 045
  Serving suggestion: With Tonic Water, fresh mint and a slice of grapefruit
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Citrus · Herbal · Fresh · Bitter

  Did you know?

  Oremandsgaard is a certified organic estate, and Radius Distillery draws on its own raw materials wherever it can. The estate is known among other things for its old apple varieties, which the distillery also puts to work in releases beyond the gin.

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  Sample 3 cl Stirks Aged Small Batch Oak Aged Gin 46%

  Item no.: 22227865395-1076

  A whisky man making gin, and never quite letting go of the whisky. The casks held Speyside Single Malt Whisky before this, and you can both see it and taste it: the gin comes out golden, soft, with vanilla on the nose. Three centilitres for the curious whisky drinker.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Stirks Aged Small Batch Oak Aged Gin 46% is an English Oak Aged Gin matured in casks that previously held Speyside Single Malt Whisky, and bottled at 46%.

  Behind Stirk's stand David Stirk and Creative Whisky Company in England. The company has spent years bottling Single Malt Whisky drawn from other people's casks, and the gin follows the same line of thought: distilled in a dry London Dry style, then laid into oak for more than three months. That is short by whisky standards, but plenty for a spirit with no grain or sherry to fight through.

  The cask does the work. Vanilla, caramel and a mild wood spice settle over the gin's own base of juniper and coriander, and the result edges towards whisky without ever ceasing to be gin. The colour is golden and comes from the wood alone, since the bottling is neither filtered nor coloured.

  It is bottled in small batches at 46%, which gives the gin the weight it needs for the cask notes to carry through a mixed drink. This 3 cl bottling exists so you can taste the style before choosing a full bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Vanilla and soft caramel first, instantly recognisable from a whisky glass. Beneath them lie dry citrus and coriander's warm, faintly soapy note, while juniper only reports for duty after a moment.

  Palate

  Robust and full. Juniper and herbs hold the middle, caramel spreads out to the sides, and there is yellow fruit and a hint of blueberry in it. Oak lends a dry spiced edge that stops the sweetness running away with everything.

  Finish

  Sweet oak and wood spice stay longest. Long for a gin, with juniper lying dry underneath it all.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Stirks Aged Small Batch Oak Aged Gin 46%
  Producer: Creative Whisky Company
  Region/Country: England
  Type: Oak Aged Gin
  ABV: 46%
  Size: 3 CL
  Cask type: Casks that previously held Speyside Single Malt Whisky
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Edition: Small Batch
  Serving suggestion: Neat over a single ice cube or in a Negroni
  

  Flavour profile

  Cask matured · Vanilla · Caramel · Spiced · Juniper-led

  Did you know?

  The name comes from David Stirk, who spends his working life bottling Single Malt Whisky under the Creative Whisky Company banner. The gin is his attempt to build a bridge to the people who would otherwise never put a gin bottle on the shelf.

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  Sample 3 cl Zuidam Dutch Courage Dry Gin 44,5%

  Item no.: 22227865395-1082

  Nine botanicals, every one distilled on its own, fourteen runs through the copper, and only at the very end are they brought together. Zuidam makes it difficult on purpose. Dutch Courage is what comes out of that routine, and here you get 3 cl of it.

  The expert's description

  Sample 3 cl Zuidam Dutch Courage Dry Gin 44.5% is a Dutch Dry Gin distilled with nine botanicals, each one distilled separately, and bottled at 44.5%.

  Zuidam Distillers sits in Baarle-Nassau in the southern Netherlands and is run by the Zuidam family. The house has never taken the easy road, and the gin production is the clearest example: instead of throwing every botanical into the same still, each one is distilled on its own in small copper pot stills. That adds up to 14 distillations, and only afterwards are the distillates blended into the finished gin.

  The ingredients are gathered from far afield. Juniper and iris root come from Italy, coriander from Morocco, sweet oranges and fresh lemons from Spain, liquorice root from India and cardamom and vanilla beans from Madagascar. Angelica root joins them. The method means every botanical gets exactly the treatment it needs, and none of them is boiled to pieces for the sake of the others.

  The result is a gin with layered aroma and a full, dry body. At 44.5% it carries a Martini without disappearing into the vermouth. Dutch Courage has taken gold at the International Spirits Challenge in 2012, among other awards. This 3 cl bottling is there so you can taste the style before choosing a full bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Juniper steps forward at once, dry and resinous, closely followed by orange peel and lemon zest. Behind them sit cardamom and a soft note of vanilla, while the iris root lends an almost floral, powdery edge.

  Palate

  Full and plainly dry. Citrus opens, juniper takes over and holds the middle, and liquorice root lays in a round sweetness without making it sweet. Cardamom arrives late and spiced, and vanilla smooths the edges at the close.

  Finish

  Long for a gin. Spice and juniper stay behind, and underneath them lies a dry, faintly floral tone from the iris root that carries on well after the last sip.

  Specifications

  Name: Sample 3 cl Zuidam Dutch Courage Dry Gin 44.5%
  Distillery: Zuidam Distillers
  Region/Country: Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands
  Type: Dry Gin
  ABV: 44.5%
  Size: 3 CL
  Botanicals: Juniper and iris root from Italy, coriander from Morocco, orange and lemon from Spain, liquorice root from India, cardamom and vanilla from Madagascar plus angelica root
  Distillation method: Every botanical distilled separately in copper pot stills, 14 distillations in total
  Edition: Dutch Courage
  Serving suggestion: In a dry Martini or with a neutral Tonic Water and lemon zest
  

  Flavour profile

  Juniper-led · Citrus · Spiced · Vanilla · Full-bodied

  Did you know?

  Zuidam makes far more than gin. Under the same roof the family also produces genever, rum, vodka and whisky, which makes the distillery one of the most wide-ranging in the Netherlands today.

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