Gin Notes: Gordon's London Dry Gin
14th Nov 2006, 19:34 GMT
Filed under: British Isles, Lush Life, Gin, Trends, Happy Hour, America, Spirits Gordon's London Dry Gin, considered the most popular gin in the world is 40%abv / 80proof in the US and for export, but available at higher percentages in England. Triple-distilled, the gin contains juniper, coriander seeds, angelica root, and other botanicals. The nose is primarily juniper with nice floral and spice notes. The taste is sharp and dry with juniper as a solid base holding up the hints of the botanicals, mainly spices, but with the tiniest hint of the acidity of citrus, but without any sweetness. Drunk straight it has the nice tingle on the lips that you get with some gins, but has a hot finish. I like Gordon's on the rocks and in GnT's for its clean taste, but in a martini I want something more complex that can stand up to the hint of vermouth. In the UK Gordon's gin is considered the standard, for some reason it isn't considered as well in the US, except possibly by me. I consider it my personal standard of a traditional gin to which I compare other gins. Gordon's Gin is unique in that it holds the English Royal Warrant for gin. Supposedly the recipe for Gordon's is known to only 12 people in the world and has been kept a secret for the 237 years since Alexander Gordon invented it in 1769. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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