From Brockmans distillery comes Brockmans Intensely Smooth Gin. Its unique selection of botanicals including Tuscan juniper berries, Bulgarian coriander, blueberries, blackberries and bittersweet Valencian orange peel are steeped in grain spirit. It is then distilled in a 100 year old copper still, with the final gin boasting, as its name may suggest, an intensely smooth profile. The moody and opaque bottle is somewhat alluring...
Try mixing up a Maratini with this delicious recipe below!
60ml Brockmans Gin
60ml Pink grapefruit juice
30ml Maraschino liqueur
7.5ml Lemon juice
7.5ml Sugar syrup
Add all the ingredients to a shaker filled with ice, and give it a good shake. Double strain into a chilled martini glass. Flambé* a strip of pink grapefruit peel over the glass and wipe the peel around the rim. Garnish with a slice of pink grapefruit or peg of citrus peel and enjoy!
*Hold a lit match a few inches above the glass. From a couple of inches away, squeeze the grapefruit peel towards the flame.
Fruity nose with hints of cooked fruit, strawberry, damson jam, hints of blossom and almond.
Nutty, fruity palate. Blueberries, juniper and soft aniseed notes.
Short, with liquorice root and herbs.
Best gin ever!
So funny...i reviewed this on my fb page and it pretty much sums up these reviews. Reviews are like children, yours are the best. That being said, this is a gin. It has juniper. There. Matter settled. Is it a "classic" style of gin? Certainly not, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you only like dry, or gin with a bite, this isn't going to be in your wheelhouse. If you like to be adventuerous, this might be one to try. For me, gin is like jazz. Not everybody "gets it", and some only like the "way it used to be", forgetting that jazz is about exploration and development. The juniper is there, holding down the baseline in the backround, playing well with the others, letting them do their thing, not trying to hog the spotlight. Me?? I really, really dig it, man. I enjoy the fruity nose, just sweet enough intro, and the balanced finish. Still, to some, jazz is just noise.....
Lovely tasting Gin all of you who rubbish this Gin are clearly not Gin lovers and need your heads testing
Fruity rather than floral botanicals. Top of my list and will be ordering again.
Great for one GT, if you have more than one then change to different. The sweetness/floral taste will be overwhelming when overconsumed. However one of the best one gins, for that one relaxer after work.
