Consider the Jaffa cake. A timeless treat. Now, if something is delicious, chances are someone will make a gin with it, and that’s exactly what has happened here. Jaffa Cake Gin is distilled with oranges, fresh orange peel, cocoa powder and Jaffa cakes. Actual Jaffa cakes. As in “Right, we could eat these yummy Jaffa cakes, or we could put the Jaffa cakes in this vacuum still and make Jaffa Cake Gin.” It’s that kind of situation.
The result is just like you’d expect - full-on Jaffa cake tastiness built around a distinctive base of crisp juniper. The label claims it’ll make the best Negroni mankind has ever seen, but we’ll let you be the judge of that one - though you will get top marks if you stick a Jaffa cake on your glass like a citrus wheel garnish.
Zingy orange (marmalade-esque) is swiftly overtaken by a rich and earthy chocolate undertone. Hints of vanilla-rich cake and just a touch of almondy-goodness. A solid backbone of juniper brings up the rear.
Jaffa cakes! Perhaps not surprising, but the resemblance is uncanny. Nice balance and great poise. The flavour never oversteps the mark - this is still resolutely 'a gin'. Delicately sweet - not sickly or in any way liqueur-like.
The orange-y palate fades into unctuous hot cocoa, and a note of bitter dark chocolate remains to the last, ably shored up by the piney tang from the juniper.
Does what it says on the tin, this one. Nicely integrated, and extremely crowd-pleasing.
Funny old thing it tastes of Jaffa Cakes especially neat with ice, and just as good with tonic water although you loose some of the strength on taste. The question is would I buy it again at £27.95 a bottle plus the postage ? TBH Its probs a no but if it was £20 a bottle it would be a YES.
This is delicious. Not too sweet. It does exactly what it says on the bottle. So good I’ve already bought another bottle.
Already on my 3rd bottle, and everyone I’ve given this to has raced about it. Witchcraft.
I've never heard of anyone who dislikes Jaffa cakes, the wife especially eats her share, so when i saw this beverage a month or so back, decided to treat her/us so slipped a bottle into my MoM order for a laugh. Now, i'm a malt whisky and dark rum man, i dont much believe in all the hype surrounding gin, it's something that anyone can make in their shed, just distill white spirit, add fruit and botanicals (whatever they are) give it a week or two, and hey presto, instant easy profit from the gullible, so was initially unsure i'd like such a gimmick, but gave it a fair go, and really enjoyed this drink in a tall glass with plenty of ice and decent tonic water. It just tastes of jaffa cakes (Duh) but not overpoweringly so, and i reckon i could do the whole bottle in one go if i wanted, it's that easy to sup, so if you are curious i would say give it a go, you wont regret it.
OMG, it tastes like Jaffa cakes. Lush!!
