A London Dry Gin from God's Own County! Masons use Harrogate spring water for their gins along with juniper, a proportion of which is from their own bushes, and a combination of secret botanicals including citrus. Produced in small batches, each bottle has hand written batch and bottle numbers.
Saffron, glazed hot cross buns, aniseed and lemongrass. Some maltiness too.
Specifically fennel now, getting towards liquorice. This is still very much gin though, with notes of juniper and pine.
Juniper, a hint of parma violet and some lingering lemon zest.
Masons set out to create something that "wasn't just your run of the mill, off the shelf, generic gin" and we think they've achieved just that with this spicy, slightly malty number that has a pleasant fennel character.
Not great considering the price tag..
I really wanted to love this gin, and I'm sure if the flavours weren't so heady and complex I would have enjoyed it, but I didnt. The aniseed and liquorice flavours worked but the punchy lemony and even salty end lost it for me. Much better neat rather than with tonic . Sadly not for me.
I loved this gin neat - it's so complex - and it made a great G&T. However there is a strong liquorice component that reacted badly with the bitter element in my negroni. The result was too much aniseed flavour. Def. an interesting gin but it's not a gin for all seasons.
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I love gin, come from Yorkshire and my name's main Mason. Even this is not enough for me to love this gin. My friend, who introduced me to it, really likes it; I found it slightly chemical in flavour. I own many many better gins
