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.
Being a Yorkshireman I had high hopes for this. Unfortunately I'm slightly underwhelmed. I agree with one of the other reviews, it certainly is unique! Heavy scent of back pepper and an overwhelming taste of it on the palette too, also quite a strong finish of aniseed and slight citrus notes, only a hint of Juniper. Not for me, but still worth trying.
