Trade
Winner of 4 awards
The Botanist
Islay Dry Gin
Customer Rating
“I don't have a sophisticated experience with gin. Recently I began investigating different gins here in Canada. Ryan Reynolds bought American Aviation, which I considered to be my favourite, having tried the usual generic stuff, as well as Tanqueray 10. i bought a bottle of your gin today and it certainly is my new favourite. When I was a toddler, my mother cooked in a fishing camp kitchen owned by my granddad, and she put me in harness and tied me outside the kitchen window, to watch me while she worked. There was a juniper bush that I ate berries from. To this day I cannot stand overwhelming juniper taste. I love the botanical and citrus in your product and the juniper in the background. It is awesome in a tonic with fever tree, a lime peel and a sprig of rosemary”
Bruce Desjardins
Description
The Botanist Islay Dry Gin is created at the Bruichladdich distillery. This superb Islay gin was distilled in the 'ugly betty' still described as "an oversized upside-down dustbin made of copper" by Tom Morton. It has perhaps the best looking packaging we've ever seen for a gin. It's not all style and no substance either. Botanist is a world-class gin set at a proper ABV.
A huge 31 botanicals go into The Botanist, 22 of which are foraged and native to Islay. The full list of botanicals is as follows: angelica root, apple mint, birch leaves, bog myrtle leaves, cassia bark, chamomile, cinnamon bark, coriander seed, creeping thistle flowers, elder flowers, gorse flowers, heather flowers, hawthorn flowers, juniper berries, lady's bedstraw flowers, lemon balm, lemon peel, liquorice root, meadow sweet, orange peel, oris root, peppermint leaves, mugwort leaves, red clover flowers, tansy, thyme leaves, water mint leaves, white clover, wood sage leaves. Phew!
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose
Enough botanicals to make us wish we had five noses. Big notes of citrus, delicate menthol and flowers everywhere!
Palate
Cool at first. It quickly mellows out, warmth growing with citrus keeping it fresh throughout.
Finish
Long, with a good spice.
Overall
Islay isn't just about the whisky anymore. The Botanist Gin is top-notch.
