Thomas Dakin
Made with eleven botanicals including juniper, orange peel, English coriander, angelica, cubeb pepper and liquorice as well as "a hint of red cole" aka horseradish! It's named after Thomas Dakin, who began producing gin in Warrington in the second half of the 18th century, founding what would later become Greenall's. He was a pioneer who made gin of a surprising quality for the day, and who is rightly celebrated.
For the first few sips I thought the ‘Thomas Dakin’ was bleughhh... However once its finely distilled select botanicals got a grip of my higher cerebral cortex they wouldn’t let go... I’m hooked – it’s blooming lovely. Probably the best shimmy lifter my dearly departed grandmother never got to taste. Shame.
Bought as a present for Christmas and to be honest I did not hold out any hope for this gin. I was wrong - great mix of flavours puts in in my go to list along with Opihr and Monkey 47. Oranges, pepper, my sister swears blind she can taste the liquorice though I'm not convinced. Not floral or light so if that's your bag steer well clear.
This is so nice you can just drop a few spoons of water in it and enjoy without tonic. It's fragrant, complex and crisp and tastes like it has been lovingly prepared by its distillers, not just boiled up and shoved into bottles. This is quality stuff and highly recommended.
One of the best Gin's I ever tried. Lovely !
tried loads of different gins at the Good Food Show in Birmingham last year and this without doubt is the smoothest gin I tried, knocks Sipsmiths and others I cannot recall into fits. The taste is fresh and very morish-my only complaint is that it is almost impossible to get hold of in the Midlands-will have to resort to an online purchase to get my next fix!!
