LoneWolf Cloudy Lemon Gin 70cl, 40% ABV - Made by BrewDog Distilling Co in Scotland - Macerated in Fresh Sicilian Lemon Peel

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Ranging from their ‘The original’ gin to other more unique gins like Rhubarb & Ginger, Blood Orange, Pink Grapefruit, and of course their Lemongrass & Ginger gin. On top of that is lemon verbena to sweeten up the aroma. Hand-peeled lemon is infused with the other botanicals of this gin to form an amazingly floral, refreshing drink. Masters in craft beer BrewDog has cut its teeth with the BrewDog Distilling Co. launching a series of world-class spirits made from scratch, grain to glass, in their distillery in Scotland. Starting with gin, the LoneWolf barks a juniper bite, joined by a G&T and the latest to the brood; LoneWolf Cloudy Lemon. All depicting the alpha wolf created by leading Californian artist Bioworkz, a likeminded lover of punk, animals and tattoos. Like all of Sipsmith’s flavored gins, the Lemon Drizzle gin is based on the recipe of their London dry gin. The Sipsmith London dry gin is a complex gin that is rich with aroma. The spirit is extremely smooth but also very rich in taste.

If you’re a big fan of strong juniper notes, however, your best bet would be to try to drink this gin neat or this gin might disappoint you a bit. The juniper notes are a bit toned down but are still present if it’s consumed neat. A gin & tonic with lemon as a garnish would be perfect with this lemon variation gin, but another fantastic option would be the Lemon Drizzle 75. This uncompromising juniper hit is also available as LoneWolf Gin & Tonic: a carbonated “gin in a tin” A refreshing, ready-to-drink G&T, it simply mixes the original LoneWolf Gin with a tonic laced with natural pink grapefruit, lemon and lime giving some serious bite. No shortcuts: just a sharper G&T, on the go. Lone Wolf was one of the most hotly anticipated launches of the year, but since its launch in May 2017 it has remained a shadowy figure of the night, quietly growing in stature and confidence, but not quite revealing all. Yet.We’re sure they will find the right answer to scaling up, as they are as uncompromising in their testing of their products as they are in the flavour of them. They use their their sister brewery’s expertise and testing capabilities to evaluate and analyse every element using state of the art equipment that 90% of distilleries do not have in house, from flavour consistency to degradation of compounds through oxidisation… it’s all been looked at, researched, catalogued and mitigated against. Lone Wolf Gin to taste…

While their London dry gin was only crafted recently (later than the Lemon Grove gin), juniper notes are still present enough in the Lemon Grove gin to convince gin lovers to use this spirit for their gin & tonic. While the team are realistic about long term demand forcing them to scale up production - the gin is currently made via a one shot method using their third still (small for them, but over 400lt in its own right) - one wonders just what a concentrated process might involve, as it takes almost 18 grapefruits per batch as it is! Their blood orange gin is also an amazing, sweet variant to their classic dry gin, but that one’s maybe a little less known. This wash travels into what can only be described as a majestic 11 thousand litre “triple bubble” still, to be distilled up to around 60% ABV. At which point it undergoes a second distillation in a separate still where it is sent through their 18 metre high column (possibly the tallest in Europe, if not definitely the tallest in the UK), hitting plate after plate in the process of not just raising ABV up to 97%, but smoothening out and softening up in the act of doing so.

Their range of gins consists of a dry gin, a master blend dry gin, a pomegranate gin, a cherry gin, and a mojito gin among a few other exceptional gins. The last spirit on this list is not exactly a gin, but instead, it’s a gin liqueur. This mainly means that the Alcohol By Volume or ABV of this gin is lower than 37.5% which is the required amount for gin.

The main focus of this gin was to still stay with the juniper-forward gin but to add a little something extra to it. On the nose, the lemon is quite aromatic and very present, while it doesn’t overpower the juniper at all. Hints of honey are noticeable scents as well.The Lemon Peel version is a bit less lemon-forward and somewhat more sweet than the Sicilian Lemon, while both gins do a great job of keeping juniper at the center of the taste palate. The Lemon Sherbet is a zest and sweet variation to this smooth London Dry gin. They basically use all the same botanicals as in the London Dry gin but with a lot of added lemons to the distillation. For people who want to try a different, sweeter, and more citrusy take on their favorite gin & tonic, or for people who are less into the standard gins, a lemon-based gin could be ideal! But what exactly are the best lemon-based gins right now? Aside from this amazing gin, they also distill a few other flavored gins like Murcian Orange gin and Rhubarb and Rose gin. As the names suggest, both gins are lemon variants of a classic dry gin, and therefore both try to accomplish about the same goal, but with little variations in between them.