Opihr Gin Spices of the Orient - 70 cl

Product Information

Martin Miller’s Winterful, 40% ABV – Beautifully balanced notes of mandarin, cinnamon and cardamom. Ludlow Spiced Gin, 42% ABV – The spice list includes ginger, nutmeg, caraway, cubeb, grains of paradise, liquorice and cassia. Almond and elderberries help to balance the spices. Palma Oak Aged Spiced Gin, 40.4% ABV – This stunning gin is aged in ex-wine barrels with added vanilla, cinnamon and cloves. Lovely notes of baking spice and dried fruit. McQueen Smokey Chilli Gin, 42% ABV – Made using chipotle and smoked chilli. They also have a new Five Chilli Gin (37.5% ABV). Both warming on the palate for sure. It also matters how you serve the gin. On its own, the flavour profile may not work for you, but once mixed with the right tonic and garnish, the notes are better balanced. Play around with different fruit and see what works for the gin in question and matches your palate.

Hapusa Gin, 43% ABV – This vibrant Indian gin is made using spices such as cardamom, coriander seeds, ginger and turmeric. Local mango helps to balance these spices. Credit: Hapusa Gin As well as classic Spiced Gins, you can also discover a wealth of wonderful Spiced Gins with a twist. For example, gins combining spices with fruits, including St Giles Spiced Orange & Cranberry Gin, Taplin & Mageean Spiced Orange Gin, and Junimperium's Winter Gin which features spices and lingonberries. Some Spiced Gins are aged in barrels or with wood from casks, such as Palma Spiced Gin, others are inspired by baking recipes such as GWYR Bara Brith Gin, and you can even get high ABV Spiced Gins such as Inspirited Navy Strength Spiced Gin(57.1% ABV). You can also add more or less sugar based on how sweet and syrupy you want your gin liqueur to come out - the more sugar you add, the more treacly your liqueur will become (all the better for drinking neat or over ice!).

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Darnley’s Spiced Gin, 42.7% ABV – This is an earthy and spiced gin. The botanicals include cloves, grains of paradise, cinnamon, ginger, cassia and nutmeg.

Pink Pepper Gin, 44% ABV – The key botanical here is obviously the pink peppercorn, but they also use cardamom, honey and vanilla. While Mark sadly passed away last year, his team at Poetic License carry on his legacy of bringing people together by sharing exceptional spirits. Pink peppercorn is spicy, but when used in gin it is not overly hot. The light spiciness of pink pepper works nicely together with sweeter botanicals. It goes without saying that Red Snapper is an ideal recipe for gins with a spicy and warming flavour profile. Spiced gins to trySacred Gin, 40% ABV – The botanicals list includes cardamom, nutmeg, liquorice and frankincense. They also have a Cardamom Gin (43.8%) and Coriander Gin (43.8%) for those who enjoy these botanicals more. They aren’t for everyone’s palate. Cassia bark is similar to cinnamon and this often leads to confusion between the two botanicals in both taste and texture. Cassia bark adds a sweet flavour with an extra peppery punch. Use them as a topping: You can chop the gin-soaked plums and use them as a topping for desserts such as ice cream, cheesecake, or pound cake. Spiced gins are warm, spicy, nutty and sometimes a bit earthy. Distilleries not only use the traditional spices found along the Maritime Silk Road, but also many more ‘modern’ botanicals.

Leave the liquid to sit for a couple of days and then filter out any remaining sediment – and put it through a water filter jug if you want to make it even clearer.*

Distiller Notes

Mark decided to take a closer look at the stuff and study distilling for himself, and by the time he was through it was settled – making gin was for him. Portobello Road Gin, 42% ABV – This one is more classic London Dry-style gin, but includes botanicals such as coriander, orris root, liquorice root, cassia bark and nutmeg.