Electric Spirits Company "Achroous" Gin
THERE'S A BOATLOAD OF GIN OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW. ACHROOUS WAS BORN TO STAND OUT - BOTH IN FLAVOUR AND BY DESIGN.
CREATED WITH THE HEART AND BACKBONE OF A LONDON DRY, IT'S A RICH, GROWN-UP SPIRIT, MADE WITH A UNIQUE BLEND OF SEVEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN BOTANICALS.
THE END RESULT IS AN ELECTRIFYING, MULTI AWARD-WINNING RIFF ON A CLASSIC GIN.
THERE ARE SEVEN BOTANICALS IN ACHROOUS. IT DOESN'T NEED MORE THAN THAT. THE FIRST FIVE ARE THE BACKBONE. THEY'RE WHAT MAKE IT A PROPER, LIP-SMACKING GIN, WITH ALL THE DELICIOUS BITTERNESS AND BODY THAT ENTAILS. THE LAST TWO ARE THE WILDCARDS. THEY BRING THEIR OWN UNIQUE QUIRKS TO THE AROMA AND FLAVOUR OF THE SPIRIT, TRANSFORMING IT INTO SOMETHING PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
A BIG, WAFTING NOSE, ESPECIALLY ONCE YOU'VE ADDED TONIC. THE SICHUAN PEPPERCORNS BRING A HUGE, FLORAL SPICE, WHILE THE FENNEL ADDS A GRASSY, HERBACEOUS HINT OF ANIS.
PALATE
FIRST AND FOREMOST, A BIG WHACK OF JUNIPER. FROM THERE, THERE'S A WOODY, MUSTY QUALITY FROM THE ROOT BOTANICALS, A GENTLE SWEETNESS FROM THE FENNEL SEED, AND A FRAGRANT, EARTHY CITRUS FROM THE PEPPERCORNS.
FINISH
LIP-SMACKING, RESINOUS BITTERNESS, LACED WITH WARM, DELICATE NOTES OF SPICE AND SWEET ANIS.
SERVE
N TERMS OF A G&T - GRAB A ROCKS OR A HIGHBALL GLASS, FILL IT WITH BIG CUBES OF GOOD QUALITY ICE, POUR IN 35ML OF ACHROOUS AND TOP UP WITH A DRY, LIGHT TONIC, LIKE FEVER TREE REFRESHINGLY LIGHT. IF YOU WANT GARNISH, USE CITRUS - LEMON OR PINK GRAPEFRUIT WORK WELL.