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- Weekly Gin Recommendation - Brockmans
- Brockmans has been recommended to me at least twice on the podcast as a favourite drink and so I decided that I had to get some.
- I now know what they mean because the 10 years they took to perfect the recipe was totally worth it.
- Nose - The nose is just berry but you can tell that this is no ordinary berry (blueberry and blackberry), not just because it has alcohol in it, although that helps, but because the nose
- Flavour - The flavour profile is complex and it almost has a double dryness to it, although I think the second dry flavour is probably the coriander.
- The flavour profile starts with very dry which I think is the juniper. This is followed by a strong berry taste from the blueberries and blackberries which then is followed by the coriander dryness briefly before finally sweetening out to a beautiful subtle blueberry and blackberry taste which is sweet probably due to the orange peel. Normally any taste after that is dry but you just get left with sweet berry after tones.
- I think the perfect pairing for me is with Mediterranean tonic but I would strongly urge you not to forget the blueberries. I am not really one for garnish in my G&T but this really accentuates the taste.
- The suggested serving is with 2 blueberries and some pink grapefruit peel but I think you can quite easily go to 5 blueberries to accentuate the taste.
- I think this would work with any standard light premium tonic including Elderflower. I would not go for anything stronger thought
- A Brockmans dry martini sounds decadent and like heaven. I will be trying this in the next few weeks so will let you know.
- I think Brockmans would work well in cocktails although personally unless I could make the cocktail enhance the amazing flavour profile I would favour it in a G&T.
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