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Welcome To The Gin Ignite Podcast

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Welcome

Christmas

Please support your local distilleries for Christmas. Would it not be nice to buy a little gift.
There are so many distilleries to choose from.
Maybe you also want to get into the Christmas spirits
What about The Edge Gin Mulled Pear ?
Or the Pitwheel Distillery oak aged Orange and Ginger ?

It was really nice to talk to Brit last week about her new subscription service
I really love the fact that she uses shipping packaging which is 100% recyclable and biodegradeable
I also love the fairness and the trade with the distiller who gets showcased for a month as well as getting a fair trade price for their gin
So much so that I have decided that I can’t justify two gin subscriptions and that based on the environmental impact and the fairness to the distiller I am stopping my craft gin club membership and moving to The Botanical Trading Company

With so many Christmas markets cancelled the Gin To My Tonic are having a virtual GinMas on 4-6th December
Go to https://thegintomytonic.com/shop/virtual-christmas-market/ to find out more
It cost £10.00 or if you order GinMas 5cl samples then you can get admission free.

Review

Reviews really help the podcast in a given podcast directory. So if you did have a chance to review the podcast I would be most grateful

Massingberd Mundy - Marie Jeanne

Their second gin is named after Marie-Jeanne Rapigeon of Versailles.
She was bold, beautiful and brought Parisian elegence to the Lincolnshire Wolds.
So I was slightly concerned that I had been gifted a gin which had to live up to the reputation of 400 years of the Massingberd-Mundy estate, be as good as Burrell’s gin and resonate a bit of Parisien glamour.
Nose - the nose has a freshness to it and an undertone of berries and an earthy aroma, which I have to admit I asked Tristan to help me with, it was the Cassia Bark and the Orris Root.
The flavour profile is stunning. It starts with a juniper dryness then builds to a fruity sweetness before the heat of the alcohol takes over then a burst of the berries and then fades to a similar juniper dryness again. The after taste is dry but still with the berry undertones.
Add tonic to it and it becomes even more alive. The tonic seems to accentuate the berry taste. Like the Burrell’s there is definitely a dry finish but the berry element is where it really stands out for me.
I used a Mediterranean tonic but this would work with any light tonic standard or Elderflower.
This is great as dry martini especially with a bit of Starlino Rosso Vermouth
I think this would be great in cocktails especially those that are berry based or Prosecco based !!! I would steer clear of other bold flavours though...