Crossbill Seasonal Gin Autumn 2025

Crossbill Seasonal Gin Autumn 2025 takes the distillery's foragedForagingPlants gathered by hand in the wild (woods, heath, coastline) rather than grown or bought in.Glossary approach into darker, more savoury territory. The confirmed ingredients are juniper, wild Scottish brambles and chanterelles, a combination that separates it clearly from a simple berry gin. The 50 cl seasonal release keeps Crossbill's dry-gin discipline, but uses autumn produce to add colour, fruit skin and a woodland note without turning the bottle into liqueur-like sweetness.

Limited Edition · Fruity · Herbal · Earthy

The nose opens with juniper and ripe bramble, then a darker earthy tone appears underneath. Chanterelles do not make the gin taste like a kitchen dish; they add a soft forest-floor depth that gives the fruit more seriousness.

On the palate, blackberry brings dark juice and gentle tartness, while the juniper keeps the centre dry. The finish is where the gin becomes most distinctive: berry, resin and a faint mushroom-like savouriness draw out a longer, more layered aftertaste.

The perfect servePerfect serveThe way the producer recommends serving the gin (glass, tonic, ratio, garnish) to show it at its best.Glossary should respect that darker balance. Fever-Tree Indian Tonic WaterIndian tonicThe classic tonic: sparkling water, bitter quinine and sugar. The name recalls colonial India, where quinine warded off malaria.Glossary gives enough quinineQuinineAn alkaloid from cinchona bark that gives tonic its bitterness. The British in India drank it against malaria and added gin: the gin and tonic was born.Glossary to keep the glass dry, while a single blackberry and a small thyme sprig frame the fruit and the woodland side without adding sugar. Mediterranean tonicMediterranean tonicA tonic with less bitterness and sugar, scented with herbs and citrus (rosemary, thyme, lemon). It leaves more room for the gin's botanicals.Glossary would make a softer drink, but Indian tonic is better when the aim is to keep the bramble bright and the chanterelle note controlled. Use large ice and avoid a heavy fruit garnish.

Crossbill Seasonal Gin Autumn 2025 is interesting because it treats flavouring as a seasonal botanical decision, not as decoration. It has the charm of bramble fruit, but also the dryness and strangeness that make it worth cataloguing as its own gin. Drinkers who usually avoid sweet flavoured gins may still find this bottle compelling, especially in a short, cold G&T.