Greensand Ridge London Dry Gin

Eight local ingredients join seven classic botanicals in Greensand Ridge London Dry GinLondon DryA style, not a place of origin: every flavour comes from distilling natural botanicals. After distillation only water and a trace of sugar may be added, with no flavouring or colouring.GlossarySee London Dry gins. The local ingredients grow within a mile of the distillery, where the gin is made in small batchesSmall batchProduction in small quantities per distillation run, often in a small still. The term has no legal definition.Glossary from a grain spirit and bottled at 40% ABV. Alongside juniper, the recipe names Kentish cobnuts, gorse flowers, oak moss, honey, rosehips, hawthorn berries, bay laurel and poppy seeds, with cardamom, coriander seeds, grains of paradise, and orange and lemon peel.

Citrus · Dry · Floral · Earthy

Pine and citrus meet on the nose, the juniper lifted by orange and lemon peel. Cobnuts contribute oils, texture and length, giving the palate a soft, rounded feel, while cardamom, coriander and grains of paradiseGrains of paradiseWest African seeds related to cardamom, also called melegueta pepper: peppery and warm, with a citrus note.Glossary add a warm, peppery spice. Rosehips bring a slightly tart sweetness and hawthorn a hint of bitterness with spicy astringency. Oak moss acts as a fixative with an earthy, grassy aroma, and bay laurel adds a savoury herbal note. The finish is nutty, with gentle floral notes from the gorse flowers.

Will Edge launched Greensand Ridge Distillery in 2015 in a Victorian coach house in the Kent countryside. That setting explains the hedgerow and woodland character of the recipe, from gorse and hawthorn to oak moss. The producer offers the gin in a 70 cl bottle.

For a gin and tonic, fill a highballHighballA long drink served in a tall, straight glass with plenty of ice: a spirit topped with soda or tonic. The word also names the glass.Glossary glass generously with ice and pour in 5 cl gin and 15 cl Franklin & Sons Premium Indian Tonic WaterIndian tonicThe classic tonic: sparkling water, bitter quinine and sugar. The name recalls colonial India, where quinine warded off malaria.Glossary. Garnish with a fresh bay leaf and a few juniper berries, and serve with a straw. The bay leaf repeats the bay laurel of the recipe and the berries the pine of the nose, while plenty of ice keeps the long drink crisp and cold.