Edinburgh Gin Seaside Gin, 70cl

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To sip, the signature botanicals really sing, with salty sweetness from the bladderwrack and spice from the scurvy grass particularly prominent. Edinburgh Seaside Gin miniature will perfectly complement a personal or corporate function held amidst a seaside backdrop or with a bluish or Mediterranean motif. The result of what could be multiple collaborations with the Heriot-Watt University, every Edinburgh Seaside Gin mini bottle is flavour infused with marine plants found along the coastline, which includes bladderwrack, ground ivy, and scurvy grass. It uses foraged shoreline botanicals including ground ivy, bladderwrack and scurvygrass, along with the more traditional London dry botanicals.

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Ground ivy has long been used to clarify, preserve and flavour beer before the introduction of hops. Since the inception of the company the plan was always to produce a gin made to a recipe Alex uncovered in Leith when working for Glenmorangie and in 2010 Edinburgh Gin was launched. In the pursuit of this goal, Edinburgh Gin has incorporated botanicals I certainly wouldn't be able to pick out of a police lineup.It helps us understand the number of visitors, where the visitors are coming from, and the pages they navigate. Making use of some intriguing Scottish ingredients from the coast, like seaweed, ground ivy, gorse flowers and scurvy grass (which sailors used to eat when suffering from scurvy for its precious Vitamin C), they've created a superb summer tipple capturing the essence of the seaside. Originally a limited edition product that was recently made part of the distillery's core range, Edinburgh Seaside Gin is made with traditional gin botanicals, including grains of paradise, coriander, and cardamom, along with foraged Scottish botanicals, such as scurvy grass, ground ivy and bladderwrack. When talking to Head distiller David Wilkinson he explained that Italian juniper is used, as opposed to the North Macedonian found in the Classic.

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Partnering with the city’s Heriot-Watt University, who run the world-renowned Master’s in Brewing and Distilling, Edinburgh Gin have a well established link with the local university.Inspired by East Coast beaches near Edinburgh,” as the product web page reads, expect citrusy juniper notes to come through with a distinguishable level of saltiness kissed by the sea. Added depth and complexity are rendered by the addition of coriander, cardamom, and grains of paradise.

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It’s during this period that our love of gin began, with a ready supply of spices imported via the dock. If bladderwrack doesn't sound like a condition that would bring a man to the ER doubled over and moaning in pain, I don't know what does. It had always been his plan to create a gin made to the recipe, and in 2010 Edinburgh Gin was launched.

And under the watchful eye of David Wilkinson they’ve managed to come up with something really special. There's sea salt and seaweed here, but the dominant taste is considerably more vague most of the time, with lemon and pepper wisps being more memorable than the cocktail of ocean detritus that presumably goes into the gin stills at Edinburgh. That said, I think the real dealbreaker is simply that Gin Mare goes big on a near-identical flavor mission while the EG: Seaside goes home. Inspired by its city’s gin-making heritage, Edinburgh Gin has been a huge player in the Scottish capital’s own gin renaissance.