Adler Berlin Dry Gin

700 ml / 42%

New Western

$53

Spice leads here in measured fashion: ginger, allspice and coriander warming a soft wheat base, with orange blossom and lavender drifting overhead. Distilled under vacuum in a Berlin manufactory that began life as a 19th-century distillery school, it rests three to six months in century-old earthenware crocks. Mild, layered and quietly assured.

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SKU GN0392 Categories Adler, Gin, New Western Brand: Adler

Description

The Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur in Berlin Wedding started out in 1875 as a school for distillers, then fell quiet for decades until a microbiology professor and a hotelier coaxed it back to life in 2009. Their Berlin Dry begins with a fine wheat distillate matured for six months, distilled under vacuum to draw the most from each botanical, then settled for a further three to six months in hundred-year-old stoneware vessels that lend it an unusual roundness.

The nose carries juniper threaded with warm spice, garden herbs and a lift of citrus. On the palate it stays gentle but articulate, oranges and lemons brightening a backbone of ginger and allspice, the orange blossom and lavender lending a soft floral edge. The finish is long and easy. Pour it into a G&T with a strip of orange peel to keep the spice glowing.