Earlier this yr, we reviewed Brunnur Distillery’s Himbrimi Winterbird Gin, a fragile however pleasing expression of basic London Dry distilled with a singular mixture of Icelandic botanicals. In response to the parents at Himbrimi, their founder Oscar Ericsson was impressed to get into gin-making in order that he may have one thing to take with him on his fishing journeys in Iceland. The very first gin he designed for simply such journeys was not Winterbird however this bottle, Himbrimi Outdated Tom Gin.
Himbrimi Outdated Tom Gin depends on the identical mixture of botanicals as Winterbird, together with natural juniper, wild Angelica flowers and Arctic thyme. The place issues differ is the addition of natural honey for sweetness and the absence of redistillation. The botanicals are as an alternative chilly infused – primarily steeped – for a interval of two weeks with the grain-based distillate, a standard manufacturing methodology for Outdated Tom type gins relationship again to the 18th century. After a number of filtrations, the gin is sweetened with honey and bottled. Let’s see the way it compares to its sibling.
Seems, it’s fairly totally different. And the golden colour is only the start. The aroma showcases a extra pronounced natural factor, grassy with straw and contemporary reduce flower notes. It comes off as a bit brash when married to the uncooked spirit undertones. The honey, darkish and candy, helps to spherical these edges considerably, however issues by no means actually discover the identical concord as Winterbird. The honey has actually beefed up the palate with a syrupy, sugary mouthfeel. Winterbird was delicate, nearly an excessive amount of so, however that is thick and mouthcoating. The sweetness is well-balanced, nevertheless, permitting loads of vivid, inexperienced botanical character to emerge. The juniper is most pronounced, uncooked and resinous. A little bit of dried lavender and complete spices are additionally woven into the profile however in small doses. A daring, considerably biting licorice be aware steals the present heading right into a bittersweet end of overbrewed tea, with mint and, or course, loads of honey.
80 proof.
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Himbrimi Outdated Tom Gin
$70
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