Overview: Edinburgh Rhubarb & Ginger Liqueur and Gin (2023)

Since we final encountered Edinburgh Gin over a decade in the past, the model’s portfolio has exploded with a bevy of gin expressions in addition to flavored gins and liqueurs. There’s loads to get to, however right this moment we’ll take a small chew out of the lineup with a overview of Edinburgh’s Rhubarb & Ginger Gin and the liqueur that impressed it.

Edinburgh Rhubarb & Ginger Liqueur – This liqueur begins with a base of Edinburgh Basic Gin that’s then macerated with rhubarb, ginger, and lemon zest (after which presumably sweetened). The aroma is floral and gently candy, chock filled with stewed rhubarb and a mushy ginger spice accented by oily citrus peel. What begins out as rhubarb pie turns lighter and brighter because it opens within the glass with ginger candies and lemon oil. The palate is much less elegant, syrupy candy and cloying with a giant pink sweet be aware, extra strawberry than rhubarb, that shortly turns bitter because the evergreen notes of the gin base and the spice of the ginger arrive. A tart contact of lemon peel arrives on the end and lingers with pine sap and a fading be aware of fleshy rhubarb. It’s a little bit of a wild trip however not with out some allure. Finest used sparingly in a cocktail for a singular layer of taste or lower with a beneficiant quantity of mixer for a simple spritz. 40 proof. B / $20

Edinburgh Rhubarb & Ginger Gin (2023) – Take away some sugar (maybe), elevate the proof, and also you’ve obtained Rhubarb & Ginger Gin. The nostril is way much less vegetal than the liqueur with notes of candy lemon oil and rhubarb higher balanced in opposition to the dry, earthy, and evergreen notes of Scottish juniper and pine in the usual ginbill. Because it opens, candied ginger notes start to bloom with a barely tart, citrus edge. The palate is surprisingly saccharine, not too far faraway from the liqueur, however its complexity helps to distract from that reality, at the very least considerably. Sweet candy notes of chalky peppermint and rhubarb pie filling evolve into tart lemon peel and bitter spices earlier than dissolving into spicy, candied ginger and plump juniper berry on the lengthy end. Too candy for even my candy tooth, but it surely makes for a novel craft cocktail or G&T; simply be sure you use a dry tonic. 80 proof. B+ / $35

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Edinburgh Rhubarb & Ginger Gin (2023)

$35

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