Brogan's Way Royal Blood Gin (70cl, 57.2%)

A complex gin at 57.2%, with a lingering cardamom heat. Herbal aromas and flavours come from rosemary and bay leaf, seasoned with Australian sea parsley, saltbush and roasted wattle seed, giving plenty of mouthfeel. It is juniper forward, dry, slightly citrus and extremely savoury, with fresh vapour-distilled rosemary leaf, bay leaf, olive leaf and black peppercorns amplified by mountain pepper leaf, saltbush and sea parsley. Roasted native wattle seeds lengthen the finish and exaggerate the heat of green cardamom. It suits a dry Martini or a Dirty G&T with a slice of apple to garnish.