Junipero Gin (75cl, 49.3%)

A London Dry gin from San Francisco, California, first released in 1996 and recognised as the first post-Prohibition craft gin distilled in the United States. It is redistilled once in a small copper pot still from grain neutral spirit and filtered San Francisco water, bottled unfiltered and never chill-filtered, with twelve botanicals: juniper, coriander, angelica, orris, lemon peel, sweet and Seville orange peels, cubeb, cassia, cardamom, anise and grains of paradise. The distillery was founded as Anchor Distilling Co. in 1996 and is now Hotaling & Co. The nose has a strong juniper core with bright citrus and herbal complexity. The palate is big in structure, with juniper at the forefront opening to lemon peel, cardamom and lemongrass, and the finish is bold, crisp and clean with lingering botanical warmth.