Koval Barrel Aged Gin (75cl, 47%)

A 47% ABV barrel-rested American gin from Chicago's KOVAL Distillery, aged six months in the distillery's own ex-rye whiskey barrels. It starts as an organic rye white whiskey redistilled with 13 botanicals. The botanicals include juniper, rose hip, angelica root and coriander. The closed-loop approach uses barrels that previously held the distillery's own whiskey. The aroma has coriander and juniper, delicate rose-hip tea, then honey and caramel. The palate delivers bitter juniper and a quinine-like edge before vanilla, malt and marshmallow sweetness, with baking spice from the barrel. The finish is long and warming, with wood spice, nutmeg, black pepper and clove.