If you like your gin classy but not snobby, crisp, clean, and dangerously smooth, this is it. Light on the juniper and heavy on a mix of exotic botanicals that hit you with citrus, spice, and a very very very earthy and herbal vibe. The vapor infusion method makes it feel elevated, like you’re sipping something smarter than the room. Seriously felt sophisticated sipping on this. The bottle alone is super aesthetically pleasing and so iconic it looks like it belongs in an art gallery, and the flavor profile follows through all the way a hundred percent. I personally really liked the herb pictures and detail on the container; looks so cute when frozen cold because it really compliments the glass, light blue. Elegant, but with a bite. Great and bold enough to stand alone over ice with a twist of lime.
About this bottle
Bombay Sapphire was first introduced in 1987. The bottle's utterly recognizable blue bottle is now an icon and adorned with an image of Queen Victoria. The gin itself is comprised of 10 botanicals which include cubeb berries, almonds, licorice root, and grains of paradise. Using the vapor distillation method, the botanicals are introduced into the neutral spirit by placing them on perforated copper baskets with the vapor of the distillate passing over them. Only water is added to bring down to proof.
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Bombay Sapphire Gin has an aroma of earthy orris root, followed by juniper, citrus, and spices.. The entry is tart, with a palate of juniper berries, cassia bark, and orris root. The finish includes juniper, coriander, and spices. Bombay Sapphire Gin's dominant orris root flavor can be overpowering and is not recommended straight. However, Bombay Sapphire Gin mixes well in traditional gin drinks like martinis and gin and tonics.
Spicy and Earthy: I get dark flavors from this gin. It tastes of a traditional gin, but with a spicy overtone. Towards the end the earthiness kicks in, and if you're unlucky you can taste a bit of perfume. I like this gin for how bold it is. It's one of the few I can have on its own. I love this gin in a collins as well. The downside is its a bit pricier than beefeater and tanq, but who doesn't love that lovely blue bottle.
A crisp London Dry Gin from England distilled 3 times. It has an aromatic birth with notes of juniper & lemon; while a balanced life added notes of almond, licorice, orris, angelica, coriander, cassis, cubeb & grains of paradise that led to a complex death. November 2015 / January 2018 / August 2023
79 N: citrusy, jalovec, lehká kořenitost, jemnost vůní, trošku alkohol 21 T: jemné, jalovec, citrusy uz jen maličko, už jsou ty aromata maličko schované, trochu alkohol 20 F: alkoholový s jalovcem 19 B: hezká vůně, kde ale pak více leze spíš alkohol a aromata se trochu ztrácejí 19
Mostly neutral, slight vegetal note, black pepper, citrus. At 47% I still prefer this over the now downgraded 44% Beefeater for most cocktails. One thing to note, Beefeater has much more juniper punch, so if that’s what you’re after, go with the beefy boy.
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