This gin was inspired by the distillery founder, PJ Rigney's travels to the western coast of the United States, where he discovered the rich flavors of California oranges. Recognizing the potential for these flavors to complement the exotic layers of fresh citrus, oriental botanicals, and gunpowder tea in his gin, Rigney decided to incorporate them into a new variant of the classic Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin. The spirit is distilled at The Shed Distillery and combines eight pot still and four vapor-infused botanicals collected from China with the vibrant, exotic, and refreshing Californian Orange Citrus. Aroma/Nose: The aroma is not as pronounced as one would expect from a 43-degree gin with light citrus notes. Taste: neat, it did not impress - relatively soft, but not expressive, juniper is very faintly perceived, and there really are some tea notes. Liked it most with pineapple juice - it unfolded very interestingly here. Finish: medium with tea notes and light citrus. Overall Impression: you should definitely taste it, it's 100% enjoyable and a bit unusual. And I like this bottle design.
4.04
About this bottle
This flavored extension of the brand's flagship Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin adds California Orange Citrus flavors to the gunpowder tea and other botanicals. This is the second flavored gin brand extension following the Sardinian Citrus bottling which launched in May 2021. California Orange Citrus is available in the US beginning February 2023. (SRP $36.99)
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Morgan Freeman
4.3
rcayre
4.5
Definitely get the citrus, almost just orange zest so not citrus sweet. Nice with tonic.
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