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McQueen and the Violet Fog Gin
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McQueen and the Violet Fog Gin

Gin Distilled Gin Brazil No age statement 40% ABV
$$ $30 to $50 Everyday Above average gin
42 reviews
85 critic score out of 100

About this bottle

This gin is produced with a neutral sugarcane spirit and 21 botanicals in Jundiaí, Brazil. It is made in batches using a 500-liter still and both maceration and vapor-infusion. Some of the botanicals used include Indian basil leaves, Portuguese rosemary, Brazilian açaí, Mediterranean fennel seed, star anise, pomelo, jasmine and lemongrass among others. The brand got the name from the title of a poem about the meeting of a mysterious (fictional) rock band. The last two stanzas appear on the back of the bottle.

How it tastes

Measured across 14 flavor axes. Tap a note to find other bottles that lead with it.

Oily 70
Floral 70
Herbal 70
Spicy 60
Bitter 60
Fruity 50
Chemical 40
Sweet 30

Reviews

Showing the most detailed of 12 parsed reviews.

jslaton09 4.3

Generally use gin in cocktails, but this is one that can easily be drank neat too. Nose has significant lime, quinine and pine with a hit of berry/strawberry. Palate, as weird as this sound it tastes like if you made sprite into a liquor, but made it bespoke and craft. Very fresh tasting with more traditional gin flavors creating an undertone here, and newer botanicals taking the forefront. Still very heavy on the lime and quinine... delicious.

PassiveTaster 4.8

Nice smell, evenly herbal and spicy. Easy to take in with nice complexity (I can't figure it out). Really pleasant all around, fresh but complete, no open endedness. Could definitely sip straight, or a clean mint and tonic. Wouldn't want to hide this, personally.

TheDrunkenNerds 4.8

Holy Juniper this is good. One of the best Gin's we've tasted under 40.00 a bottle.

cathylfc 4.0

Floral, and rosemary. I can smell the fennel but don’t taste it much which I like

Dani Jensen 4.5

Lemongrass. Floral. Not as juniper forward as many gins.

mpfo 3.0

Hides in a gin and tonic but inoffensive.

6 more reviews were collected for this bottle. The longest ones are shown first.

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