Beautiful golden straw color, medium legs in the glass. Fragrant juniper, grapefruit, and lime peel on the nose. Big flavors explode in the mouth. Oak and bitter spices. Juniper is there along with citrus and grape sweetness, but it's a dry coating mouthfeel. Long finish is dry oak, bitters, citrus peel, and tingling herbal nettle. Interesting straight up--that's a positive assessment. It's not as sweet and tame as some other barrel aged gins, but it has that forest floor character of the Pacific NW. Really impressed by the gins Temple Distilling is producing. More people need to discover this craft gem. This gin works great in a Tom Collins--the sugar and lemon rounds out the spice and dry oak, making for a more interesting version. Also works well with tonic, like a woodsy, double tonic G&T.
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About this bottle
Distilled at Temple Distilling in Lynnwood, Washington; this is aged gin is using the distillery's Chapter One Navy-Strength Gin into freshly-dumped whiskey barrels. In keeping with the brand's "book" theme, Woodcut is named for the printing technique used by carving wood to then imprint text or images on to something else. Bottled at 90 proof. Limited availability.
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drlewis
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