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Hello and Welcome to Episode 38
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This week live with Tristan from Massingberd Mundy
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Weekly Gin Recommendation
Weekly Gin Recommendation is Leonards Lee Gardens Botanical Gin
Leonards Lee is very close to where I live and I was given this as Christmas by Jon and Elaine. Shout out to you two.
It is from a really exciting gin distillery very close to me called Cabin Pressure spirits and it really embodies the true kind of country garden flavour in a lovely floral gin
The nose of the gin has a sweet floral aroma
The flavour profile starts with a dryness followed by a rose flavour sweetened by the honey and elongate with the chamomile. At the end of the profile you get the lavender which is a really lovely bonus.
In tonic the flavour completely changes and the lavender really comes to the front of the profile.
I think this would be really interesting in a cocktail with a lavender based sugar syrup of The Starlino Rose Aperitivo. The are so many interesting flavours to play off.
I didn't think I would be saying this but this has definitely got to the top of my long buying list and one I would really recommend trying. They also do a 10cl bottle which is really good for testing purposes.
The Ying and Yang of Sugar Syrups
Alcohol often is not calorific but a few cocktails are not the best thing for you but we still like to have them
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Interesting experiment as I have finished quite a few of the peripheral spirits like Strawberry and Raspberry liqueurs etc could I replace them with sugar syrup
Double whammy of sugar hit and high performance taste
The answer is a profound yes. Less alcohol. More taste
So I decided to buy Le Sirop de Monin. I have had their sugar syrup for ages. For the live tonight Tristan encourage me to buy one which started off this process
If you want to know about that one you will have to listen in tonight
Strawberry - already used in Daiquiri but would like to use in Martini. Rich taste
Blackberry - lots of serves recently by Nessymixedit which included this
Hibiscus - really gorgeous flavour. Bit Campriesequ dry so I have found adding additional Raspberries good idea
Raspberry - would be ideal with Marie Jeanne or Stockport’s Pink gin. Really lovely flavour or Rhamanta
Honey - lots of hot serves recently have had honey in. Really nice not too sweet and really runny. Does not work with pancakes as it is a bit insipid.
Pineapple - really looking forward to using this very soon. Not quite sure how.
So many other flavours like floral Rose, Lavender or Violet
Coconut or Passionfruit Mango or Vanilla
Cherry, Ginger, Lychee (Claire at The Edge Gin)
Go out there and try them. I sincerely don’t think that you will disappointed.
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