For the Friday afternoon snack: the tastiest gins in the country
It's friyáááá (or well, in our heads it already is...) and so the Vrijmibo is being used liberally again (or planned/tasted). Something we have been looking forward to from minute one and which is often (read: always) accompanied by an alcoholic drink. In this case gin, because hey, gin is in. Et voilà: a 'we don't want to cause offence', but we'll do it anyway gin list.
All the way from Osaka here is the Roku Gin. What immediately stands out? The six is often seen in the bottle (and that rhymes, olé). For example, Roku means six in Japanese. The shape of this ginny bottle consists of hexagons and there are six typical Japanese botanicals incorporated into the gin, such as the Sakura flowers, zests (ha, you got it again) of Yuzu and Sencha tea. Anyway, about the gin itself. With the first tongue dip we taste green tea and citrus. Add some tonic and thin strips of ginger to your glass and let the party begin.
To START with: the Two Spirits Gin. The botanicals in this Dutch (or rather Schiedam) gin will blow your mind: a bit of lavender, but also raspberries, orange, cinnamon and ginger. The makers believe that these ingredients are a perfect match for a good conversation with a friend. Extra reason to open that ginny bottle. Bonus tip: drink this gin with Fever-Tree Spiced Orange or Elderflower tonic. Success guaranteed.
Two spirits gin
The Botanist Gin is made on a quaint Scottish island called Islay where life revolves around distilling alcohol. Our kind of island then, ha. There are 22 (!) herbs hidden in the gin. Well-known, but also less well-known herbs. We mean; Have you ever heard of meadowsweet? Nope, neither do we.
This gin is very accessible, but if you ask us, we would still go for a fresh sensation. What do you need? The Botanist Gin (duh!), elderflower vinegar, cucumber syrup, sparkling water and some mint. Jam.
The Botanist Gin
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Farmer Ben comes up with the brilliant idea to make an alcohol-free gin after he was presented with a really bad, very sweet mocktail in a random restaurant. This had to and would change #ginius. Ben realized he had to use his farming heritage, his love of nature and his new passion for distilling. And tadá; the birth of Seedlip. Nowadays, Seedlip is an indispensable part of any restaurant or hotel. So good stuff. Seedlip has 3 different bottles: Seedlip Spice 94 (the name gives away enough), Seedlip Grove 42 (most recent variant and the citrus plays the leading role) and Seedlip Garden 108 (herbal/flower explosion).
Anyway, are you a mommy-to-be, the bob or a dry whatever month it is and would you like to participate in the reutemeteut? We swear by the Alcohol-free seedlip.
We tested a lot of alcohol-free products and also made a cool article about that: this is how you do alcohol-free; we really like this.
Lazy, tired and don't feel like making a GT yourself? We get it. Then check out this tasty one list with cocktail bars in Amsterdam
