Hendrick's Gin

We bought our first bottle of Hendrick's Gin yesterday and were very eager to see how it tasted.

Whilst there are no hard and fast methods for tasting spirits, I read of a particular method that seems to do the trick. One takes a smal mouthful and head tilted forward holds the liquid in the front of their mouth and uses their tongue to dab away so as not to overpower your taste buds with the "fire".

The Hendricks Gin company are a small batch gin distillary in Ayrshire, Scotland. The curious thing about Hendricks is that they use cucumber infusion to give an unique twist to their gin.

On tasting the gin, one first detects the juniper berries. This is quickly followed by a more herby texture - quite possibly the cardomom and Bulgarian Rose and finished off with a spicy tang. Overall its a pleasant gin and when mixed in a martini creates a drink that is very smooth and lacks the bite of some other gins. Over all I would say that this is a gin for afternoon martinis whilst one reclines on cane furniture during an English summer. Bravo.