Tasting notes and perfect serve
N: In the nose I have a lot of oranges, especially warmth and a lot of sweetness. I also notice another sweet touch in the background, would this be the cherry that comes through a little bit? P: In the palette we got the orange flavours again, but in a fun way. The marmalade isnt overpowering the pallet. The necessary spicyness comes through, it comes from the base they used. Glad that this spicyness is there. I am missing some juniper. F: The finish is a bit spicy, but still sweet from the oranges. Medium finish! S: A gin that is difficult to pair with a tonic. I had that feeling right away. After a short search I could find a Tailored Tonic. In this case the Citrus Sweet version. And I was happy, because this gave the Gin a richer character. By adding tonic, I also had some juniper in taste. It stays soft! Conclusion: It's certainly not an everyday Gin, and there will also be a lot of people who will be curious about the tastes of this Gin. Yesterday after posting part 1 we immediately had messages from followers who wanted to buy the Gin! For me it's not a Gin that I would drink daily. I am not saying that the gin is bad, certainly not. (My mom loves the gin so much). But I'm simply more a fan of stronger Gins that contain more juniper and have some more balls. However, I can say that I love this second Gin in the range more than the first Bishop's Gin.
Background information
Today we're bringing you the new Bishop's Gin. On Venuez we had the chance to taste this newcomer. We were very curious and did not know what to expect. The full name of this newcomer is the 'Bishop's Gin Marmalade'. This gin is distilled in the UK, to be more precise in the Thames Distillery in London. The owner of this distillery is Charles Maxwell, a gin lover who, like us, wanted nothing more than to have his own distillery to make Gin. What makes him so exceptional is that he doesn't make any gin for himself. He makes gins for those who come to visit him and ask him to make a gin. And so he has a lot of gins to his name. That's how this Bishop's Gin Marmalade was made there as well. Here in Belgium, where all the other work on the gin is happening, we see the name Ponet Spirits appearing. The owner Thierry Ponet who goes around the world to get new ideas and looks for collaborations with the best master distillers there are in this gin world. Next to him we also see Matthieu Chaumont who we were able to meet on Venuez. He is mainly busy making cocktails. He does this in the famous bar 'Hortense'. As he himself said, I am mainly busy with the fun things of having a Gin. Finally we have Luc Vanbuggenhout, who has an incredible passion for spirits and he is the brand ambassador of the Bishop's Gin range.🇧🇪. But enough about the team, you are here mainly to get to know the Gin. As I have already told you, this Marmalade Gin is infuse with sicilian oranges. They used the first gin as the basis of the recipe. The first gin in the range is a soft London Dry Gin that isn't like the other London Dry Gin's you've got at home. One of the most important botanicals is the Trapaeolum Majus (East-Indian Cherry). To this basic recipe they have added the sicilian oranges in order to bring a whole new creation to the market. Full of taste, sweeter, and where you can still find out the basic of their London Dry in. A unique experience! On the bottle we see Bishop J. Ponnet again. A bishop who in the 16th century strived for a world with more freedom of movement for religious people. Cheers, Gintasticbelgium 🇧🇪
