Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle,10C (just a little colder would have been better). Gold with a dense white head that lasts and leaves blots of lacing. Aroma of grain, dough, flowers, light spices, notes of oaky white wine perhaps more noticeable than gin and its botanicals. Slightly syrupy, carbonation feels lower than it looks. Wouldn’t have minded just a little more. Gin much more obvious in the taste - there’s a little hot breath of it in the first swallow and herbs are as prominent as the spicy hops. Aside from that first burst of gin, alcohol is well integrated. Sweet with apricots, peach, hay. Light dough. Bitterness struggles to balance in a lingering less than dry finish that has pepper, juniper and cloves. Complex without being off the leash.