Juniper s wit barrel aged gin has a floral nose with hints of earthy.
Barrel aged gin.
These gins are aged in a whiskey brandy or rum barrel.
Barrel aged gin isn t a truly new concept.
The gin is rested in former whisky barrels before being bottled at 40 abv.
Juniper s wit barrel aged gin is completely produced grain to glass at the kinsip house distillery.
We ve compiled together a list of 20 barrel aged cocktails that get better when barrel aged.
Their barrel aged gin features lavender and hops among its flagship botanicals.
We re hoping to get pictures and recipes up for each cocktail.
The concept of barrel aging gin isn t really new.
After resting for several months in new american white oak barrels the result is a smooth toasty aged spirit with a round slightly sweet mouth feel and subtle spice.
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Later gin was stuck in a barrel as a mode of transportation and storage in the 18th and early 19th centuries where it naturally picked up some oak characteristics.
We will be adding and updating it as frequently as possible.
Few spirits barrel gin.
The dutch spirit genever was a precursor to modern gin and is made with a barrel aged malt liquor.
Gin gets a makeover with a crop of barrel aged bottles good enough to sip straight.
To the eye.
Right now there appears to be around 50 barrel aged gin brands available in various markets around the world but these are our top 10.
They don t sit in barrels for as long as scotch or whisky usually just a couple of months but sipped neat they are similar to a whisky so if you like a fine whisky try a barrel aged gin neat.
Aged gins as a category of their own are a relatively new invention.
Since the gin naissance of the late 2000s barrel aged gin has slowly become a craft in itself and distilleries have used it to create new and often more complex flavours.
This list is currently a work in progress.
Genever the malt spirit that is a precursor to gin was often aged in barrels.
Aged gins sometimes also referred to as barreled gins barrel rested gin or the more archaic yellow gin are simply gins which have been aged in wood after distillation.
Here are six bottles to look out for.
For our barrel gin we begin with spirit works gin which has been distilled from organic california red winter wheat.