Rock Rose Premium Scottish Gin – Pink Grapefruit Old Tom Gin
41.5% vol. 50ml
Tasting Notes: Bright and zesty with fresh grapefruit coming through, well balanced with juniper and lovely notes of vanilla appearing. Lasting sweetness with a depth of grapefruit tang.
Signature Serve: 25ml Rock Rose gin, 75ml premium tonic. Garnish with pink grapefruit or orange peel.
This extra special edition of Rock Rose gin derives from our popular ‘Design a Rock Rose Gin Label’ competition of 2016, which became the wonderful citrus-based Artists’ Edition. As a very limited batch, the Artists’ Edition sold out very quickly and we were soon inundated with requests to re-create the fabulous gin.
We decided to bring it back as a fresher version using organic pink grapefruit peel, all lovingly peeled by our distillery team! These are added to our botanical basket along and vapour infused along with all our traditional gin botanicals. It is then lightly sweetened with muscovado sugar.
As a softer gin, Old Tom is seen as the missing link between the heave Dutch Genever and the more modern London Dry Gins, and was once available in every bar in the country. This historic drink is now being distilled for the modern palate, creating a sweeter and lighter gin for those less inclined to favour the more juniper-based dry gins.
Each bottle is hand waxed, numbered and signed before it leaves our wee distillery.
Pink Grapefruit Old Tom is distilled in Elizabeth our traditional copper pot still using a slow vapour infused process to extract the botanical flavours.
Our Hero Botanicals
Juniper, Pink Grapefruit Peel and Muscovado Sugar
Since 2014 we have been distilling in some of the most rugged but beautiful scenery in the far north of Scotland making our spirits a true ‘Wonder of the Wilderness!’
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