#StBLive - Gin; BRECON BOTANICALS Review (by Steve the Barman)

- Today we're talking about
Brecon Botanicals Gin from Wales.
(Ice Clanging)
So hey folks, welcome to today's STB live
and today's gin review is the Brecon Botanicals Gin
from the Penderyn Distillary over in South Wales
in the Brecon Beacons South Wales
and if you've heard of that distillery before,
they are very famous for some of those Welsh,
I was gonna say Scottish whiskeys then,
Welsh whiskeys, malt whiskeys there
and they've also got a cream liqueur
that you would find in some of your super markets as well.
But today, obviously, we're talking about gin.
There it is, can you see that?
Brecon Botanticals gin.
Quite newish out on the main domains out here,
in your supermarkets and high streets
and that kind of thing,
has been around for a few years though.
Quite like a lot of gins
it's made it's name for itself in Spain.
Spain's a huge gin and tonic market out there,
so it's made it's name out there
and it's starting to come over into the UK
round about 2014 2015 off the back of an award they won,
the International Wines and Spirits Award,
so I think they picked up the gin trophy there
which kind of set the scene to let this loose in the UK.
I picked this bottle up,
I saw this in my big local Tesco superstore,
so it's available in your high streets,
I've got a funny feeling Waitrose stock it as well,
but obviously you could buy it online
and I'll get into all that later
but as I said, today we're talkin,
I want to give you a quick review of the gin
and what the botanicals they use
and how to drink it as a gin and tonic,
my recommended serve.
So, this gin has got eight botanicals in it all together.
Six of which I would class as very traditional
in most gins out there,
so your juniper, your coriander, your orange peel,
lemon peel, your cinnamon, and your cloves,
quite standard in most gins.
The two kind of botanicals that kind of set this apart,
saffron and bergamot, okay.
So they're the two that kind of set it apart.
As I just said, eight botanicals all together.
So when you come to smell it and taste it,
let's open the bottle.
(sniffing)
So as I've said it's a very traditional gin, you kind of
you're obviously getting your big hit of juniper
and your big citrus notes coming through,
but what I noticed when I was playin about with this
is when you mix, so traditional way making gin and tonic,
you put the gin in a glass, bit of ice,
and then if we're using the balloons we would stir the ice,
cause you don't want to stir the tonic
because you get rid of the fizz out of the tonic.
So, when you mix it and slightly dilute it then,
then you get the kind of the bergamot flavours come out
and the spices, that's when they come to life.
You need that tiny bit of dilution just to get those
set alive in this gin.
But talking of mixing it
now it's time for the gin and tonic.
This is what you're all here for,
you all want to know how to make this as a gin and tonic.
So, today I've gone a little bit different with this.
I've tried a few different tonics with this.
I've actually found that works really well, okay,
Fever-Tree's elderflower tonic really, really well.
Now the Fever-Tree elderflower tonic
is very different from an elderflower presse
like Bottlegreen's elderflower presse.
Don't get the two mixed up and confused.
The elderflower tonic is still a tonic water,
it's got that subtle hint of elderflower
and citrus coming through
whereas the elderflower presse is a little bit sweeter,
very, very, obviously elderflower
and big, bolder elderflower in taste.
So, again, while the elderflower presse does work with gin,
the elderflower tonic works exceptionally well.
So what I've done, this is the gin and tonic
and this is how I think it works exceptionally well,
again really launch gin balloon there.
I've made it in a ratio of one to three
so I've got 50 mil of gin in there
and then 150 mil of elderflower tonic
and I've just garnished this, okay can you see that there,
with lemon peel, okay?
Not the actual flesh of the lemon but lemon peel.
That's what I think, personally,
works really well with this gin.
I think the reason why the lemon
works really well as a garnish
is that it compliments with traditional gins.
Lemon, lime, orange, they're the kind of garnishes
that you want with those very traditional gins,
but obviously citrus goes hand in hand with elderflower,
they work really well so that just makes
an amazing gin and tonic, really comes to life.
But as to today's gin and tonic,
Brecon Botanicals, if you want to buy on Amazon
I think it's about 18.49 at the moment,
real bargain, basement price.
Normally it would be about 22, 24, 25 pounds a bottle-ish
so I've seen it on Amazon prime,
Marks and Spencer food halls,
I got this bottle actually from Tesco
so any big Tesco's you'll see it there.
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#StBLive - Gin; BRECON BOTANICALS Review (by Steve the Barman)

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