Lee Spirits Co. Dry Gin

Gin description

Lee Spirits Company uses corn and wheat for its base distillate. To dial in their recipe, the Lees listed every ingredient they could find mentioned in their research, then spent about $150 at Sage Consulting & Apothecary on around 30 herbs and botanicals. They finally settled on juniper, cardamom, coriander, orange peel, lemon peel, angelica and orris root. It took 31 test batches to perfect the final recipe. Up front you'll detect big floral aroma, which is important because the cocktails we like add a citrus twist, and the floral notes add to that aroma. You smell the juniper interact with the citrus — it's like early morning dew and light flowers. Your brain's quieted up front, but from the mid palate to the back of the tongue, it's all spicy wood notes. That smooth transition from botanicals into the spice is so important.