Portobello Road No. 171 Gin - Directors Cut No. 2 Smokey

Gin description

This year, Director’s Cut No.02 The Smoky Gin, has been flavoured with juniper berries hand-smoked in peat dug by Portobello Road Gin founder Ged Feltham at his ancestral home of County Kerry, Ireland. The peat was then taken to Portobello Road Gin’s master distiller Jake Burger at 171 Portobello Road and 1,000 bottles were distilled in twenty litre batches over the same four days that the Great Fire of London burned. Eleven botanicals, including fiery chipotle and Chinese Lapsang Souchong black tea were used to produce the blend using Portobello Road Gin’s neutral grain spirit, which is produced with English grain. Each year, the Director’s Cut project gives us the opportunity to flex our creative muscles, introducing fans to some slightly more unusual gins from the past, said Feltham. Director’s Cut No.02 will be the last blend crafted in its current 30L alembic copper still Copernicus the Second, with Portobello Road Gin prepares to move into its new home in December. Earlier this year the distiller confirmed plans to build a multi million four storey gin palace in the heart of Portobello Road.