Roaring Noon 1922 Gin - Genuine Jazz Age Gin

Gin description

There's a bit of a story behind Roaring Noon 1922. In May 2016 we were asked by Professor Sarah Churchwell if we could partner her in producing a very special, unique gin. Sarah is a Professor of American Literature. As part of her researches she came across a recipe for bathtub gin, written down by the king of the jazz age himself, F Scott Fitzgerald. Not only that, Fitzgerald probably wrote the recipe down during the months his great novel immortalizes: he once said 1922 was the year of his ‘own first and last manufacture of gin.’ Distilled by Ian Hart from Sacred gin it faithfully recreates the recipe Fitzgerald kept, bottled at a punchy, ‘prohibition strength’ 67% no less! It is smooth, clean and fresh, surprisingly so for such a high ABV. Whilst it only uses 3 botanicals its flavour is satisfying and complex. It is a great sipping gin, and works fantastically well in short cocktails and makes an exceptional Martini. We think it’s as elegant and formidably powerful as one would hope from a gin that invokes the glamour, excitement and daring of jazz-age America. And why is it called Roaring Noon? In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes entering a cellar speakeasy in New York in the summer of 1922. The time…? “Roaring Noon.” So here is “Roaring Noon 1922”, a genuine Prohibition strength bathtub gin, from a recipe treasured by the King of the Jazz Age.