That Boutique-Y Gin Company Hot Sauce Gin - FEW Spirits Distillery

Gin description

FEW Spirits are known for being an inventive bunch, but Hot Sauce Gin takes the biscuit. Or takes the kebab. Or something. Anyway. What they've done is taken a batch of bourbon that was finished for a year in barrels that previously held bourbon and then hot sauce. They then re-distilled this whiskey with juniper, Guajillo peppers and Ancho chillies. Savoury, spicy and with a balancing hint of sweetness, this gin is as action-packed as the label - which features FEW's Paul Hletko and Maverick Drinks' Michael Vachon kicking barrels off of a roof and pelting Atom Brands' Ben Ellefsen and Nick Ravelhall with peppers as they're chased by a wave of bourbon. Action. Packed. A provocative nose with a light sweetness and soft green pepper - with a sly wink this gin doesn't give too much away. In the mouth, oily rye bread with fennel seed and sweet dark toasted sugar there is a little heat like biting on a bell pepper seed. A sweet, floral warmth gradually builds and there is a pepper warmth from the hot sauce. Just when you think the flavour is gone with a bang, a boomerang of fresh green pepper flavours returns with menthol peppiness.