Gin JournalThe

Allotment Bar & Restaurant

Dear gin drinkers,

We realise that choosing a g&t from a selection of over 50 can be a tad over

whelming.So we have put together this journal to guide you through.

There are prices, info, suggested mixers but if you have any questions, we really are

gin-terested. So just ask us!Love

Allotment

(P.s. Prices do NOT include tonic. See bar for details)

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Portobello Road Price: £4 ABV: 42% DryBorn in an upstairs room of the Portobello Star bar in Notting Hill, home of The Ginstitute, this juniper led gin has sweet notes of liquorice and slight pepper flavour of coriander.Place: London, UK Master distiller: Charlie Maxwell Perfect serve: Grapefruit

Alkkemist Price: £5.60 ABV: 40% FloralA smooth, floral and fresh gin using samphire and muscat grape which is made by the light of the full moon, just 12 times a year. Place: SpainPerfect serve: Orange & thyme

Aviation Price: £4.60 ABV: 42% Floral

A bar tender- distiller collaboration, this gin was made with the classic cocktail in mind. Floral and savoury with lavender and a subtle spice from cardamom.Place: Portland, USAPerfect serve: StrawberriesWhy not try a classic Aviation cocktail?

Batch Price: £4.80 ABV: 40% Aromatic

Batch was inspired by a trip to Spain and its connection to the ancient incense route. This gin uses exotic botanicals like frankincense and myrrh, having a warm spice, with hints of orange, cardamom and cinnamon with a smooth coriander and citrus finish.Place: Burnley, UKPerfect serve: Raspberries & lime peel

Blackwoods Price: £4.20 ABV: 40% Dry & herbal

Made with wild botanicals from Shetland, making each batch slightly different due to varying weather conditions, this gin has a dry citrus flavour, with herb and floral notes.Place: Shetland, UK Perfect serve: Rosemary & lime

Bathtub Price: £4.60 ABV: 43.3%

A perfumed, juniper taste, with an added spice of cardamom and cinnamon. Inspired by 1920s bootleggers who distilled gin illegally in bathtubs. Place: UKMaster distiller: Professor Cornelius Ampleforth Perfect serve: Lemon peel

Blind Tiger Price: £5.40 ABV: 47%

A peppery spice from the cubeb over subtle orange and lemon notes this gin is inspired by the prohibition era, in which you would pay to see a ‘blind tiger’ and get a complimentary drink.Place: BelgiumPerfect serve: Lemon & black pepper

Bloom Price: £4.80 ABV: 40% FloralBased on classical botanicals such as cubeb and angelica, but with additions of honeysuckle and pomelo the overall taste of Bloom is sweet and floral. Created by the spirit giants Greenall’s to embrace the new wave of less juniper-led gins.Place: London Master distiller: Joanne Moore Perfect serve: Strawberries

Brooklyn Price: £5.80 ABV: 40% CitrusA crisp, smooth gin with a strong citrus flavour, using hand cracked juniper and freshly peeled fruits. Brooklyn is made in the first licensed distillery since prohibition. Place: New York, USA Perfect serve: Lime wedge

try with ginger ale

if you're

not a fan of tonic!

Botanist Price: £4.60 ABV: 46% DryBalancing classic botanicals with locally sourced flowers and herbs from the island, Botanist has a strong citrus flavour with a floral undertone from herbs and flowers such as creeping thistle and applemint. Place: Isle of IslayPerfect serve: Thyme & lemon

Brockmans Price: £4.40 ABV: 40% Sweet

Brockmans uses botanicals from all around the world from Spain and Italy, all the way to China to create its smooth, fresh style with strong flavours of blueberry and blackberry. Place: England Perfect serve: Grapefruit peel & blueberries

try with ginger ale

if you're

not a fan of tonic! Caorunn Price: £4.50

ABV: 41.8% London dry

Crisp and aromatic using wild highland botanicals bog myrtle, dandelion & apple. Caorunn is vaporised in the world’s only working Copper Berry Chamber, originally used for extracting oils for perfume. Place: Scotland Master distiller: Simon Buley Perfect serve: Slices of apple

Copperhead Price: £5.50 ABV: 40%

Named after Mr. Copperhead, an alchemist on the search for the elixir of life, who quite by chance made this refreshing gin! Citrus and cardamom are the main flavours with a sweet juniper taste to finish. Place: BelgiumPerfect serve: Orange zest & coriander

Bulldog Price: £4.40 ABV:40% London dry

Exotic botanicals such as dragon eye, lotus leaves and white poppy create a slightly spicy taste with a warm, floral finish. The bottle is inspired by Winston Churchill and his “British Bulldog Spirit”. Place: Warrington, UK Perfect serve: Star anise/ apple

Daffys Price: £4.50 ABV: 43.4% Fresh

Named after Daffy, the goddess of gin, written about in the 1700s and depicted on the bottle. Daffys has a soft earthy spice moving into bright citrus notes, finished off with a refreshing taste from the Lebanese mint used as a botanical. Place: ScotlandPerfect serve: Mint sprig

Cream Gin Price: £4.80 ABV: 40%

Inspired by the gin palaces of the 18th century where cream and sugar were mixed with gin for a more palatable taste, Cream Gin is cold distilled with fresh cream for a smokey vanilla taste with a hint of citrus. Place: England Perfect serve: Strawberries

Death’s Door Price: £4.80 ABV: 47%Juniper led, citrusy flavour with a crisp fennel finish. The juniper berries used to make this gin are found growing wild on Washington Island. Place: Wisconsin, USAMaster distiller: Eric Gustafson & Christopher Kubale Perfect serve: Lemon peel

Staff suggestion: Sou

thside

The Duke Price: £4.80 ABV: 45% Dry

A fresh citrus taste from ginger and lemon peel, with an earthy base of lavender and angelica root. Named after the Duke of Bavaria who founded Munich in 1158 Place: Munich Perfect serve: Lemon & lime

Raspberry,Elderflower,Rhubarb&Ginger

Elephant Gin Price: £4.60 ABV: 45% London dry

Subtle juniper and earthy, herb notes lead into a subtle fruity spice flavour. 15% of all proceeds go towards two African elephant foundations. Place: Germany Perfect serve: Apple & juniper

try with soda for a change from

tonic!

Edinburgh Gin Liqueur Price: £4.20 ABV: 20% Sweet

Edinburgh gin is used as a base and is infused with macerated fruits for a sweet liqueur. Place: Edinburgh, ScotlandMaster distiller: David WilkinsonStill name: Flora – a rotund pot stillCaledonia – a tall column still

FEW American Price: £4.80 ABV: 40%

Earthy spice from vanilla and hops, FEW was named as an ironic nod to Frances Elizabeth Willard, a notable suffragist and prohibitionist who lived in Evanston, where the distillery is based. Place: Illinois, USAMaster distiller: Paul Hletko Perfect serve: Lime peel

Fifty Pounds Price: £4.60 ABV: 43.5% London dry

A secret recipe handed down through generations, created at the time of the Gin Act of 1736, where the price to legally distill gin was £50. It has a strong citrus flavour with a peppery juniper finish. Place: London Perfect serve: Orange peel & a lemon slice

FEW Barrel Aged Price: £5.40

ABV: 46.5% Smokey

Heavy with juniper and citrus, which gives in to a smooth smokey flavour with a sweet spice. This bourbon like gin is aged in oak barrels to give its distinct flavour.Place: Illinois, USA Master distiller: Paul Hletko Perfect serve: Lemon & mint

Forest Price: £4.80 ABV: 42%

A small, family run business with many of the berries and botanicals being foraged by the family and their daughter. It tastes fragrant and earthy due to fresh moss being used, with added fruity notes from the wild berries.Place: Macclesfield, UKMaster distiller: Karl Bond Staff serve: Mango & rosemary

Gin Mare Price: £4.80 ABV: 42.7% Savoury & herbal

Beginning with a citrus base Gin Mare uses various mediterranean herbs such as olive, rosemary and thyme to de-liver a savoury taste of sunshine. The citrus fruits; sweet oranges from Seville, bitter oranges from Valencia and lemons from Lleida are macerated for an entire year before being used to create the gin. Place: Spain Perfect serve: Orange peel & a rosemary sprig

great in a really dirty martini

Gin Sul Price: £4.80 ABV: 43% Dry

Citrusy and fresh, with a floral finish Gin Sul was inspired by a trip to Portugal, this gin uses many Mediterranean botanicals including laudanum.Place: Hamburg, Germany Perfect serve: Lemon peel

Hendricks Price: £4.50 ABV: 44% FreshTwo separate stills are used to create this gin, the liquids are combined and then rose and cucumber essence are added after distillation for a stronger, refreshing taste. Place: ScotlandPerfect serve: Cucumber

Haymans Old Tom Price: £4.20 ABV: 40%

Classic tastes of juniper and coriander, sweetened with liquorice root. A family run business, Haymans have been producing gin for over 150 years, distilling alcohol for medicinal purposes during WWII was so important that members of the family were not allowed to sign up. Place: LondonPerfect serve: Lemon & limeStill name: Marjorie

Staff suggestion:

Raspberry Collins

King of Soho Price: £4.60 ABV: 42% London dry

Created as a homage to the original ‘King of Soho’ – Paul Raymond this classic London dry has mainly juniper and pine flavours with a soft citrus undertone. Place: London, UK Perfect serve: Grapefruit

what about neat?

Leopold’s Price: £4.80 ABV: 40% CitrusEarthy vanilla and pine develop into a floral, mostly citrus flavour in this gin. Leopold’s do not use a neutral grain spirit as their base, they separately distill wheat, potato & barley into a blended base. Place: Denver, USAMaster distiller: Todd Leopold

Martin Millers Price: £4.20 ABV: 40%

Created by Martin Miller who was fed up of mediocre gins, this ‘modern classic’ is transported to Iceland after distillation where the gin is blended with water from a spring drawn from the depths of the basalt mountains. This gives it its fresh finish, along with cucumber and citrus botanicals.Place: London/ IcelandPerfect serve: Strawberries and cracked black pepperStill name: Angela

Mombasa Club Price: £4.40 ABV: 41.5% Dry

Juniper led with woody spice notes, followed by sweet liquorice with a peppery finish. Formed in 1885 The Mombasa Club was a place for Englishmen working for the Imperial East Africa Company to swap stories of their travels over a G&T. The club still exists to this day Place: London/ Spain Perfect serve: Lemon sliceStaff Serve: Pink Gin – add a few dashes of Angostura bitters to your Mombassa G&T

Monkey 47 Sloe Gin Price: 4.80 ABV: 47%Tangy and sweet with berries, ending in a nutty, earthy taste. Place: GermanyPerfect serve: Berries

Try in a Negroni!

Monkey 47 Price: £4.80 ABV: 47% Dry

Hugely complex gin from the Black Forest. It has a strong juniper taste with a sweet tang of citrus and earthy berries. Named after the 47 botanicals that the gin uses. Place: Germany Perfect serve: Grapefruit

Plymouth Navy Strength Price: £4.80 ABV: 57%

Drunk by the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic wars, Plymouth was poured onto gun powder and set alight, if the gunpowder still burnt, the gin was deemed strong enough to bring on board. Made in the oldest working distillery in England this gin is fresh with juniper with an aromatic earthiness from the coriander and cardamom botanicals. Place: Plymouth, UK Perfect serve: Lemon & lime

Ophir Price: £4.20 ABV: 40% Spiced

Inspired by the ancient spice route Ophir uses exotic botanicals from India, Morocco and Indonesia to give a well balanced warm spice with hints of cumin and black pepper. Place: London Master distiller: Joanne Moore Perfect serve: Slice of fresh gingerStaff serve: Orange

Sipsmiths Price:£4.40 ABV:41.6% London dry

The swan on the label is a nod to the swan neck pipe of the copper still in which the gin is made, the first working in London for over 180 years. The gin is dry with a fresh, zesty citrus flavour that is balanced perfectly. Place: London Perfect serve: Lemon, lime & cucumberStill name: Prudence, Constance & Patience Staff Serve: Perfect Martini

Sacred Cardamom Price: £4.60 ABV: 43.8% Spiced

Made using vacuum distillation Sacred Cardamom is based on a balance of juniper and citrus, with a focus on its key botanical, the warm spice of cardamom. Place: LondonMaster distiller: Dan HartPerfect serve: Cardamom pods

Our red snapper contains sacred gin, sriracha sauce and kaffir lime leaves!

St. George Terroir Price: £4.60 ABV: 45% DryThe St. George Spirit Company began as a few tasting tables on sawhorses, now it is a 65,000 square foot hangar. This gin has a dry woody flavour due to Douglas fir, sage and laurel which is balanced by a subtle citrus element. Place: California, USA Master distiller: Lance Winters Perfect serve: FennelStaff Serve: Basil & star anise

Tanqueray 10 Price: £4.60 ABV: 47.3% DryFresh, bright, and strongly citrusy. Whole fruit botanicals are used in the distillation such as whole grapefruits and whole limes. Place: London, UK Perfect serve: GrapefruitStill name: Tiny Ten

Thomas Dakin Price: £4.60 ABV: 42% Savoury

Dakin based his distillery on the trade route between Manchester and Liverpool. The horseradish botanical comes from the red cole liqueur that tradesmen would drink to keep them going on their journeys. Red cole, otherwise known as horseradish is the main botanical in this gin giving a distinctly savoury flavour with sweet undertones.Place: UKMaster distiller: Joanne Moore Perfect serve: Orange slice

VL92 Price: £5 ABV: 41.7%The VL92 was an old ship that was used to bring jenever to Britain, and is now used to bring VL92 to you today. Juniper led but with an earthy, soft spice. This gin is made with a malt wine base which leads to its oaky qualities.Place: NetherlandsPerfect serve: Ginger & juniper berries

Uppercut Price: £5.40 ABV: 49.6% DryA selection of herbal botanicals such as liquorice root and strawberry leaf give this strong gin a peppery taste with a sweet finish. Place: Belgium Perfect serve: Strawberries

crushed raspberries and black pepper might be nice?

Warner Edwards Harrington Dry Price: £4.40 ABV: 44% Dry Founded by friends Tom Warner and Sion Edwards & made on their farm in a 200 year old converted barn. The Harrington Dry is strongly citrus which gives way to a soft spice from nutmeg and cardamom.Place: Northamptonshire, UK Master distiller: Oli Stokes Perfect serve: Orange sliceStill name: Curiosity

Warner Edwards Sloe Price: £4.40 ABV: 30%A very rich, deep flavour of sloe with a hint of spice Sloe berries are macerated in their Harrington Dry, the berries are removed but redistilled to extract the absorbed alcohol.Perfect serve: Berries

WarnerEdwardsElderflower Price: £4.40 ABV: 40% Sweet

Blended with Harrington Dry, elderflower and a little sugar make this a sweet, floral, summery gin which can only be made once a year. The elderflower that is used is handpicked from the Warner Edwards farm.Perfect serve: Cucumber & lime

Warner Edwards Rhubarb Price: £4.40 ABV: 40% SweetMade using a crop of rhubarb originally grown in Queen Vic-toria’s garden at Buckingham Palace. The rhubarb is squeezed through a cider press and blended with Harrington Dry, to create a warm spice with a strong, sweet rhubarb flavour. Perfect serve: Ginger/ raspberries

West Winds Sabre Price: £4.40 ABV: 40% DryStrong with a balance of citrus and juniper, using Australian botanicals such as lemon myrtle and wattle seed West Winds nod to a traditional London Dry whilst creating something truly aussie.Place: Australia Perfect serve: Lemon

West Winds Broadside Price: £6.20 ABV: 58%

Navy strength. Broadside is peppery with juniper and has a slight saltiness, thanks to the sea parsley and sea salt botanicals, and a citrus undertone.Place: AustraliaPerfect serve: Lemon

West Winds Cutlass Price: £4.80 ABV: 50% SavouryFun fact: As with the other West Winds gins, Cutlass is triple distilled using Margaret River rain water. It is crisp and fresh with a big hit of coriander. Place: AustraliaPerfect serve: Green pepper

Williams Chase Extra Dry Price: £4.40 ABV: 40% DryHeavy juniper flavour with subtle notes of dark chocolate and spice. This gin is infused with juniper buds as well as berries to make the gin extra dry. Place: Herefordshire, UK Perfect serve: Slice of ginger and a lime wedgeStill name: Ginny

Williams Chase Elegant Price: £4.60 ABV: 48%Unlike most gins which are based on a neutral grain spirit, this gin has an apple cider base. This makes a crisp fruit taste with juniper and earthy undertones.Place: Herefordshire, UK Perfect serve: AppleStill name: Ginny

Zymugorium’s Manchester Gin Price: £ 4.80 ABV: 40% Aromatic

Begins sweet, moving into a subtle spice from botanicals such as caraway and coriander. The name comes from a combination of Zymurgy; the study of scientific brewing and emporium. Place: Manchester, UKMaster distiller: Aaron Darke Perfect serve: Orange slice

Xolato Price: £5.40 ABV: 46% Sweet/smokey Based on an ancient Aztec elixir said to have aphrodisiac and intellect sharpening traits this interesting gin has a smokey choc-olate and vanilla flavours. Place: Belgium Perfect serve: Cocoa nibsStaff serve: Try with lemonade for a cream soda flavour

What about with grapefruit and cracked black pepper?!

Gin Tasting

Gin-troduction £10Try 3 different gins from our selection, learn all about the brands and the botanicals.Get 20% your next G&T or gin based cocktail.

Ginterested...? £20A tasting packed full of fun facts and interest-ing anecdotes. Taste 5 gins from our range, learn all about them, the history of gin and distillation. End the session with a G&T of your choice from the gins you have tried.

Gin-pocalypse £25Gin, gin and more gin. Talk with one of our expert bar tenders whilst learning all about the gins you are trying. Fun, frivolity, 5 gins and a gin cocktail to finish.

Tastings must be booked in advancePrices are per person

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