Gin Sul, 50 cl

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Es wäre zumindest nett gewesen, darauf aufmerksam zu machen dass jetzt eine " letzte Runde" stattfindet, aber es gab dann schlicht einfach nichts mehr. Germany has a lot of distilleries. We’re talking big numbers here: 1,000’s of active distillers and allegedly, over 20,000 licensed stills. According to our estimates, somewhere between 1500 and 2000 of those have made a Gin at some point, while there are a good 500 or so who are actively building their brands. That, folks, is a lot. Our founder, Stephan Garbe from Hamburg fell in love with Portugal and was inspired to make a hand-crafted gin using local Portuguese ingredients. At the Altona Distillery, Gin Sul is produced by hand and with great care by Hamburg's only gin distillery using botanicals from almost 3,000 km away in south-west Portugal.

Germany meets Portugal in Gin Sul; the gin with a difference

Hier kann ich leider absolut keine Empfehlung aussprechen, denn bis auf das sehr sympathische Auftreten der jungen Mitarbeiterin , war das kein schöner Abend. Wenn man ein weiteres Getränk haben wollte, musste man den Vortrag verlassen, und man bekam an der Bar wieder genau das gleiche Getränk, keine Auswahl, keine Vielfalt. Aber genau das erwarte ich bei einem Tasting. The majority of botanicals are macerated in the still for a short period of time, before it is turned on and left to heat up very gently. A basket filled with the lemon peels, rose petals and lavender sits in the chamber, allowing the alcoholic vapour to pass through and absorb their oils and flavours. Once the liquid comes off the still, a full working day later, it is blended with water from the Lüneburg Heath area. Garbe is joined in his distilling capacities by talented young graduate Doris Kuhn. GIN SUL to taste…

Each year, GIN SUL releases a special edition gin. This is where the branding work takes off. The white clay is printed with glorious illustrations, each telling a small tale. The first, RUBY SUL, from 2014, was aged in a Ruby Port barrel. The second, CRUZEIRO DO SUL was aged in a Moscatel de Setubal barrel, the third, ROTA DO SUL was filled with sun-kissed Portuguese botanicals gathered during a motorbike trip across the country’s South coast. The 2017 edition, Kleine Freiheit (Small Freedom), went out at a slightly larger 4000 bottle batch (the previous had been limited to 1 or 2000) and was, contrary to any of GIN SUL’s previous efforts, a love letter to Hamburg. Juniper, cumin, anise, fennel, dill and lemons made it into the line up, along with five special pepper varieties. After distillation, the spirit spends a night in old aquavit barrels, before being poured into their glorious ceramic homes for life. In total, 7% of German spirits drinkers say they like GIN SUL. However, in actuality, among the 24% of German respondents who know GIN SUL, 29% of people like the brand. Everything started with Dona Alice's grilled bacalhau. I caught lusophilia–the love of Portugal and its people–a long time ago, in a shed converted into an "Adega" on the outskirts of Lisbon. I traveled the country, began to learn the language in bars using gestures and signs, and eventually commuted between Hamburg and the south of Portugal.

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For a classic gin & tonic mix 50ml Gin Sul with a quality tonic water such as Fever-Tree Mediterranean. Ich gehe oft zu Verkostungen , Kochabenden, Tatstings aller Art und kann immer etwas positives an solchen Abenden finden. To put that into context, in January this year, the UK had 315 registered gin distilleries to its name, and boy did that feel like a huge milestone… To put a finer point on this: there are a lot of gins in Germany, so to cut across the rest and make any kind of international splash is a sign of only good things. One of the first to do this – in fact, one of the few to do this – was Hamburg’s very first gin, GIN SUL. Did you know?: Gin is the reason for the term 'Dutch courage' and came about through the English soldiers' consumption and thereafter instant courage during wartime conditions.