Hendrick’s Orbium Gin
Distillates and liqueursScotland0.70L43.4%Paul Ullrich
- Description
Orbium is a reinterpretation of HENDRICK’S GIN from the pen of our master distiller, Lesley Gracie. The instillation of additional extracts of quinine, wormwood and blue lotus flower produces an exceptionally exquisite gin that flatters the palate.
Even today, Hendrik’s gin is seen as the trigger for the great hype about gin. With its success outside of a classically made London Dry Gin, and the addition of then-revolutionary botanicals, rose petals and cucumber, Master Distiller Miss Lesley Gracie paved the way for a thousand other gins that came later. It is still produced at the Girvan Distillery in Scotland in a small-batch process. His cool look in the old black pharmacist’s bottle has become a cult favorite.
The classic Hendrick’s is complemented by the blue lotus flower, which gives it a touch of exoticism. With the addition of quinine and absinthe, it is a bit sour on the palate compared to the classic. Lingering floral aftertaste.
Hendrick’s Gin is the result of combining two gins. One made with a Carter-Head still , the other in a small still built in the 1860s by the Bennett, Sons & Shears brewery. These are two very different distillation methods that produce extremely different gins. The 2 botanicals are macerated for about 24 hours before going through the Bennett still. Said simply they are boiled and put directly into the spirit so as to infuse it with most of the aromatic characteristics. All botanicals used in the Carter-Head are added in a basket at the top of the still. They are neither macerated nor boiled, but are as if steamed so as to extract only the lightest, sweetest and most floral aromas. Both distillations take 12 hours to complete. Once the two spirits are combined, cucumber and rose essence are added before water is added and bottled.
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