Spicy (juniper and coriander) and fruity aromas. A round, full bouquet. Very dry with complex flavors, first of minerals and then juniper berry. Good on the rocks or in martinis.
Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2011 Chairman's Trophy, Great Value. A true classic and a staple in most any bar. Complex and ever evolving in the glass while never losing its juniper focus. The quintessential London Dry Gin.
Pungent and assertive classic London Dry style gin, with an intensely satisfying juniper and licorice zip. On the palate, it’s clean and brisk with coriander and black pepper notes and a long and tingly finish.
Technical Notes The thirty year war in Europe when English soldiers and sailors first encounter Dutch Courage in the form of genever, the Dutch Juniper flavoured grain spirit given as a morale boosting tot before battle. They bring the taste for genever home when they return.
Beefeater Gin is acquired by Pernod Ricard. A massive programme of reinvestment in the brand begins. Beefeater returns to its rightful position as London’s gin, and is the only globally recognized gin to still be made in the city.
Beefeater accounted for three out of every four bottles of gin imported into the US. And in 1969. Beefeater becomes the only gin on board the maiden voyage of the QEI I to New York.