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Bristow
1 Year Old Reserve Barrel Aged Gin

Category: Barrel Aged Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 56.5%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$49

Bristow
1 Year Old Reserve Barrel Aged Gin

Category: Barrel Aged Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 56.5%
Dark clear golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, orange peel, and honey, and spiced almonds with a velvety, vibrant, dry medium-to-full body and a peppery, colossal, medium-long finish that exhibits overtones of cinnamon and nutmeg, pine needle and juniper, candied orange peel and spiced nuts, and bananas foster. Sweet and inviting, this tastes like drinking a Norman Rockwell Christmas painting; would make a killer Old Fashioned or be the perfect after dinner treat.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, orange peel, and honey, and spiced almonds
Taste Flavor: cinnamon and nutmeg, pine needle and juniper, candied orange peel and spiced nuts, and bananas foster
Smoothness Smoothness: Peppery
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Sweet and inviting, this tastes like drinking a Norman Rockwell Christmas painting; would make a killer Old Fashioned or be the perfect after dinner treat.
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The Producer

Cathead Distillery

The Producer
422 South Farish Street
Jackson, MS 39201
USA
1 601-667-3038
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Their Portfolio

95 • Bristow Gin 47% (USA) $34.00.
92 • Bristow Gin 47% (USA) $34.00.
95 • Bristow 1 Year Old Reserve Barrel Aged Gin 56.5% (USA) $49.00.
94 • Bristow 4 Year Old Reserve Barrel Aged Gin 56.5% (USA) $74.00.
96 • Bristow 7 Year Old Reserve Barrel Aged Gin 56.5% (USA) $99.00.
90 • Bristow Gin 47% (USA) $34.00.
88 • Cathead Vodka 40% (USA) $22.00.
93 • Old Soul Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey 45% (USA) $44.00.
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Barrel Aged Gin

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Serve in a Shot Glass
About
Barrel Aged Gin
Barrel-aged gin has become a trendy spirit produced by numerous artisan distillers in America. Actually they are bringing this tradition back as barrel-aged gin has been made on the Spanish island of Menorca for more than two hundred years, with white oak barrels being the preferred vessel.

The current barrel-aged gins made in America have a brown color, derived from the bourbon barrels in which it is matured. This technique gives these gins aromas of vanilla and caramel.

These gins are served either over ice or serve as the base of cocktails such as an Old Fashioned or Manhattan.

Bristow 1 Year Old Reserve Barrel Aged Gin rating was calculated by to be 95 points out of 100 on 3/17/2023. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.