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Chemist

Chemist
Barrel Rested Aged Gin

Category: Barrel Aged Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$38

Chemist
Barrel Rested Aged Gin

Category: Barrel Aged Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of molasses-clove cookie, frosted spice cake, cola float, and orange blossom water with a creamy, crisp, dryish medium body and a complex, medium-long finish. Balanced and craveable; give this Barrel-Aged Gin a try in stirred cocktails or simply pour over ice.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: molasses-clove cookie, frosted spice cake, cola float, and orange blossom water
Taste Flavor: molasses-clove cookie, frosted spice cake, cola float, and orange blossom water
Smoothness Smoothness: Normal
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Old Fashioned, Gimlet, French 75
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Balanced and craveable; give this barrel-aged gin a try in stirred cocktails or simply pour over ice.

The Producer

Chemist Spirits

The Producer
151 Coxe Avenue
Asheville, NC
828-263-6943‬

Their Portfolio

86 Chemist American Gin 45% (USA) $34.00.
89 Chemist Barrel Rested Aged Gin 45% (USA) $38.00.
88 Chemist Navy Strength Gin 57% (USA) $42.00.

Barrel Aged Gin

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Serve in a Shot Glass
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.