Review: No. 209 Gin
Posted by Arctic Wolf on February 17, 2015
No. 209 Gin and the Long Darby.
No. 209 Gin is produced by a company called Distillery No. 209 who is apparently located on the waterfront on San Francisco’s Pier 50. Their gin is produced from a four times distilled (multi-column distillation) corn-based spirit. Although the main flavour of any gin must be juniper, the company uses a variety of botanicals (some of which they are quite secretive about) in the gin’s construction. Some of the major botanicals which the company does identify along with juniper are bergamot orange, lemon peel, cardamom pods, cassia bark, angelica root and coriander seeds.
All of the botanicals are macerated overnight within the corn-based distillate, and the resulting infused alcohol is then distilled a fifth time upon a Copper pot Forsythe still. This final distillation takes about 11 hours, with the head and tails of the distillation discarded and only the heart captured as No. 209 gin. The final spirit (according to my bottle) is bottled at 92 proof or 46 per cent alcohol by volume.
Here is a link to my full review:
Review: No. 209 Gin
I provide a recipe for delicious Collins-style bar drink at the conclusion of the review which I have named, the Long Darby.
Please enjoy my review and my suggested bar drink.
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David Schofield said
Dear Chip,
Like you I prefer a traditional London Dry juniper forward Gin but I have been acquiring a liking for some of the New Western style Gins too and this is a good example if you like the spicy citrus notes to come through more. Did you try it with ginger ale, if not I recommend it.
Regards, David
Interesting fact: apparently theirs is the only distillery in the world to be found on water, it stretches out over the the bay.
Arctic Wolf said
You suggestion of ginger ale was a good one. Thanks 🙂