Review: Empire London Dry Gin (Highwood Distillers)
Posted by Arctic Wolf on July 14, 2020
The Highwood Distillery is the only locally (Albertan) owned major distillery in Canada. It sits in the town of High River, Alberta, which lies just about 40 minutes due south of Calgary, at the foot of the Rocky Mountain. The distillery producing more than 300,000 cases of bottled spirits per year. Although the bulk of their production goes towards Vodka, Flavoured Vodka, and Premixes, they also produce a sizable (and growing) amount of Whisky and Gin each year.
Empire Gin is the company’s premium traditional style London Dry Gin. It is produced by blending a light-bodied vodka spirit with juniper and the distillery’s own special botanical selection of natural herbs, spices and citrus. These botanicals are introduced during the final distillation, and the final spirit is bottled at 40 % alcohol by volume.
Here is a link to my refreshed review:
Review: Empire London Dry Gin
Please enjoy this refreshed review with updated photos and scoring. And do enjoy the cocktail suggestions which accompany the review.
Chimo!
Cathy Buchanan said
Just a minor quibble, but important to Albertans…Highwood Distillers is in the town of High River.
Arctic Wolf said
LOL. I’ve been their three times and still get it messed up. Sometimes I call it Spirit River too. (Thanks for the quibble, I’ll fix the review pronto!)