Review: Hendrick’s Original Gin
Posted by Arctic Wolf on May 23, 2023
Hendrick’s Gin’s Master Distiller, Ms. Lesley Grac, has been adding new limited releases to compliment the brand’s growing family of unusual piny spirits. Four of these new expressions, Hendrick’s Flora Adora (featuring a bouquet of fragrant flowers laid out especially by Ms Lesley Gracie), Hendrick’s Lunar Gin (rich with night blooming floral essence), Hendrick’s Neptunia (expresses the sensory delights of the sea coast), and Hendrick’s Orbium (re-imagined with extracts of quinine, wormwood and lotus Blossom) have become available in my locale, and I am expecting delivery of each of these at some point this summer.
This means it is a good time to reacquaint myself with Hendrick’s Original Gin and its unusual infusion of cucumber and rose petal.
The people who make Hendrick’s Gin pride themselves on being just a little quirky, and perhaps a bit eccentric. Their offbeat website revels in the odd and the peculiar and seeks to convince all who peruse the site, that Hendrick’s Gin is special exactly because of the things which make it odd and peculiar.
Hendrick’s and Fever Tree Tonic
The gin is produced in Scotland, in the village of Girvin, Ayrshire. The distillery sits just about a mile inland overlooking the island of Ailsa Craig. It is made small batches, on two different stills with 11 different botanicals, and infused with cucumber and rose petals.
Here is a link to my recently revised review of Hendrick’s Original Gin:
Review: Hendrick’s Orignal Gin
This recent re-evaluation sees my scores for Hendrick’s Gin elevated by a few points as either my appreciation of the spirit is improving, or the spirit has improved.
Chimo!
(PS: Look for my upcoming review series of the Hendrick’s Limited Edition Gins to begin in June.
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