30 Jan

Bootlegger Gin: So good, you can leave out the tonic!

1/30/2017 4:57:49 AM By Kim Renta Post Comments

At Wine Country’s recent “Evening of Wine & Whiskey” sponsored by The Ahavath Torah Sisterhood of Englewood, NJ, we had an opportunity to try some truly incredible wines, but some of the biggest surprises of the night had nothing to do with wine at all.

One of the best things we tried came from Prohibition Distillery. It was a gin different from any we had tasted before. It was smooth, didn’t burn at all and was actually good enough to sip… without any tonic.

Founder and Master Distiller of Prohibition Distillery Brian Facquet, spent time explaining the history of gin to us (originating in Holland or Belgium several hundred years ago) and detailed what made his gin really stand out (and believe us, it does).

Here’s why, directly from the Prohibition Distillery website:

Our Gin is created from the combination of five botanicals. We spent four years perfecting this special recipe and proud to bring its complex, yet dry, “Old World Gin” flavor to your palate today.

We were inspired by the classic London dry gins that use a maceration process and a simple botanical blend. Our goal was to have a Juniper forward gin and pull complementary floral, earthy and citrus notes from the Coriander seeds, Lemon Verbena leaves, Orris Root, also known as Iris root, and bitter orange peels.

We steep our botanicals in 120 proof neutral spirit made from 100% Corn for 24 hours to produce our maceration. We then distill the gin in our 300 gallon pot still to remove all of the color and bind the flavors. The “Hearts” are captured and blended down to 94 proof for bottling.

Our gin is Gluten Free and Certified Kosher from the Orthodox Union. So when you’d like to indulge your senses in a highly refined botanical blend, give our Bootlegger 21 NY Gin a taste and let at least one of your senses have five reasons to cheer.

Feel like trying some Bootlegger Gin now, don’t you? Well good luck finding this Micro Distillery’s gin just anywhere. It’s only available at select retailers… but WE HAVE IT. That’s right, WE HAVE IT. At every Wine Country Store and Wine & Whiskey Country store. Come in and pick up a bottle today and if you forget the tonic, that’s absolutely ok! Cheers!