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When I was in New Zealand in January, Hannah Burns of Craggy Range and I did an impromptu tasting of Kiwi gins. We tried the gins neat, and then in G&Ts with Quina Fina tonic. We also tried a range of tonics on their own. These are my notes.<\/p>\n
Broken Heart Navy Strength Gin Reid & Reid New Zealand Dry Gin<\/strong> Rogue Society Premium Dry Gin Chatham Islands Black Robin Gin<\/strong> Ariki Ultra Premium Gin<\/strong> Tonics:<\/p>\n Quina Fina<\/strong> East Imperial Tonic Water<\/strong> East Imperial Yuzu Tonic<\/strong> East Imperial Old World Tonic<\/strong> When I was in New Zealand in January, Hannah Burns of Craggy Range and I did an impromptu tasting of Kiwi gins. We tried the gins neat, and then in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[300,352],"class_list":["post-17809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-gin","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17814,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17809\/revisions\/17814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>57% alcohol. From Queenstown in the South Island. Very aromatic with nice juniper and citrus aromas. Complex and really intense with an attractive spiciness. Boldly spicy and delicious. 9\/10<\/p>\n
\n42% alcohol. From Martinborough, North Island, uses native botanicals. Batch distilled in a 200 litre copper pot still. Not too aromatic. Mellow with some juniper notes and warm spiciness. Very textural and spicy with a nice rounded character and some exotic spicy notes. Makes a smooth G&T. 8.5\/10<\/p>\n![\"new](\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/new-zealand-gin-500x375.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>From Auckland, with 12 botanicals. Slightly medicinal nose. Smooth, broad palate has some warmth. It’s very easy going in a G&T and doesn’t assert itself. 7\/10\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n43% alcohol. From Auckland, with 11 botanicals. Juniper on the nose with some medicinal hints. Attractive, warm and spicy palate. A good solid performer in a G&T. 7.5\/10<\/p>\n
\n45% alcohol. From Auckland. Interesting aromatically with some juniper, spice, camphor and citrus. There’s a spicy, smoky edge to the palate. Very distinctive: almost peaty. The Islay of gins. Makes a G&T full of character. 8.5\/10<\/p>\n![\"newzealandtonic\"](\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/newzealandtonic-500x375.jpg\")
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\nLively and fresh and not too strongly flavoured. Pure, nicely bitter, and not too sweet.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLively, complex, savoury and grapefruity.<\/p>\n
\nReally aromatic and exotic. Spicy and distinctive. Lovely.<\/p>\n
\nDry and delicate with subtle flavours: not overpowering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"