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Martin Miller's Reformed London Dry Gin is 40%abv/80proof. It comes in a unusual six sided bottle with a curved back which has a map of the North Atlantic on it. I don't know what they mean by "Reformed" so I went to their website to find out, but it is down until 12/06/2006. Maybe we can find out then. The gin is distilled in a old copper pot still that has been in use for well over a century, making Miller's a single batch at a time. The botanicals are juniper, cinnamon, cassia, iris, licorice, orange peel, coriander seed, angelica seed, and nutmeg among others including one special secret ingredient that supposedly isn't even known by the master distiller. More on the secret ingredient later. The 92% alcohol gin is then shipped off to Iceland where it is cut with pure glacier fed spring water down to either 40%abd/80proof or a higher octane version called Martin Miller's Westbourne Strength Gin at 45.2%abv/90.4proof. I only tried the 80proof version.The aroma is soft and creamy, hints of juniper, spice, and cucumber. The taste is extremely soft, smooth, and creamy with an elegant and surprising taste. Besides the normal notes of juniper, herbs and spices, and floral notes there was a strong presence of cucumber. So much so that I felt like I was lying in a cucumber patch in the summer sun and noshing on fresh picked cukes while sipping the gin. I have to think that cucumber must be the secret ingredient since I have never tasted such a strong essence of cucumber before. This is either a sipping gin, straight or on the rocks, or maybe in a martini. It most definitely isn't a mixing gin unless you are going to follow up on the savory notes. It completely clashed and crashed in a GnT. I liked this gin and its unusual taste and did several different nights of tastings. Everyone has different tolerances for alcohol and spirits. Some people can drink tequila all night long and are fine, others are ill after just a shot or two. Each day following an evening of Miller's I had a full body hangover. No headache, I just felt run down and mildly beat up. An experience I haven't had with other gins before. Of course this was just my experience and others with me had no such problem. I would gladly have some Miller's again, but I won't ever make a whole night of it.
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11-18-2006 @10:39AM benedict Murray said... I love this stuff. I'm a gin lover and this is my favourite gin. They have changed the bottle over here (UK) tho, to something far less interesting. A shame.
anyway just wanted to mention the people who make this gin have a hotel in london, called Miller's Residence (http://www.millersuk.com/). Its amazing, absolutely beautiful, unusual, like you are staying in a eccentric uncle's house. I's very cheap (for central london) and there's a free bar loaded with Miller's.
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11-18-2006 @11:08AM mJ said... vodka drinker myself and single batch bourbons. This has peaked my interest will look forward to trying this!
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11-19-2006 @9:40AM Otter said... Will have to find this gin; I'm intrigued!
Have you tried Hendrick's Gin yet? It's the one in the marvelous apothecary bottle that advertises its heavy cucumber flavour. The cuke essence is very very strong, but I'm not too fond of the gin personally -- I prefer Plymouth.
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11-20-2006 @8:25AM Wenhaston Blackheath said... I'm intrigued by this one, too.
I love Hendrick's, though it's the rose that really comes through for me, rather than the cucumber.
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11-20-2006 @6:16PM lisa said... Definitely recommended. I loved drinking this all summer.
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12-21-2006 @8:57AM Elizabeth said... Tried this last night in a G&T and it was lovely - very nice floral finish. My boyfriend swears by Boodles and Hendricks, and he really liked it as well.
I'll second the comment about reviewing Hendrick, though!
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