Tastes

This pineapple-infused gin presents unripe pineapple, almost green apple (think Haribo apple rings) notes in the nose and a particularly sour palate almost like a sour candy vodka infusion. Tonic calms it down a little and reintroduces some of the fruitiness from the nose, but overall it leaves a sour taste ... literally.

The feature botanical tamarillo goes a long way toward creating a super interesting nose that's mango and berry creamsicle sweet as well as junipery and seasoned tomato-savoury, and if this sounds like it wouldn't work let me assure you it does. The only letdown is the savoury tomato notes getting slightly taken over by the fruity sweet ones in the palate.

An eclectic assortment of exotic botanicals including eucalyptus, yerba mate and cactus creates an eclectic flavor profile that's junipery, grapefruity, a little spicy, earthy and herbal, but when I say "eclectic" I'm just finding nice words for what could also be described as confused, and it also tastes a significant bit like plastic to me for whatever reason.

Bright, crisp, junipery, citrusy, slight peppery sharpness, some heat in the mouth but overall well rounded, surprisingly elegantly balances the scale between citrus and spiciness with tonic. Also very affordable and one of the best value propositions from Germany I've come across so far.

Overall light profile of juniper, slight freshness, slight spiciness, some sea air and saltiness actually. Minerality and slight spiciness is retained with tonic, agreeable all in all, but I would've liked it to be a little more boldly maritime.

Rye shows itself both through cereal graininess in the nose and through a lot of tingly heat in the mouth alongside a well rounded junipery and citrusy palate followed by peppery cereal kicks before again settling for a citrusy aftertaste. Considerable lime-like tartness with tonic however.

Contract-distilled for an online distributor of christmas trees actually, this gin advertises itself on fir, but fir needles appear primarily in the otherwise impure, alcoholic nose. The palate is more so junipery and citrusy with peppery flashes but also a certain bitterness and only the slightest coniferous woodiness.

Juniper, light citrus, pronounced amounts of coriander and other muddled spices. Tonic highlights the citrus a little more but the impression is still broadsided by muddled spiciness carrying some bittersweetness as well. Archived in my memories as a bittersweet, intense cousin to Bombay Sapphire.

Containing pine needles, pine sprouts and woodruff among other things, this gin conveys an almost minty, herbal foresty freshness accompanied by citrus and florals in the nose, the foresty freshness turns into foresty coniferous woodiness in the palate. The nuances and complexity are largely preserved with tonic, but all the flavors fall slightly short of properly interlocking.

From the edge of the Alps in Germany hails a gin from a distillery/honey farm that puts all its marbles on a strongly herbal upper cut underlined by floral and tea notes for further reinforcement of an already overwhelming impression. It's as much a heavy gin as it is a light herbal remedy, and it doesn't come together for my taste buds at all.