Tastes

Balanced gin with interesting flavours. Was lovely straight and worked well with citrus forward g and t. Loved the bottle, the story behind it and so on but its priced similar to monkey 47 and it's just not in the same league or even ballpark as Monkey 47.

I love this gin as a great value gin. It is similar to kino sei tea gin from kyoto distillery. Whilst its finish is nowhere near as balanced and nuanced as the kino sei tea gin it's certainly within cooey. Its great straight with ice, great with tonic with lemon or cucumber. Only downside to this gin is the ugly cheap looking bottle and it's flavours get washed out with a low quality tonic, which to be fair all gins do.

As a kiwi I'm always really hopeful when i try kiwi gin. I generally find NZ gins anywhere from $20 -$30 more expensive than an international equivalent and unfortunately most just don't pass the sniff test for me. Unfortunately this gin was no exception. It tastes fine straight but i find nothing special about any of its flavours nor do i find anything lingering on the palate that makes me want to go back for more. There's nothing truly unique, nor anything inspired, unconventional or anything noteworthy about this gin at all. Perhaps i'm being harsh but this gin is completely forgettable and just gets lost in the pack of overpriced "artisanal" branded gins that just dont live up to any of their hype or marketing.

Disappointed with this gin. I'm kind of perplexed by it. Straight it has a noticeable but subtle sugar kelp flavour which i thought was an interesting twist but this gin gets lost with premium non sugary tonic. Its better with full sugar tonic but again flavour is lost. Found it best with soda water and blood orange but the overall flavours found straight are completely lost with any mixer. The bottle is beautiful and drinking straight it's fine but for the money there's better and cheaper gins out there which i can have as a martini, g and t, collins or straight and enjoy the different flavours of the gin in all formats.

Very smooth and balanced flavours. Reminds me a lot of portobello road gin as has a very similar overall profile. Enjoyable with tonic, soda water, straight, or martini shown vermouth briefly. Great value gin

too sweet but the wife likes it.

Dangerous gin which is too damn easy to drink straight. Great concept and executed very well but I prefer gins with a bit more flexibility and so i wont buy this again as tonic or soda water tends to ruin it imo.

Trash but reminds me of simpler times.

Bland, but works well straight or martini. Just seems very middle of the road to my tastes though, doesnt seem to sell well in my area as is forever on special / discount.

My favorite lemon flavoured gin. Always works with tonic and is very easy to drink