Caorunn Highland Strength Gin
Modern Gin
Caorunn // Scotland
Caorunn (ka-roon) is a gin brand made at Balmenach Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. This Highland Strength Gin was made using the same ingredients as the original version which includes five locally foraged Celtic botanicals: rowan berry, bog myrtle, heather, dandelion, and coul blush apple.
Six traditional gin botanicals are also used. Fun fact: the copper berry chamber used in distillation was built in the 1920s.
Caorunn (ka-roon) is a gin brand made at Balmenach Distillery in the Scottish Highlands. This Highland Strength Gin was made using the same ingredients as the original version which includes five locally foraged Celtic botanicals: rowan berry, bog myrtle, heather, dandelion, and coul blush apple. Six traditional gin botanicals are also used. Fun fact: the copper berry chamber used in distillation was built in the 1920s. This 108 proof gin was released in the UK market in 2019, and as of May 2022 is now available in the US.
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abv54.0
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Modern GinAka Contemporary, New Western, New Wave, or New American. Not legally defined, but juniper is not the dominate flavor. Often made with botanicals not historically used and/or sourced locally.
Tasting Notes
"The nose has a distinctive berry and red apple fruit note, combining with pine and grapefruit peel. The palate has a pleasant medium weight, echoing the same fruitiness and evergreen notes from the nose, along with oregano, thyme, and bitter herbs. Some citrus zest joins the fruity and herbal notes into the finish, which goes a bit spicy, with only a faint hint of acetone. "