Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin

May 2006. A young Rev (not yet even off to seminary yet, still a college student) began a week in Ireland by flying into Knock from Stansted. Waiting for a bus to Galway, it started to rain. Heavily. The rain soaked 21 year old sought refuge in a pub nearby, a cozy, warm sort of place where I was promptly seated near the fire in a room full of bunch of priests enjoying a post-Mass gin and tonic while watching Gaelic football. There were also some lovely young Irish lasses about. It was delightful. This gin is that experience in a glass - warm, gentle, peaceful. Citrus - lemon, maybe even a bit of bergamot - intermingles with a gentle, fresh herbal quality and a light spiciness, with that green tea note deep in the background, laying down a grassy foundation for everything else. Makes a great g&t, and a pretty good martini as well. A workhorse, well-rounded gin that’s hard not to like.