Hendrick's Orbium Gin

Tasted both neat and on the rocks. I absolutely loved both Hendrix Lunar and Neptunia. Both are excellent neat and both make a superb Martini, although I lean slightly towards the Lunar for that cocktail. I'm so impressed with the Hendrix special releases that I've decided I'll just buy them on sight and sample them all as I can. This is a pretty interesting gin. I'm not a fan of G&T, and this has quite a bit of the quinine from tonic. I'm not opposed to that, but for me the first association I get with this is a blush of raspberry. It reminds me of Nolet's Silver. The nose is sweet, and there's plenty of sweet and floral elements on the palate. This is both complex and quite potent with a lot of the flavors competing for attention. This may be a good choice for a tall drink. I'll have to play with it in a Martini or more likely a White Lady. I'm sure it will be interesting in a good way. This isn't quite my jam. I love where Hendrix is going and this is above average, but not a likely repeat on my bar. That's on me. My scale holds a 2.5 as the solid median of liquors and this is far above that.

So crisp, clean, and smooth, but still herbal. Almost like a G & T with the T built in.