Tabbs
Reviewed
October 20, 2023
Maybe I have myself to blame in part for getting my hopes up so high from The Botanist's reputation, but I found it to have a delicately balanced junipery, fresh, wildflowery, herbal, atlantic nose and get worse from there. Neat impression was more muddled and also unusually stingy. Tonic retains some of the character but also makes too much bittersweetness appear. Usually this could easily be blamed on the tonic but if I try every gin with the same ratio of the same tonic and like or even love a lot of them, I have no choice but to see the gin at fault here.