Rating: 16/23 N: Oily, full, herbal, vegetal, and lightly spicy. It's really just everything smooshed together into one. I get some juniper, but it's not intense. There's some paperiness, but not a lot. The other botanicals range (in no particular order) from bitter, to savory, to sweet. Hints of fruit come out at times. The complexity here is solid. The balance is untraditional, but it works. P: This is somewhere between Plymouth and St. George Botanivore. It has some really interesting funk to it, but it's restrained a bit. It's herbal, kind of sweet with a vegetal hint, oily, a bit spicy. This is also more savory than most gins. There's a ton going on here and it's really fun to contemplate. I can pick out individual flavors from the various herbs and spices, though it's hard to identify exactly which ones they are. At moments, I get some fruit in the form of orange and lemon. I definitely do get licorice at one point too though. Of course, juniper is present, and I do get coriander too, which isn't too surprising. I can't figure out what's making this savory, but whatever it is, it does a good job of adding an interesting twist here. This is really complex and it is balanced, but it's a bit aggressive in its presentation of such pronounced flavors. F: More on the bitter and numbing side than I'd expected. There's some substantial vegetal character too. It's less oily than the palate and the fruits are essentially gone. Not bad, but not as complex as I'd like. There is a bit more of that juniper bitterness lasting into the long finish though. - Conclusion - This is a really interesting gin. It's more complex than Plymouth or Ford's, edging in on St. George Botanivore's territory. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's a great choice for mixing, but it is fun to have neat. It's a challenging gin that will put many off, but I personally enjoy it quite a bit. I'm thinking it's probably a 16, but I can imagine a 17 for sure. I love the complexity and character here. To make some comparisons over in the tequila category, this has a lot of that Cabeza flair - there are lots of full flavors that balance pretty well, but they're a bit rough and aggressive instead of being smooth and dignified. It's a tough (and weird) call to make, but I think that Cabeza might be a tad better than this. Seeing as Cabeza is already borderline between 16 and 17, I think that means that this is a very high 16.