The_Rev
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
Modern Gin — Ireland
Reviewed
September 13, 2018 (edited November 10, 2020)
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.
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@The_Rev Haha. Sounds like a pitch for The Hangover Part IV
@1901 I decline any further comment re how long I was delayed in reaching Galway, though my wildest evening that week involved Dingle, a recently minted teacher from Chicago, a large quantity of Guinness, and trying to ride the statue of Fungie the Dolphin down by the waterfront.
@The_Rev lovely review. As a native of the West of Ireland I'm glad you found warm, gentle, peaceful respite from the ever present rain. It isn't clear though whether the lovely lasses waylaid you from your goal of reaching Galway ;-)
Great review :-). My Dad trained to be a priest in Ireland but left before he was ordained. Long, long time ago...