{"id":2298,"date":"2020-03-01T04:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T04:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chilledmagazine.com\/stpatricksday\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:46:07","slug":"five-irish-gins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilledmagazine.com\/stpatricksday\/five-irish-gins\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Irish Gins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Irish Gins<\/h3>\n

If you wish to get away from the St. Patrick\u2019s Day staples of green beer, whiskey and Irish coffees, these days Ireland has a plethora of gins to offer. Most of these are an outgrowth of the Irish distillery-building boom; like the many craft distilleries in America, the new crop of Irish distillers has turned to gin as a brand-building product while they wait for their whiskeys to mature. These four gins are each distinctive in their own way, reflective of the Emerald Isle and the people who live there.<\/p>\n

Bertha\u2019s Revenge Irish Milk Gin<\/h5>\n

If you\u2019re looking a proper yarn to tell, reach for a bottle of this stuff and tell them it\u2019s (Scout\u2019s honor here)<\/em> gin made from milk<\/em>. Named for a legendary County Kerry cow that lived to age 49, birthing many calves and getting into The Guinness Book of World Records<\/em> in the process, it really is made from whey, the dairy byproduct of cheese-making. Special yeasts are used to ferment the milk sugars, which are then distilled in the usual way.<\/p>\n

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Bertha\u2019s Revenge Irish Milk Gin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dingle Original Gin<\/h5>\n

Before County Kerry\u2019s Dingle Distillery was able to sell people its single malt and pot still whiskeys, they had this London Dry Gin. County Kerry is one of the most filmed places on earth, used as a setting in numerous films (whether they had anything to do with Ireland or not; it was used as Luke Skywalker\u2019s retreat in The Last Jedi)<\/em>, and I\u2019ve long thought the choice of botanicals spoke of the place: rowan berry harvested from the mountain ash trees, fuchsia, bog myrtle (which was used to flavor Irish beer before the advent of hops)<\/em>, hawthorn and heather.<\/p>\n

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Dingle Original Gin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin<\/h5>\n

Glendalough started by producing four batches of seasonal gin, based on true locavore fashion by harvesting the botanicals that were in-season in their namesake valley, in County Wicklow. These are things like alexander seeds, ground ivy, hawthorn berries, sage, rowan berries, rosehips and sloe berries. Although undeniably trendy, the seasonal concept had the problem of requiring bars using it to regularly update their cocktail menus. In 2017 they introduced their \u201call-season\u201d Wild Botanical brand, which takes a more traditional base and mixes it with their original wild and local concept.<\/p>\n

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Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ha\u2019Penny Rhubarb Gin<\/h5>\n

Alltech puts a special twist on their Ha\u2019Penny Dublin Dry Gin by including rhubarb. As anyone who has enjoyed a good slice of rhubarb pie or a helping of rhubarb crumble knows, that plant is refreshing stuff, and this rhubarb-influenced gin is at its best in pick-me-up summer drinks. Still, it\u2019s offbeat enough to be worth a try in the very late winter weather of St. Patrick\u2019s Day, perhaps paired with one of the aforementioned desserts.<\/p>\n

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Ha\u2019Penny Rhubarb Gin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gunpowder Irish Gin<\/h5>\n

Every drop of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin is slow distilled by hand with oriental botanicals and gunpowder tea, by head distiller, Brian Taft, at The Shed Distillery of PJ Rigney, Drumshanbo, Ireland. Through the years, PJ has taken many journeys from the familiar into terra incognita. From Cambodia to India, Macedonia to Morocco, and Germany to Drumshanbo PJ\u2019s curious mind was filled with the great oriental traditions of distilling fruits, herbs, and botanicals, and he began a quest to fuse oriental botanicals with local Irish ones. The result of this passionate exploration is Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin.<\/p>\n

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Gunpowder Irish Gin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>

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