It was literally a rose in the rocks hence the name.
Rock rose navy strength gin garnish.
At 57 alcohol it s no joke and my complaints about the weak body are wholly inapplicable here.
Launched 2015 this navy strength gin like its 41 5 sibling is named after its distillers first forage for botanicals along the cliffs of the pentland firth near the distillery where rhodiola rosea was introduced to them by a local herbalist.
Buy your rock rose gin rock rose gin navy strength seasonal editions and holy grass vodka in the dunnet bay distillers shop distillers of exceptional spirits.
Garnish with a curl of orange to bring out the sweeter notes.
Toast a sprig of rosemary to use as a garnish.
In the context of gin and rock rose gin in particular once distilled it adds a delicate rose aroma and a floral note to taste.
Rock rose gin is a very appealing and characterful representation of northern scotland.
Their core product rock rose gin is a subtle twist on the classic gin genre with a delicate spray of roses dancing across the nose and crisp bittersweet rowan berries exploding on the tongue.
Rock rose navy strength bottling note the folks at dunnet bay distillery in scotland have only gone and made a navy strength edition of their very popular rock rose gin.
The bumped up abv brings an intensity to the flavour profile dialling up the pine freshness the earthy herbaceous elements and the blaeberry juiciness.
Rock rose gin navy strength as near as i can tell there s no difference between this and the original edition save the abv.
Who knows if rose root really did add additional strength to viking explorers but for martin and claire the local plant was just the tonic they needed and once combined with juniper it provided a unique.
Rock rose gin navy strength gets it wonderful flavor from a carefully selected and put together creation of local and traditional botanicals the spirit was created to showcase the heritage and provenance of caithness and the pentland firth which was a busy passage way for mariners during the two world wars when.
Pour 50ml rock rose gin into one of our beautiful gin glasses and top with 100ml tonic.
Rock rose navy strength is sharp both on the nose and the tongue which gives the fruitier character more room to.
In one of our gorgeous gin glasses add 25ml rock rose gin and around 75ml tonic.
This is one for those that like to experiment.
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The fruity blaeberries and rowan berries floral rhodiola rosea and citrus and sweet notes are all skilfully brought together to give depth of flavour.