G.H.Q. Gin. Pour one for Victory
Bold and intense start. Beautiful floral notes, some lemon and lavender. Bright and pronounced. It is very bold with a graceful composition of flavours playing along a creamy palate. It turns dry but refreshing at the same time on a long finish.
Style/Classification: Classic Dry Gin
Key ingredients: Juniper, Kaffir lime leaf, lemongrass and black pepper
NOSE: Keep it to yourself. Mum’s the word.
TASTE: We can tell you look better in a uniform.
FINISH: Sometime before roll call.
Water comes from an ancient spring deep in the Scottish Highlands. Accessible only by trained operatives, the spring produces some of the purest water in the world. This is special forces water that has spent 50 years being filtered through layers of underground rocks and crevices before it is deemed ready to be part of our spirit team.
50ml G.H.Q. Gin
150ml quality tonic water
Wedge of lime
Option 1: Ice with a slice and no mixer.
Option 2: Add ice to a highball glass and pour in 50ml of G.H.Q. Gin. Add 150ml of quality tonic water. Add a wedge of lime to garnish and stir.
G.H.Q. Cocktails Who dares wins
50ml G.H.Q. Gin 25ml lime juice 12.5ml sugar syrup (2:1) 5 mint leaves
25ml G.H.Q. Gin
25ml Kummel Wolfschmidt
25ml Fresh lemon juice
35ml G.H.Q. Gin
15ml G.H.Q. Vodka
20ml Lillet Blanc
4 dashes orange bitters
Top with soda
Roll over ice and serve on the rocks in a highball glass. Garnish with some of those amazing flowers from your garden.
Andree Borrel was a secret agent fighting for the allies during WW2. Code name: Prosper. She was deadly as she was cunning. Proof of this fact comes when she was asked how she would dispatch a nazi, she replied calmly “I’d thrust a pencil through his eye, and he’d deserve it”.
