Hillside Gin
Kirkwood Distillery made a single-shot distilled gin with the tastes and fragrances of the local hills using their own base spirit distilled from local fermented malted Maris Otter Barley.
Tasting Notes
Hillside distilled gin is quite fragrant on the nose, with the heather and fruits balancing the underlying juniper.
A vegetal base to the gin comes from the juniper, angelica and to some extent the heather.
Floral notes are entirely the work of the wild heather, gentle and not overly flowery, yet unmistakable in its taste. Crab apple peel and lemon peel fill out the citrus tones as a top note to the gin. A pinch of spice from the haws and a tiny wisp of smoke from the gorse gently seasons the palate.
Bottled at 46%ABV, Hillside Gin remains smooth enough to sip on its own, but bold enough to mix without disappearing in a cocktail.
the Process
It takes nearly a month to transform locally grown barley into a spirit, and another month to make that into distilled gin.
No shortcuts are taken, no corners are cut, and Kirkwood Distillery keeps a constant focus on quality.