Hi Dale
Thanks for the samples! Total fun, we’ve been playing with them this morning. They’re great and totally unique which is a hard thing to do now in the gin market place.
As promised a fully blind approach to them!
Sweet citrus - Has Mediterranean vibes for me. My thoughts would be naturally sits very well with Fever-Tree Med or 1724 garnished with orange or grapefruit. Simple tasty and I suspect will end up being the biggest seller.
Smokey Chilli - I was expecting a massive overload of flavour and in-fact it’s far more balanced and unique than i expect so top work! It has the bite of chilli and spice at the end so i’d be tempted to try going down the ginger ale route with fresh chilli or ginger to make something very fun and unique.
Mocha - I’m a coffee and chocolate fan so it was always going to be a guilty pleasure. It’s screaming gin based Espresso martini for me! Class gin + mixer wise more of a challenge. Coffee beans as a garnish but i’m tempted to say just regular Fever-Tree or similar to allow the natural flavours to shine though. Big fan!
Chocolate mint - For me the most bizarre and difficult one as it’s got loads going on. G&T with classic tonic (possibly Fentimans 19:05 herbal would be fun!) sprig of mint is natural with it and sweet citrus seems to complement this well. It’s the one I think is the most mad and fun for people to look at and will also appeal to non-gin drinkers.
All in all a very very unique set which is great.
Have a great weekend and thanks again for the samples.
James