Ireland

Inspired by the Minke Whale, the majestic creatures that swim wild off the Atlantic Ocean coastline. The same local coastline is home to the unique botanical that gives Minke Gin its distinct flavour profile.

Foraged by hand
Clonakilty Distillery climb the cliffs along the shoreline to sustainably harvest native Rock Samphire, only by hand and only in season. It’s really worth the effort!

The base spirit used to make Minke Gin is derived from whey, produced from the 9th generation family farm near Galley Head Lighthouse. This gives a unique velvety texture and mouthfeel to each delicious drop.

For Minke Gin Clonakilty Distillery go full circle, grass to glass, harvesting nature at its best.

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Minke Irish Gin

Clonakilty Distillery

Fever-Tree Premium Dry Tonic Water

Mint

Slow distilled by hand in the medieval copper pot stills with oriental botanicals and gunpowder tea. 8 pot still botanicals and 4 vapour infused botanicals are combined in the oriental traditions of distilling. Every bottle is hand filled, labelled and sealed by our dedicated team of distillers.
Exotic, Long &amp; Mysterious Finish
Smooth layers of fresh citrus with subtle notes of spicier oriental botanicals and the intriguing gunpowder tea, bring a refreshing excitement to this Irish curiosity.
Botanical Trail from The Curious Mind
Through the years PJ Rigney has taken many journeys from the familiar into terra incognita. From the rural wilds of Drumshanbo to the mountains of Macedonia, to the Eastern Province of Zhejiang, China, each of the 12 intriguing botanicals were individually added to PJ Rigney’s secret tabernacle.

Distilled Gin

Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin

The Shed Distillery

In Japan there is a temporary period in spring when the sakura (cherry) blossoms are in full bloom. In a tradition known as "hanami", people go out to celebrate the cascading of these flowers and the change of seasons.

The Blossom Gin is born from a base of locally grown barley that is distilled into a traditional shochu spirit. The Shōchū is distilled with juniper, regional citrus fruits, cherry blossoms and local botanicals. The fruits of this endeavor can be seen in the delicate floral aromas, which are modeled on those of the mountains and the coast around our home in Kagoshima.

Botanicals: Juniper, Cherry Blossom, Orange

Ukiyo Japanese Blossom Gin

Kirker Greer

To make this extraordinary gin, we forage wild plants in the mountains around the distillery. What we pick goes fresh into the still within hours of foraging. All the plants are sustainably picked by our full time forager, every day we distil. We take a lot of care that we don't adversely affect the areas we find them in. Our aim is to leave no trace that we were ever there. It's harder work but worth it to keep the mountains beautiful and wild.

Then these wild botanicals are painstakingly slow-distilled to tease out delicate flavours, in very small batches of less than 250 liters. Some go in the pot, and some are hung in a basket to let vapours extract their essential oils. The cut-points are decided batch by batch, by smell and taste (never timed or automated) as if each batch is the first.

London Dry Gin

Dry Gin

Glendalough Wild Botanical Gin

Glendalough Irish Whiskey Limited

Yuzu is a citrus fruit that is grown and loved in Japan. Visually similar to a lemon, but with a strong scent, unique herbal notes, mild bitterness and a less pungent acidic taste.

The Yuzu Gin is born from a base of locally grown barley that is distilled into a traditional shochu spirit. The Shōchū is distilled with juniper, yuzu, local citrus fruits and botanicals, respecting the 1500 year old tradition of growing and harvesting yuzu in Japan. The yuzu taste is tart and fragrant, similar to that of lemon and grapefruit, with a hint of tangerine.

Botanicals: juniper, yuzu citrus, bitter orange, coriander

Ukiyo Japanese Yuzu Gin

Dingle Original Gin is the product of a considerable amount of research, both technical and historical, and experimentation. The aim was to create a completely unique gin that was in the great tradition of gin distillation, but also came up with a certain amount of innovation.

In terms of its broad style, it is categorized as a London Dry Gin, but the unique character and taste come from our careful and original selection of plants.

This combination of flavor elements is macerated in alcohol for 24 hours. When the spirit is then distilled, it passes through an aroma basket in the neck of the still. This process underscores the attention to detail that is an integral part of our overall approach to the art of distillation.

Mountain ash berries, fuchsia, moor myrtle, hawthorn and heather, among others, are used for a taste of the Kerry landscape. It is a formula unknown elsewhere that is calculated, among other things, to create the feeling of place and provenance. The alcohol is collected at 70% by volume and then cut to 42.5% by volume with the purest water we get from our own well, 240 feet below the distillery.

Dingle Original Gin 

The Dingle Whiskey Distillery

An Dúlamán Irish Maritime Gin is the first gin distilled in Co. Donegal. Dúlamán is the name of an Irish folk song which relates a conversation between two seaweed collectors (it is also the name of one of the gin seaweeds). The coast around Sliabh Liag holds an extraordinary bounty for such foragers with their centuries-old knowledge of harvesting and harnessing the qualities of these natural products. An Dúlamán bottles are reminiscent of those found along the Donegal coast during the wrecks of the Spanish Armada. Each bottle is wax sealed and the batch number is linked to the lunar phases.

To make An Dúlamán we capture “Draíocht na Farraige” (the magic of the sea) by using five locally harvested varieties of seaweed, as well as six other botanicals. This makes An Dúlamán as unique as the Donegal coast itself.

To ensure that An Dúlamán maintains its characteristic complexity and softness we have learned that Méabh (the still) likes a low ABV in the pot, and to run in a narrow temperature band to manage the delicate seaweeds.

An Dúlamán Irish Maritime Gin

Sliabh Liag Distillery

Ornabrak from the Gaelic “Eorna Braiche” (Malted Barley)

Crafted from 100% Irish malted barley and four times copper pot distilled, our single malt spirit is then distilled a fifth time with five carefully selected botanicals to create this complex and floral Irish Single Malt Gin.

Botanicals: Common juniper (berry), Douglas fir (needles), Garden angelica (root), Lemon verbena (leaf), Lemon (peel)

Ornabrak Single Malt Gin

Origin Spirits Ireland Ltd.

West Cork Distillers Ltd.

This fresh, rose-petal gin was first made to honour our head distiller's mum, Rose, at his little brother's wedding. Rose had recently passed away, and this was his way to have her there in spirit - literally.

Carefully-tended flowers from her rose garden are slowly vapor distilled with wild roses and plants from the mountains around the distillery to make this an intensely floral gin. After distilling, the gin is then further infused with even more roses to deepen the flavours and give it its lovely pink hue.

Glendalough Rose Gin

GINATO Melograno is a fresh and bright gin distilled using Sicilian pomegranates and blended using the finest Italian grown Barbera Grape.

GINATO Melograno Gin

The word Slingshot evokes thoughts of David and Goliath, while on the shores of Lough Ree we think of the demise of the legendary Queen Maeve, by a Slingshot from the Longford shore as she bathed at Inchcleraun. Both acts involved dedication, skill and a measure of confidence.
Similarly, our aim is true – to create the finest spirits and bring them to the world, from our home town of Lanesborough.
Sling Shot Gin marries classic botanicals with citrus, fresh mint and local peat, in a modern twist, creating a bold and fresh contemporary gin.

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