First Impressions
nginious! Smoked & Salted adds smoked malt and sea salt to the Swiss Alpine base.
The Bottom Line
nginious! Smoked & Salted earns a 7 for Swiss campfire-lake gin.
Tasting Notes
Nose
Alpine smoke with sea salt — campfire character with the Swiss botanical freshness
Palate
Smoked malt with salt — the eighteen Alpine botanicals adding hay flower and cardamom complexity, campfire meets Swiss lake, bold and memorable
Finish
Smoky-salty warmth — Switzerland's most distinctive gin expression
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Edward Forwood
Senior Gin ReviewerEdward has spent two decades judging spirits at competitions from the IWSC to the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, developing a palate that prizes balance above novelty. A holder of the WSET D...
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