Connoisseur: Guide to Wine & Spirits

Connoisseur

Trevor Langley’s Guide to Wine & Spirits

It’s All in The Spirit

Gin is extremely popular and gains more and more interest with each passing year. New brands become available very regularly. Gin’s basic favour is from juniper berries and the making of gin dates from the Middle Ages. Many different styles of gins are available today, including very aromatic and favoured productions. Gin cocktails also prove to be increasing in popularity and Gin & Tonic (long-standing favourite), Singapore Sling, plus Tom Collins and many others, are regularly enjoyed. The award-winning LAVA Spirits Co offers signature productions to an excellent standard. Coffee Gin, plus Coffee Orange Gin are both produced utilising South American Arabica coffee beans to great advantage. Laura Bridge, the company’s founder became inspired, then dedicated and committed to creating favoured gins of exceptional quality. Coffee Gin (37.5% vol) is a premium London Dry Gin that is complemented with the fnest South American Arabica coffee. A splendid aroma greets the nasal senses and then the mouth’s pleasures enjoy the rich, balanced favours of coffee and gin. Coffee Orange Gin (37.5% vol), World Gin Awards – 2021 – Best English Flavoured Gin, again, is a premium London Dry Gin, which pairs with the fnest South American Arabica

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coffee, perfectly. Fresh orange zest is the addition to this production. Enticingly appealing on the nose, the mouthfeel and palate sensation are duly rewarded with the effect that follows. I understand this to be a UK frst, with the combination of favours, for this gin, working extremely well indeed. The fresh favour of roasted coffee beans, complemented with a sweet citrus addition from the orange zest, makes a very impressive creation. The LAVA Spirits Co sources and blends the fnest ingredients to produce these outstanding, favoured gins, which can be enjoyed neat, with ice and/or mixer, as well as in the creation of fabulous cocktails. Free UK delivery, plus offers and discounts are available to ‘LAVA Lovers’. Orders are processed and dispatched quickly and efciently. For all details and information, please contact E-mail: info@lavaspirits.co.uk or visit www.lavaspirits.co.uk

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