Uncle Val's Peppered Gin (90 proof)
Item Number: 20584
UPC: 0-856442005024
Country: USA
Region: California
Estate Grown Wine: No
Grape(s): Neutral Corn Spirit / Juniper / Red Bell Pepper / Black Pepper / Pimento
Type: Spirits - Gin
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 6
Closure: T Top
Alc by Vol(%): 45
Uncle Val’s Peppered Gin is both an excellent sipping gin and a highly versatile mixing gin for cocktails. It represents a truly unique flavor profile, starting with sharp peppercorn and evolving into char and juniper. This gin is gluten-free and made with all-natural ingredients. There are no artificial flavors, colors or additives. It is an American wet or a compound gin, meaning the botanicals are added post-distillation. The filtration and purification of the base occurs first, bringing the impurities to less than 0.0005% for minimum hangover. Then the botanicals are added, allowing the flavor profile to evolve with a high degree of control.
- Juniper: The classic gin ingredient, brings an element of tartness and crispness.
- Red Bell Pepper: The roasted red peppers provide a unique, earthy smokiness.
- Black Pepper: Lends a strong, clear pepper flavor that permeates throughout.
- Pimento: Also known as cherry pepper, the pimentos provides a savory sensation.
Tasting Notes: A firm blast of black peppercorn and a hint of charred red peppers shows on the nose. A distinctly bold pepper flavor with a tinge of salt on the palate, along with a pleasant tingle. Flavor starts with a crisp, salty pepper and morphs into sour on the middle tongue with soft sweet juniper and charred red peppers, followed with a pleasant and lingering peppercorn finish.
Cocktails: A mixologist’s best friend, the gin’s intriguing combination of savory roasted red bell peppers, freshly infused hot and sweet pimento cherry peppers, spicy black peppercorn and juniper make a wonderful canvas for some truly tasty and thoroughly unique craft cocktails. Blends agreeably with classic citrus, fruits and natural sodas.