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Brockmans Intensely Smooth Premium Gin 70cl | Crafted with Dark Berries and Noble Traditions, package may vary

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You’ll find a selection of magazine content, including articles, tastings, plus information about how you can subscribe. I drink gin to keep thin, and the nose and mouthfeel of Brockmans gives off a heightened sense of dead calories. Drinks industry veteran Jean-Philippe Aucher, who is currently representing Brockmans via his consultancy JP Global Travel Retail, added: “I’m really excited to carry on growing the brand abroad. These untraditional botanicals include rich and earthy liquorice root with added brighter notes from dried wild blueberries and blackberries from northern Europe, whilst bitter-sweet orange notes are naturally present with the use of dry Valencian orange peel, with a final silky smoothness from the use of almond oil.

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Luxuriously smooth and delicately decadent, Brockmans can be enjoyed neat or in a variety of cocktails, and its unusual and characterful flavour profile has proven popular with both gin lovers and novices alike, and provides something new and different for the more seasoned gin drinker. A vibrant and harmonious combination of the more conventional botanicals often found in gin production, Brockmans is made using angelica from Saxony, Bulgarian coriander and juniper berries from Tuscany, balanced with Brockmans’ more unusual choice of ingredients.I can confirm that I am a gin lover, do drink a wide variety of gins and this one is very drinkable and pleasant to me. Speaking about how he was approached, Aucher revealed: “I started last year in April and some key achievements that have happened in the meantime are that we are now listed with Heinemann. The inspiration came from New York where bartenders were cutting gin cocktails with agave spirits and we thought it was really interesting and unique and fitted into the Brockmans’ ethos which is about doing things a little bit differently. Brockmans Gin has disclosed details of its big moves across global travel retail as well as a new product that was inspired by NYC bartender recipes. Build in a wine or highball glass over ice cubes, stir gently to combine and garnish with a slice of orange.

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Often gins can be a touch ambivalent about their garnish (and we’re not garnish snobs), but the acidity of the grapefruit does just temper those lovely berry notes of the Brockmans. It is then distilled in a 100 year old copper still, with the final gin boasting, as its name may suggest, an intensely smooth profile. I agree with another reviewer who mentions “cheap liquor” as, to me, it does have a cheap liquor/firewater taste, badly masked by the airy fairy cheap waft of blackcurrant.

Lawrence concluded “What we are doing, really, is tapping into Brockmans classic English gin with the fiery passion of Mexico’s agave spirit with the pink grapefruit to help it along. He admitted: “Brockmans is also a key brand in Spain and we are working with companies there and hopefully we will soon be back on shelves with Dufry. Build in a highball glass over ice cubes, stir gently to combine and garnish with a silce of orange. Giving a little background to the expansion, Brockman Gin’s international vice president Pierpaolo Indelicato said: “We launched 15 years ago and we are an independent brand with a small team, but we are very committed. Our business is all about premiumisation and this is something that is going on and Brockmans is not only premium, but it is different in terms of taste and its packaging design and so when they told me they were selling a million bottles and were the number three brand in the UK and all across Europe and yet nowhere in travel retail, I didn’t say ‘wow, that’s going to be easy’ but I did say ‘there is something we can do’.

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Brockmans’ global marketing director Eric Sampers said on the launch: “Brockmans has built an internationally growing fanbase of loyal consumers and advocates with just one expression thanks to its standout taste profile. An avant-garde twist on the classic English spirit, Brockmans is known for its bold and daring blend of classic gin botanicals with others that are less explored and more unusual. Build in a copa or highball glass over ice cubes, stir gently to combine and garnish with a slice of orange, and optionally, a sprig of thyme. Moving onto its new product launch, Lawrence explained that the new spirits launch for Brockmans is named “Brockman’s Agave Cut” and revealed: “What we have done is we have taken Brockmans Gin and cut it with agave spirit and then added a little hint of pink grapefruit. The new expression blends together a range of both traditional and unique ingredients, with Valencia oranges, Triple Sec, juniper and coriander seeds providing the balanced gin foundation.Brockmans is slowly distilled in a 100-year-old copper column still, but prior to distillation this sublimely defiant gin’s unique recipe of botanicals is steeped in pure grain spirit for up to 24 hours to release their natural oils and aromas, resulting in a complex and distinctive Properly Improper gin. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! If you’re feeling adventurous, shake it up in your favourite gin cocktail for a refreshing taste experience.

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The top note of Bulgarian coriander has an aromatic, gingery orange flavour, which marries beautifully with the softer, more rounded harmonies of blueberries and blackberries and the middle note created by juniper berries from Tuscany. As a gin bar and distillery in Melbourne, we are excited to hear about the launch of Brockmans Gin’s latest expression – Orange Kiss. Award-winning premium gin Brockmans is designed to defy the limitations of tradition, and the result is a gin like no other. Combining the proper traditional juniper tones with the decidedly untraditional improper notes of blueberry, blackberry, coriander and citrus taking you off on a journey past the usual and into the unexpected.We all know the strength of Heinemann as a key travel retailer and distributor and it has now listed Brockmans in litre size and it is doing really well. As we all drink responsibly that shouldn’t be an issue, but we wouldn’t settle down to a full evening with just a bottle of Brockmans. An English Gin that’s bottled at 40%, the dark bottle used for Brockmans (it’s very dark; there’s no light through it at all! Aucher added: “Besides Heinemann, and outside of Europe as well, we have had a deal with Premium Brand Group (PBG) in Panama in its domestic markets in the region, but also in travel retail so we are really developing the brand further in other parts of the world. We started some activation in Dusseldorf, but we have also done some further activation in Frankfurt with tastings and to raise visibility as well as tastings in Berlin in August and September.

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