Drumshando Gunpowder Irish Gin 700ml

Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin comes from a shed at the edge of a lake in a small Irish town. Inside is the laboratory of PJ Rigney, a boundary-pushing maker of hand-made spirits who slow distils his gin with oriental botanicals and Chinese gunpowder tea. The jackalope on the label is the elusive creature PJ says he has occasionally glimpsed in the fields around Drumshanbo.

The recipe combines eight pot-still botanicals and four vapour-infused botanicals gathered on PJ's journey from China back to Drumshanbo, together with fresh citrus and the gunpowder tea itself. Gunpowder tea is a green tea that is slowly dried, its delicate leaves rolled into shiny pellets. It gives the gin a bold, bright flavour with a slight spicy freshness. Bottled at 43% ABV.

Pour it in a tall gin and tonic with a wedge of grapefruit, or let the tea notes lead in a dry martini. It suits gin drinkers who want something with more character than a standard London Dry. Ralph's sells it with Metro Manila delivery.