Blind Tiger Piper Cubeba Gin

Back in the prohibition days, people got creative when it came to getting their gin, and Blind Tiger was named Blind Tiger to commemorate  "the creativity of yesteryear." Speakeasies used to charge and give out tickets for viewing a "blind tiger" in the backroom, and these tickets were redeemed for a gin cocktail. 

 

Blind Tiger Piper Cubeba incorporates 15 seperate botanicals: the all important juniper berries, coriander seeds, malted barley, licorice root, angelica root, orris root, lemon peel, sweet orange peel, bitter orange peel, orange blossom, ginger rhizome, green cardamom, cubeb berries, lavender, and a mysterious secret ingredient, an unknown Belgian botanical. 

 

In making this 47% ABV gin, all the botanicals except the cubeb berries are macerated and distilled in a copper pot still, to reach the depth of flavor and sophistication present in the Blind Tiger Gins. The distilled cubeb pepper is added afterwards, giving it it's name and unique flavor combination. 

 

Tasting notes include a "peppery kick," along with more earthy flavors of ginger, licorice, and cardamom. The aftertaste is smooth, long, and warm, resulting from the malted barley, and it finishes with citrus and a slight nuance of Belgian hops.