Product description
Peddlers Shanghai Gin is China's first premium gin.
It was created by New Zealander and Dunedin University graduate Ryan MacLeod and two friends. After graduating, MacLeod went to China to teach English, but soon fell for the charms of the Middle Kingdom and discovered his true calling – creating a gin formula based on local botanicals. After five years of testing, the recipe was ready. It included ingredients from the “East and West”, including some truly unique ones. Juniper berries come from the Hungarian highlands, Sichuan pepper from Qingxi, Buddha’s hand from Yunnan, lotus from Gansu, mint from East Asia, licorice from Guangdong, almonds from Tianshan, angelica from north-east China, cardamom from Java, coriander seeds from northern India and cassia bark from Yunnan. The gin debuted in 2018, and a year later won a bronze medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Awards.
In the aromatic bouquet, Sichuan pepper, a bit of juniper, citrus peel, cinnamon and forest floor stand out. In taste, dry with a pleasant bitterness, pepper, cinnamon, almonds "decorated" with notes of juniper. We recommend serving with Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic with the addition of lemon and pink peppercorns.