Product description
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin is produced in the Shed Distillery located in the namesake village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
The distillery was founded in 2014 by Patrick J. Rigney, an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in the drinks industry, and produces whiskey and gin. The formula includes 12 ingredients with gunpowder tea being the signature botanical (gunpowder tea is a green tea that has been slowly dried, then the leaves are carefully rolled into shiny pellets reminiscent of gunpowder). The other known botanicals are juniper berries, angelica root, caraway, cardamom, coriander, grapefruit, lemons, Markut limes, meadowsweet, orris root and star anise. The juniper, roots and seeds are distilled in copper pot still along with the vapor infusion of citrus botanicals and gunpowder tea. Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin with California Orange Citrus was introduced in 2022, after Rigney’s trip to the West Coast of the United States. While traveling north of San Francisco Bay, the local people introduced him to the sumptuous richness of orange citrus fruit; and the new expression of Drumshanbo gin was born.
Drumshanbo Gunpowder California Orange Citrus has orange-forward nose, with all elements of standard expression in place (juniper, green tea and delicate herbal notes). On the palate oranges and orange oils are in a driving seat, white juniper, green tea and herbs are staying in the background. We strongly suggest trying it neat or over ice.