Flowers and small-batch gin. Those clever folks at Hendrick’s are speaking our love language.
Flora Adora is the latest highly anticipated release from Mater Distiller Lesley Gracie’s Cabinet of Curiosities – the name lovingly given to the cupboard of essences, herbs and spices in the laboratory where she weaves her botanical alchemy. Infused with an enticing floral bouquet, this masterpiece is a limited edition inspired by the flowers that fill the gardens surrounding the distillery and the hothouses that flank the entrance to the Hendrick’s Gin Palace. The botanicals include a lot of rose petals, hibiscus and lavender, but we also sense notes of violet, blossom and raspberry sorbet. This is definitely a gin to be taken outside, just be careful in case our nectar-loving friends of the garden happen to get overexcited and fly in.
The summery Flora Adora Limited Release Gin can be topped with tonic and garnished with a slice of cucumber, or mixed into a Wildgarden Cup cocktail with lemon juice, sugar syrup, fresh mint, raspberries, cucumber and soda water. It’s also marvellous in a Martini and the bee’s knees in a Bee’s Knees.
Many experts credit the original Hendrick’s with sparking gin’s phenomenal resurgence. It rocketed into pole position and became one of the best-selling gin brands in the world. As the avalanche of new gins and distilleries has continued to snowball, the originator has come back with bang. Hendrick’s has received a rumoured £13 million of investment in their glorious and otherworldly Gin Palace. With its stained-glass dome, towering black walls, gleaming copper stills, walled garden and greenhouses, it feels part Willy Wonka, part gothic dinner party and just a little bit like a Victorian orangery kitted out by the set designers from Mad Men. From this stunning abode, an equally stunning procession of gins have begun to appear.
Hendrick’s is handcrafted in tiny batches in the similarly minuscule Scottish coastal town of Girvan by just a handful of very dedicated and wonderfully eccentric people. They use a carefully curated selection of botanicals and two types of still: a Bennett Still that steeps the botanicals to create an intense and robust spirit, and a rare Carter-Head Still that steams the botanicals to create a lighter more fragrant spirit. These two spirits are then married together and infused with Hendrick’s magical touches.
SKU No.: 4034912
Style No.: 949625
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 43.3%
Volume: 700ml
Flowers and small-batch gin. Those clever folks at Hendrick’s are speaking our love language.
Flora Adora is the latest highly anticipated release from Mater Distiller Lesley Gracie’s Cabinet of Curiosities – the name lovingly given to the cupboard of essences, herbs and spices in the laboratory where she weaves her botanical alchemy. Infused with an enticing floral bouquet, this masterpiece is a limited edition inspired by the flowers that fill the gardens surrounding the distillery and the hothouses that flank the entrance to the Hendrick’s Gin Palace. The botanicals include a lot of rose petals, hibiscus and lavender, but we also sense notes of violet, blossom and raspberry sorbet. This is definitely a gin to be taken outside, just be careful in case our nectar-loving friends of the garden happen to get overexcited and fly in.
The summery Flora Adora Limited Release Gin can be topped with tonic and garnished with a slice of cucumber, or mixed into a Wildgarden Cup cocktail with lemon juice, sugar syrup, fresh mint, raspberries, cucumber and soda water. It’s also marvellous in a Martini and the bee’s knees in a Bee’s Knees.
Many experts credit the original Hendrick’s with sparking gin’s phenomenal resurgence. It rocketed into pole position and became one of the best-selling gin brands in the world. As the avalanche of new gins and distilleries has continued to snowball, the originator has come back with bang. Hendrick’s has received a rumoured £13 million of investment in their glorious and otherworldly Gin Palace. With its stained-glass dome, towering black walls, gleaming copper stills, walled garden and greenhouses, it feels part Willy Wonka, part gothic dinner party and just a little bit like a Victorian orangery kitted out by the set designers from Mad Men. From this stunning abode, an equally stunning procession of gins have begun to appear.
Hendrick’s is handcrafted in tiny batches in the similarly minuscule Scottish coastal town of Girvan by just a handful of very dedicated and wonderfully eccentric people. They use a carefully curated selection of botanicals and two types of still: a Bennett Still that steeps the botanicals to create an intense and robust spirit, and a rare Carter-Head Still that steams the botanicals to create a lighter more fragrant spirit. These two spirits are then married together and infused with Hendrick’s magical touches.
SKU No.: 4034912
Style No.: 949625