So this is our range of some of our Anno spirits, so starting off we've got
our Kent Dry, so that's the first one that we brought out to the market in 2013.
So this is a super smooth dry gin.
It's got 16 different botanicals, really aromatic,
loads of flavour to it, as well as your traditional notes from your
juniper, coriander, cassia bark, et cetera, you've also got some really nice citrus
notes in there, three different citrus: Kaffir lime, Seville orange and whole
fresh lemons, as well as the Kentish flavours in there. So we wanted to use a
range of different Kentish botanicals to bring over that we are Kent's first
micro-distillery, so we've got in there some samphire, some sweet aromatic hops,
some elderflower, rosehips and lavenders from the national collection at Downderry Nursery.
So you can drink this by itself, it is so smooth that you can drink it neat,
or you can put it into a Gin & Tonic with a nice Indian
tonic water with lime and samphire as a garnish. It's also great in cocktails
especially things like a Martini, again garnished with samphire.
So then we move on to our second product which is our Anno 60².
So this one was released as a celebratory edition originally for Andy and Norman our two
co-founders' 60th birthdays. So first of all it was only a 1,000 bottle
release, but it was so popular we decided to make it into a main line.
So it's at 60% ABV so it is higher than the navy strength.
Again it's very smooth, can be drunk neat like a premium whisky
either with ice or just as it is.
Again, you've got loads of those lovely aromatics coming through. The recipe for
this one is actually a secret recipe so we don't release what's in it, but you
will notice that it's very big, bold and woody. It's got a real high strength and
high botanical flavour coming through from it.
The best way to drink this, so you can drink it neat, again it's great in a G&T, or you can make
it into lots of cocktails, very strong flavour cocktails as well because you
will still get the flavour of the gin standing through. Something like a
Negroni where you've got sweet Campari and vermouth.
So in the centre here we have our Orange & Honey. So this came out in September 2019,
so it's one of our latest products. It's got a lovely gin base with subtle
spices and some nutmeg, and then on top of that we've layered on some orange,
orange blossom, honey and bee pollen. So a small percentage of the profit from
each bottle also goes to help the conservation of bees.
For this one it's again 40%, so you can drink it neat or you can have it with a mixer.
It's lovely with tonic or you can put it into lots of different cocktails
including ones with Kahlua.
So very aromatic, you really do get those nice
zingy notes coming through from the orange.
So our Three Berry Pink Gin as it explains has three berries, so it's got
strawberry, elderberry and blackberry as its predominant three berries. It also
has some cocoa and cardamom in the undertones coming through from the gin.
So it is pink in colour, and it does taste very strongly through
from those three berries. You get a lot of that lovely berry flavour coming
through over on the nose but again it's very smooth, it's got a lot of flavour
coming through from the gin as well as from those berries.
So let's have a taste!
So you've got those lovely smooth flavours coming through from the
undertones of the gin, it's got a real nice cocoa note in there as well as a
slight spice from the cardamom, and then you've got those lovely three berries,
really predominant coming through on the nose and on the palate,
the strawberry, the elderberry and the blackberry.
I say you can drink it by itself with ice but
it's really really good to have in lots of different cocktails or just simply as
a Gin & Tonic, garnished with berries on the top.
So the last one that we have here to try today is our Elderflower & Vodka.
You may notice it is a vodka rather than a gin, it doesn't have juniper in it.
So again it can be drunk just by itself which is my favourite way to drink it.
Normally I drink it ice-cold or served over ice.
It's really aromatic, it's really fresh, it's got loads of flavour from those elderflowers coming through
and it's just simply an English wheat vodka base.
It can be drunk by itself with ice, or you can mix it if you want to.
It's great to put in a Gin and Tonic,
goes especially well with our Kent dry and a premium Indian tonic water or you
can put it in a Prosecco, sparkling wine, Champagne to make an elderflower fizz
that we like to call a Kentish Twinkle.