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DAY 5 TASTING NOTES FOR GINTONICA'S GIN ADVENT CALENDAR OLD KEMPTON EMBEZZLER DRY GIN Our first gin from the distilling powerhouse that is Tasmania in this year’s line up. You can visit the elegant colonial era mansion, Dysart House, just off the main highway that links Hobart to Launceston (it’s much closer to the former), Renowned for their excellent single malts, @oldkemptondistillery was created by Matt Fontaine and past head distiller Dean Jackson created this gin in 2017. Using a handcrafted approach and locally sourced ingredients, the gin is distilled in a 500lt still, and the 14 botanicals are either macerated in the spirit or vapour extracted. These botanicals include a range of citrus, florals, and spices like Kafir Lime, Lemon Myrtle (happily - it is quite restrained in my opinion) and mint. and some of the oils are retrained, carried by the higher than usual alcohol by volume, for a richer flavour profile. The nose is spicy and citrus forward that continues onto the palette. With a full mouth feel, and the flavours linger with a pleasant creamy oiliness from those botanicals. You don’t notice spirit, the gin is very well woven and balanced with no one botanical dominant. This would make a fine Martini, or any of your favourite gin cocktails like a Gimlet and of course, a G+T with a thin slice of lime. Keep it classic with this one. ABV 46% #gin #australiangin #lovegin #craftdistillery #contemporarygin #review #tastingnotes #gintonica #aussiegin #adventcalendar #craftgin #smallbtach #distillery #supportaustraliancraftdistillers #themartiniwhisperer #martiniwhisperer #tasmania #embezzlergin #oldkempton

Locked and loaded. The winners, plus runners up, for this year’s national @qantas Tourism Excellence Awards have been determined by the team of national judges (including me) and will be announced in Canberra next March. Thirsty work. 🍸

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