Strawberry Gin by The Blowing Stone 70cl
Brand: The Blowing Stone
The second release in the Ashdown Series is our Wild
Strawberry gin. Using our delicious London Dry recipe as a base, we
have added wild strawberries to create a sweet and aromatic blush
pink beauty. Wild strawberries, known to the Anglo-Saxons as
‘streowberigan’ grew wild on grasslands and open woodland. Smaller
and sweeter than today’s cultivated strawberries, they were a rare
delicacy, providing a subtle burst of sweet berry flavour – very
much like our gin. 42% ABV The Legend of The Blowing Stone On the
8th January 871, an Anglo-Saxon army, led by King Ethelred and his
younger brother, the future King Alfred the Great was about to face
the Viking army…a formidable enemy, intent on establishing Danish
rule over the whole of England. Having conquered every other
kingdom in England, just one more separated the Vikings from total
domination – The Kingdom of Wessex. Known as ‘The Great Heathen
Army,’ the Vikings had been camped at Reading. Marching west into
the North Wessex Downs, they were to meet the Wessex Army close to
the prehistoric Ridgeway path just outside the village of Compton.
To summon his troops into battle that morning, Alfred blew into an
ancient perforated sarsen stone which delivered a loud booming
sound across the downs. Known as ‘The Blowing Stone’ this marked
the beginning of the Battle of Ashdown from which Alfred emerged
victorious. The Making of The Blowing Stone Gin The Blowing Stone
gins have been lovingly crafted using carefully selected
botanicals. Following extensive research of the period, we have
selected fruits, herbs and some more unusual ingredients which
would have been growing wild or readily available at the time of
King Alfred the Great’s reign. We’ve also included some more exotic
spices which would have been imported by spice merchants whose
aromas would have regularly filled the royal courts. Furthermore,
the honey which smooths our Blowing Stone London Dry is made
locally by our own bees. To capture and balance these flavours, we
use a three-part process combining traditional batch pot
distillation methods of steeping and infusion with the careful
blending of a fragrant botanical tea. We hope you feel as we do –
that the end result is ‘history distilled’. You must be at least 18
years old to purchase this product. By purchasing, you are
confirming you are at least 18 years old. Please see our full terms
and conditions here.
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