Porter’s
Tropical Old Tom Gin
Porter’s
ABV: 40%
Country: Scotland
Style: Old Tom
Price per bottle: £21-40 (US$27-53)
Availability: Worldwide
Sam Coyne
Nose
A seriously pleasant start. Floral. Shut your eyes and you could be walking through a flower-garden instead of drinking at your desk. Lemon and cinnamon come to the party.
Palate
Bubble-gum. Sweet and curious, but as it matures, you get piney juniper, bananas and pear-drops. Undercut by a refreshing lime zing.
Finish
Sweet and pine.
Comments
A surprise. Blown away by how it grows in sweetness, with enough juniper to please the purists. The gin that sees you put away your tonic.
Score
8.9
Phoebe Calver
Nose
Some seriously sweet fruit, a sort of pineapple type tang that is interesting against the juniper.
Taste
Not what I was expecting at all, the juicy fruit is still there, but it is overwhelmed by some seriously earthy juniper flavours. Warming spice curbs this a little, but it remains very prominent.
Finish
The spice gives it a lot of depth, the earthy taste remains.
Comments
An intriguing and unexpected gin, which throws a little bit of everything at the palate for you.
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