Precision Spirits | Scottish Craft Gin Spritzer with a twist

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For the past few months we’ve been perfecting our distillation techniques and recipe development for these modern gins.

A slight cloudiness is apparent in them, which is indicative of the high botanical content as we packed in as much flavour as possible.

These gins were distilled on our set of 10L stills before each bottle was hand labelled - a true small batch process.

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GIN SPRITZERS

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Introducing Peace Lovin’ Decoy & Tartan Juice. A brand new type of drink to the market that we call the ‘Gin Spritzer’. This gin in a can is precisely comprised of:

- Our very own craft gin

- Our cold-macerated tonic water, infused with fresh fruits and botanicals for an authentic touch

- Our very own lemonade made with a sprinkling of natural sugar cane and pure lemon juice

This is a gin we guarantee you’ve never tried before. Each ingredient has been specifically selected based on their ability to pair with one another at the molecular level. This is a drink engineered for greatness.

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The Gin Spritzer

What makes our products unique is not only the care and attention that goes into each section of our process. However, it is the processes themselves and the specific way in which we have engineered our flavours with 3 separate entities harmonizing together. The philosophy for our products is that the final creation is greater than the sum of its parts. And each of the 3 parts have been precisely engineered to play a specific role in the overall drinking experience.

Our botanicals, roots and fruits are carefully chosen and introduced into their designated part of the process to either provide a base to build from, to contribute to our designed flavour, or to help pull all the ingredients together to facilitate the complementing of one another.

Our Gin Spritzers consist of a combination of own-recipe gin and vodkas comprised of a specific composition of ingredients required to tailor an ideal marriage of essential oils. These oils harmonise at the molecular level due to the thermodynamic phenomena that occurs during our azeotropic distillations. Our botanicals are specifically sourced to ensure that their respective oils possess synergistic chemical structures in order to produce an impactful and long-lasting flavour that will resonate with your taste buds.
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Upon refining the taste, character and quality of our Spritzer, the next stage involves integrating our naturally flavoured light tonic water.Using similar chemical principles to those invoked in the creation of our base spirit; fruits, herbs and spices are selected to establish a refreshing flavour that specifically unites with our chosen spirit. The tonic water absorbs oils from the botanicals over a two-day cold-pressed maceration period, before undergoing a purification process via pressurized filtration. The resulting product is then ready to be combined with our spirit.

The final step in the conception of our Gin Spritzer involves the implementation of a delicately sweet and moderately zesty flavour which pulls together all of the aromas present into a finely balanced beverage. The inclusion of our own low-calorie lemonade achieves all of this, as well as bringing down the overall ABV to a clean 4.0%.The completed product (gin, tonic, lemonade) is then carbonated and can be enjoyed with ease and efficiency through a standard draught line or from a nice-cold can.
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Our signature drink is our Peace Lovin’ Decoy Gin Spritzer. Consisting of a touch of strawberry and clementine with a herbal infusion, blended together with zesty citrus notes it is crafted to provide a crisp, refreshing experience.

Our inspiration for this flavour came from Scottish summertime. During the excitement and warm weather of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival we started thinking of some of our favourite fruits and flavours before consulting our research to determine which other ingredients were best suited to help showcase them. From here it was only a case of determining the correct quantities to balance the overall flavour.

We are proud to include real strawberries and clementine peel with zesty grapefruit while our select botanicals provide the subtle fragrant notes we all love and have come to expect from a great gin. With these ingredients we have created the ultimate refreshing alcoholic beverage at a moderate 4.0% ABV for your pleasure.

We have crafted our limited release flavour the following way:

Reduced aromatics through removing basil & rosemary, instead replaced with a sweeter and more refreshing finish from the addition of mint and thyme.

Large focus on creating a citric punch throughout the drink – we have doubled up on our total citric botanical usage and incorporated a wider blend of these fruits in each component of the drink.

No berries, or any fruits other than citric. We were careful to choose our citric ingredients so as not to create a flavour that swayed too tart, or too sweet – rather smooth and middling to provide a sessionable feel.

Incorporated a high dosage of our not-so-secret ingredient, Milk Thistle seeds (otherwise known as Scotch Thistle). How could we not have the pride of our nation in here.

our Gin selection

Wild Berry

This Wild Berry gin uses blackberry, strawberry & raspberry to capture a spectrum of sweet & tart. Our wild berries are plucked right from Scottish farms, meaning they arrive to us juicy and fresh to really put the ‘Wild’ in our gin. A mild juniper spine is complimented by coriander & basil for a crisp herbaceous touch.

We hyper concentrate the distillate with fresh berries that are frozen on-site to lock in flavour compounds. No extracts or additives are used, only naturally extracted essential oils.

tasting notes:

Aroma: Fragrant red berries, sweet & delicate.

Palate: Light strawberry & raspberry top notes lead into a thicker, jammy mid-palate, mild anise & blackberry round the profile before a fresh grain finish.

Available at all Vino Wines stores across Edinburgh & through their website.

Citrus

This Citrus gin is a blend of two distillates from opposing ends of the citric spectrum. Lemon & Kaffir Lime contrast with grapefruit and orange to create a fusion of sweet, tart & tang. Juniper, rosemary and coriander round the flavour profile and provide stability to this modern citrus gin.

Overcrowding of botanicals can create confusion and lead to oversights in flavour management. Using two separate distillates allowed us to optimise multiple citric components simultaneously before blending, assuring that each fruit was extracted to its fullest potential.

tasting notes:

Aroma: Fresh citrus rind, mild juniper & pine.

Palate: Soft lemon drop moves into a warmer, full-bodied citric experience. Sweetness from mint & kaffir lime is contrasted with sharper notes from grapefruit. A smooth finish is achieved as the long legs of citrus & sweet are drawn out gradually.

Available at all Vino Wines stores across Edinburgh & through their website.

LDN Dry

This LDN Dry Gin is our take on a classic. Juniper lead with coriander seed and a touch of fresh lime, we extract basil, cardamom & mint to create a sharp & distinctive dry gin.

We wanted to achieve a multi-faceted gin, ideal for any occasion be it sipping, mixing or concocting.

tasting notes:

Aroma: Herbaceous, eucalyptus, juniper.

Palate: Sweet, garden herb notes from basil & mint lead into a fresh citric mid-palate. Earthy juniper finishes the gin off with a warming touch of cardamom.

Available at all Vino Wines stores across Edinburgh & through their website.

Winter Gin

A Collaboratory project with the team at Vino Wines sees this limited-edition spirit come to life. Drawing on citrus, berry & sweet spice, this gin combines a wide-range of essential oils to exhume a crisp embodiment of winter.

Neat, mixed or mulled – this gin is ideal for any winter occasion.

tasting notes:

Aroma: Mild citrus notes with red berry are carried by fragrant cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg.

Palate: Warm spice leads the flavour profile as a sharp tang of Kumquat tries to break through. A slight tartness from red berries balances the taste as the juniper spine holds it all together.

Available at all Vino Wines stores across Edinburgh & through their website.

Our Gin

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GIN SPRITZERS

The Gin Spritzer

Peace Lovin’ Decoy

tartan juice

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Wild Berry

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Citrus

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LDN Dry

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Winter Gin

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