Beefeater 24

[emperor]

We were out shopping today, and this caught my eye. Beefeater is a gin I'm generally not that impressed by, but I thought their new offering "Beefeater 24" would be worth a taste. The gimmick is that they infuse the botanicals (including Sencha tea) for 24 hours before distillation. Neat, there's quite a citrus nose (although not as marked as Tanqueray Rangpur), although the juniper taste is much stronger on the palate. Made long with tonic, however, the result is very pleasant - quite a sweet taste, with orange and grapefruit in evidence.

The flip side, however, is that it's pretty expensive - around £20 for a .7l bottle when not reduced (which it was today). I'm not sure it's quite worth the premium price tag, as it isn't up to Tanqueray 10 quality.

Comments

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

As a post-grad, I drank Beefeater, as it was cheap. Good enough for gin & orange, but not for a martini. I wrote most of my th*s*s while fulled on it.

Woman here has drunk all the Tanqueray, so I'm left with Gordon's.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Very nearly the only time our gin comes out of the cupboard is when my parents come down. I do like gin myself, it's just that I like whisk(e)y so much more.

ETA: To which I had meant to add: fancy gin seems to come much cheaper than fancy scotch.

[curig.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'd not heard of this one. Like you, I'm not very excited about normal Beefeater. My current GIN of choice is Brecon which is reminiscent of Tanqueray and holds its own by comparison I think. It's not as elegant as Tanq 10 but then it's not to that price either!