Bobby's Schiedam Dry Gin Pinang Raci Spice Blend 70cl

Description

Bobby's Schiedam Dry Gin Pinang Raci Spice Blend

There is a great sense of family, quality and history to the Bobby’s gin & jenever range. Not only is it made in a family-owned distillery (Herman Jansen in Schiedam) dating back to 1777, but the recipe for the original Bobby's gin is inspired by a family recipe of the grandfather of Sebastiaan (Jacobus Alfons.. known as Bobby to his friends).

A bottle of the original Bobby's gin was discovered in 2012 by Sebastiaan. After hearing the story about his grandfather, and the unique Indonesian recipe, he was inspired to bring a gin of this quality to the world!

In conjunction with the Herman Jansen distillery, they worked tirelessly over a nearly two-year period to re-create and perfect a modern version of the family favourite, keeping all the history, blending the best of Indonesian botanicals and spices, keeping within the traditions of Schiedam jenever making. The result was Bobby’s Gin. And what a great result it was!

Now, in 2022 they have created a new Gin, their Pinang Raci Spice Blend. This is a homage to the birthplace (Nacu on Moluccan 'spice island' Ambon) of Bobby's grandfather.

This is a gin which is full of vibrant aromatics, warm notes of daun salam, turmeric and galangal (a member of the ginger family), along with ginger, sweet orange, cloves, cinnamon, lemongrass, cubeb pepper, coriander and of course juniper.

The aroma is, as you could expect full of spice. Ginger, citrus, and juniper all come through, belnding perfectly in the nose. On the palate there is a cooling sensation, which comes form the daun salam and lemongrass. As the gin warms in the mouth more flavours develop. Sweet orange and coriander, join with juniper. Floral notes blend with the ginger and galangal as a backing flavour. It has a oily mouth feel, which coats the mouth perfectly imparting all these delicious flavours. It develops more, with spices coming through further, before a long, luxurious finish - bringing all the flavours together before a final taste of Bobby's signature cubeb pepper.

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Perfect Serve

Best served with lots of ice, premium tonic. Bobby’s recommend Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water, but any neutral tonic (or ginger ale) will work well.

Take a large glass filled with ice and add 50ml of the gin. Gently pour over the tonic and stir gently. Garnish with a slice of orange and a few cloves to bring out and enhance the botanicals in the gin.