James Gin & Tonic
DIFFICULTY
EASY
WHAT'S IN IT
2 oz Asian Parsnip Gin
4 oz Fever-Tree Light Tonic
Orange Wedge
HOW IT'S MADE
- Fill a glass with ice.
- Add 2 oz Asian Parsnip Gin.
- Top with tonic water and stir gently.
- Optional: Add an orange slice
WHAT IT'S LIKE
It's like a gin and tonic, obviously. This will be familiar to our UK customers, but not necessarily to those in the US, who have less cultural heritage. To cut a long story short, we invented as a way to make antimalarial quinine taste better. So think of it as a medicine.
JAMES' TASTING NOTES
Don't mess about with this. Just use light tonic and plenty of ice. The orange slice brings out the sweetness of the parsnip.
CREDIT
Hugh Anderson, Downton Distillery
PERFECT WITH...
Asian Parsnip
I had an idea for a gin that is very British, using parsnip - which reminds me of dampness - combined with the spicy sparkle of the Asian spices found in Indian food. So we created the unimaginatively named Asian Parsnip - celebrating both the homely flavour of that most English of root vegetables and the gastric stimulus of spices from India.
40% ABV