Tasting Notes for Blind Tiger Organic Mandarin Gin from the Winery

Blind Tiger Organic Mandarin Gin is carefully handcrafted in small batches from Organic “Dancy” and “Imperial” Mandarins grown in the sundrenched Riverland of South Australia. The Mandarins were peeled and the pulp discarded and peel kept in varietal batches. 1/3 of the peel was soaked fresh overnight in organic spirit then distilled varietally as a separate run the following day. Remaining 2/3 of peel was air dried in the Distillery above the pot stills and then distilled in small batches. The fresh and dry Imperial mandarin distillates were blended together, as were the two Dancy distillates creating 2 different styles of mandarin concentrates. Selected amounts of the two mandarin concentrates were then blended together with the 6 Blind Tiger London Dry botanicals and organic wheat spirit.

It is an explosion of exotic botanicals infused with intense mandarin aromas from the Imperials with the Dancy’s coming through mid palate with a refreshing juicy citrus finish to create the perfect gin to serve neat over ice, with soda or in a Gin and Fever Tree Aromatic Tonic, with a twist of orange peel and sliced mandarin segments, for that extra level of flavour and excitement.

Blind Tiger Organic Gin

In the 1920s Prohibition Era, a “Blind Tiger” was an establishment known to illegally sell alcohol, with a focus on celebrating the exciting flavour and taste of liquor cocktails, many of which were Gin based.

Blind Tiger Organic Gin is distilled in small batches and is a complex, yet elegant and aromatic gin made from the finest certified organic botanicals.

Recipes for Gin Combos:

Gin & Tonic

• 60ml Blind Tiger Organic Gin
• 120ml tonic water
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• Lemon or lime wedge (for garnish)

A simple but classic cocktail. Fill a glass with ice. Mix in ingredients and stir gently. Garnish with lemon or lime.

Classic Gin Martini

• 60ml Blind Tiger Organic Gin
• 15ml dry vermouth
• 1 olive on cocktail skewer

Fill a chilled mixing glass with ice and combine gin and vermouth. Stir to chill for 15-20 seconds.

Strain in to chilled Martini glass. Garnish with an olive.

Add a dash of olive brine to make it dirty.

Negroni

• 30ml Blind Tiger Organic Gin
• 30ml Campari
• 30ml Vermouth Rosso
• Orange peel to serve

Combine all in ingredients in chilled glassware, stir gently and garnish with the peel of a fresh Australian orange.

Tom Collins

• 30ml Blind Tiger Organic Gin
• Juice of half a lemon
• 60ml soda water
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• Lemon slice
• Ice
• A large lemon wedge to garnish

Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice, sugar and Blind Tiger to a clean highball glass and stir. Add plenty of cubed ice and stir again. Top with soda water and stir for a final time. Garnish with the lemon slice then serve.

(SKU: BT_Gin_Mandarin)