FEW Breakfast Gin
For the Earl in grey
- Country
- United States
- Alcohol
- 42%
- Bottle size
- 700 ml
- Producer
- FEW Spirits
- In short
- Bread and tea
- Botanicals
- Juniper, Tea, Lemon peel
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Aromacode®
- 1 Pine, 28 of 100
- 2 Citrus, 23 of 100
- 3 Fruits, 12 of 100
- 4 Blossoms, 17 of 100
- 5 Grass, 3 of 100
- 6 Herbs, 23 of 100
- 7 Wood, 21 of 100
- 8 Spices, 27 of 100
- 9 Sharpness, 22 of 100
The Aromacode® shows how strongly each aroma comes through. The larger the wedge, the stronger the aroma. Numbers match the list.
Mixers tested with this Gin
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Sweet tea
Goldberg Tonic Water
But there's much more to it, really. You can taste the grain from the base spirit very intensely. Almost a whisky gin.
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Juicier
Doctor Polidori Dry Tonic Water
Grain and tea here too, but more floral and a little dry at the same time. Just as black tea can be.
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Tea galore
Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water
The black tea comes through much more than the grain here. Nicely dry, and you can tell how well tea works in gin.
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Very sweet
Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Very sweet, with the tea stronger in the aftertaste. It's there, but only really gets going after a moment.
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Bitter and malty
Goldberg Mediterranean Tonic
The grain wins out again here, though there's also a bold bitterness. It might suit some people, but perhaps not all evening. More of a single G&T.
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Close combat
Doctor Polidori Cucumber Tonic Water
It's interesting how the cucumber and grain get into a scrap here. They're fighting each other for first place. But it works reasonably well.
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Complex sweets
Mistelhain Trend Tonic
Sweet, with a thousand things happening at once. The tonic notes are intense, but the grain also plays its part. Not much tea or juniper.
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I'd rather have the Trend
Mistelhain Ambition Tonic
The grain comes through more clearly here, but the Trend was somehow more interesting.
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Too bitter
Goldberg Japanese Yuzu Tonic
Unfortunately, this doesn't work at all. Extremely bitter, with really harsh peel notes.
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Biiiitter
Goldberg Pink Grapefruit Soda
Lots of tea, lots of bitterness. The grapefruit is a nice touch, but this is pretty tough going. Better than with the Yuzu, though. By miles.
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