Following on from our now-sold-out Limited Edition Hopped Gin and its sequel, Second Edition Hopped Gin, the Third Edition is now here! We were thinking about making a third version, but we had one problem – both of the previous editions had used hops that came from outside the commercial hop system, not quite foraged, but self-seeded and local to the brewery. Having moved to Walthamstow (and, sadly, since the demise of the plants we got the first set of hops from, which were just around the corner from our new place), we no longer had access to such a rich source of hops for our gin.
Luckily, just at the time we were contemplating this, Glenn, our general manager, was talking to his brother-in-law in Plumstead, who just happened to have a neighbour with a load of hops in his garden that he didn’t know what to do with, so they were offered to us.
These hops smelled amazing – richly fruity and resinous – so we jumped at the chance and a massive bagful was used in the distillation to produce our Third Edition Hopped Gin. It’s citrusy, but in a different way from the first version, much more limey and a bit more intense. The surprise, though is the hint of cucumber on the back end of the sip, making it a really rounded flavour to go with the rounded mouthfeel that all our hopped gins have.
Third Edition Hopped Gin is now available from our online shop and in our taproom, as well as for trade clients, in 70cl, 50cl and 20cl bottles (the perfect stocking filler!) Needless to say, we also have it pouring on the bar in the taproom!
