About a week ago there were in the cozy kitchen of my father rent a spontaneous Gin Basil Smash Blindtasting after I had arranged to meet a friend that all available Gins be brought from home. Equipped with gin, three pots of basil and Mixbesteck I started the evening on his way. So we came for a total of five different bottles of gin. A third of us pals shock us was crazy, but would still like to get involved, especially since it's his favorite drink.
All Testerbaggage. From left to right: Louis, Judith (neutral auxiliary tester), André, Ruben (I), auxiliary tester whose name escapes me:-D It is difficult to five people to get such a picture. is now at a tasting of a cocktail of different brands of spirits, a fundamental question, as I read the Sidecar workshops realized the bartender laboratory already:
Which single recipe we use for the test?
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Gin Basil Smash-designed the whole course a little more difficult than with drinks that consist only of three liquids: It is difficult to reach always the same level of basil flavor. Since we are not fine-scale or the like were available, we decided for meticulous following method:-D
"Gin Basil Smash "
5 cl of each gin
2.5 cl lime juice (yes, the original should be in a shaker with lemon pieces gemuddelt ...)
2 oz sugar syrup (1:1)
25 basil leaves
first Person # 1 picks with scrupulous accuracy 25 sheets of equal size shrub.
second person # 2 muddelt always exactly 60 seconds. Always with the same love. Always with the same gentle but firm force. Because this person works in a bar with an increased proportion of gay men, is it safe easily.
third person # 3 shaked always with the same weight, length and technique to accomplish in each mixture, the same cooling and dilution.
4th is always served straight up without ice and immediately tasted.
As you can see already flowing, eventually, many factors of uncertainty in this test that you take the result is not entirely seriously, but it was very interesting. If you do not know how expensive was the gin, it just means the cocktail takes to itself, the taste is just different reception ... neutral, could say that. Was evaluated on a scale of 1 to 10
Our test candidates for the blind tasting were:
G'Vine Nouaison (43.9%) € 42.92 per liter
Bombay Sapphire (47%) 21 , 95 € per liter
Tanqueray No. 10 (47.3%) € 31.95 per liter
Plymouth (41.2%) 19,95 € per liter
Finsbury Platinum (47%) € 20.95 per Liter
over all prices of barfish.de
Smash # 1 for all three of us tasted a bit pushy, but not just gintypischen after the juniper. The basil was by that indefinable Geschmackston not supplemented or supported us and it was relatively easy here to make our opinion. In addition, unpleasant bitterness.
average score: 3.6
Smash # 2 was pretty decent with moderate juniper and citrus, basil could develop but good. It just lacked a little pep.
average score: 6.3
Smash # 3 is a first big bright spot. All together right and you finally taste of gin. From here on, this glass was always taken as a reference and it was soon empty.
average score: 7.6
Smash # 4 is the sweeter than the others and with a massive dose of basil, slyly beautiful juniper. My personal favorite, because the basil is heading so wonderful.
average score: 8
Smash # 5 juniper is very stressed. With this you can taste the gin out very strong, but the basil is noticeable. André does this taste familiar, because, as things turn out later, it's brought along his gin. Not my case.
average score: 7.3
click to enlarge Oh and what have we here? The French floral G'Vine , dearest Gin in the field and is recommended as the basis of a gin-Basil Smash cuts off pathetic. Only the lady the money and taste the flowery taste to it says,-D
winner of the tastings is average in terms Plymouth , but prefer my middle Rochester, despite my forcibly opponent, the still rather Finsbury Platinum . The Tanqueray No.
. 10 gives a very nice round total of Gin Basil Smash-and has therefore got hold average also technically in second place.
Bombay Sapphire expected to make a rather boring drink.
I hope you manage to get something off this review. We were there on definitely a lot of fun, and we were amazed and delighted by the differences that showed from glass to glass.
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