Mountain Flavours
If we close our eyes and think of liqueurs produced in mountainous areas, we are sure to know them all: spirits, bitters, grappa with distinct flavors and recognizable. Take a moment, that you have done nell''elenco c '' & egrave; Also gin? No? Yet the gin recipe calls for the 'use of a very important ingredient, which we often encounter in our mountains: the juniper.
Wednesday 18 May 2016 6 minutes reading time
In recent years the production of gin in Italy & egrave; increased and there are many distilleries, also located in mountainous areas, which are distinct and have produced gin of the highest quality & agrave ;. Each gin has its own recipe which includes the 'use of numerous botanical, by pi & ugrave; classics to more & ugrave; extravagant. The botanicals in a gin have the ability & agrave; to revive buried memories, recreating environments and worlds, with unique scents.
Today we want to take with you a journey through the best artisan gin, products from mountain and foothill distilleries.
Poli Distillery - Marconi 46: a distillery in the center of Asiago dell''Altopiano that produces a gin with a 46% alcohol content. Gin produced by Poli family & egrave; flavored with juniper, mountain pine, mint, cardamom, stone pine, muscat grapes and & egrave; achieved using stills in a vacuum system, maintained by those who for years produces a quality grappa & agrave ;.
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Pilzer - Pilz Gin: a Trentino gin, made up of 15 botanical, with a prevalence of citrus notes, which give character to this distillate of wheat and barley.
Pilzer for Gilmozzi Alexander and Andreas Bachmann - Gilbach: a true mountain gin, created from numerous cold Gilmozzi experiments by the chef and his second Bachmann, with juniper, elder and blackthorn.
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Distilleries Alfons Walcher - Life & egrave; beautiful and Biostilla: two different gin for a large distillery in Appiano, which produces gin stills with a water bath. Gin Life & egrave; beautiful & egrave; a London gin bio, realized thanks all''utilizzo 24 botanicals, including citrus fruits predominate. Biostilla, instead, & egrave; a premium gin, obtained through the fermentation of organic wheat. Predominates the scent of wild juniper, accompanied by sage and elder flowers.
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Bordiga - Bordiga Dry Gin, Pink and Smoke: the Alps from Cuneo c '' & egrave; active from the late nineteenth century distillery, which perpetuates the tradition by using the 'pot still heated over a wood fire. The distillery produces gin in three variants: the classic London Dry Bordiga, with juniper of the Maritime Alps; Gin Rosa, who takes the 'flavor and color from the distillation of rose buds; Gin Smoke, with smoked juniper, a winning recipe that was in error, due to a case of berries leave long next to a burning heater.
Roner - Z44: thirty distillery known everywhere for its brandies, which now produces a unique gin, a mix between the scents of the mountain and the sea, thanks to un''attenta selection of botanical, combining citrus fruits all '' yarrow, the stone pine cones, the gentian root.
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Zalpum - Dolomites gin: a gin made with 24 botanicals, all in the area, selected thanks all''aiuto of a pharmacist, to best express the characteristics of the territory. Florian Rabanser & egrave; a master distiller who works carefully and with its rum has won numerous awards in London.
Distillerie Valentini 1872 - Tovel & rsquo; s Gin: a distillery that uses the 'pure water of the Dolomites, the same that forms the wash Tovel, Trentino. A technique now in disuse: the 'use of a discontinuous still the early' 20s, with a steam infusion process. Tovel ''s Gin & egrave; a London Dry product with ingredients chosen with care: juniper that grows near the lake, mountain pine, elderflower, ash, dogwood, gentian roots.
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