Episode 38 - The Ying and Yang of Sugar Syrup

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• Hello and Welcome to Episode 38
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• This week live with Tristan from Massingberd Mundy

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Weekly Gin Recommendation

• Weekly Gin Recommendation is Leonards Lee Gardens Botanical Gin
• Leonards Lee is very close to where I live and I was given this as Christmas by Jon and Elaine. Shout out to you two.
• It is from a really exciting gin distillery very close to me called Cabin Pressure spirits and it really embodies the true kind of country garden flavour in a lovely floral gin
• The nose of the gin has a sweet floral aroma
• The flavour profile starts with a dryness followed by a rose flavour sweetened by the honey and elongate with the chamomile. At the end of the profile you get the lavender which is a really lovely bonus.
• In tonic the flavour completely changes and the lavender really comes to the front of the profile.
• I think this would be really interesting in a cocktail with a lavender based sugar syrup of The Starlino Rose Aperitivo. The are so many interesting flavours to play off.
• I didn't think I would be saying this but this has definitely got to the top of my long buying list and one I would really recommend trying. They also do a 10cl bottle which is really good for testing purposes.

The Ying and Yang of Sugar Syrups

• Alcohol often is not calorific but a few cocktails are not the best thing for you but we still like to have them
• You know not great safest way to browse the internet have not internet
• Interesting experiment as I have finished quite a few of the peripheral spirits like Strawberry and Raspberry liqueurs etc could I replace them with sugar syrup
• Double whammy of sugar hit and high performance taste
• The answer is a profound yes. Less alcohol. More taste
• So I decided to buy Le Sirop de Monin. I have had their sugar syrup for ages. For the live tonight Tristan encourage me to buy one which started off this process
• If you want to know about that one you will have to listen in tonight
• Strawberry - already used in Daiquiri but would like to use in Martini. Rich taste
• Blackberry - lots of serves recently by Nessymixedit which included this
• Hibiscus - really gorgeous flavour. Bit Campriesequ dry so I have found adding additional Raspberries good idea
• Raspberry - would be ideal with Marie Jeanne or Stockport’s Pink gin. Really lovely flavour or Rhamanta
• Honey - lots of hot serves recently have had honey in. Really nice not too sweet and really runny. Does not work with pancakes as it is a bit insipid.
• Pineapple - really looking forward to using this very soon. Not quite sure how.
• So many other flavours like floral Rose, Lavender or Violet
• Coconut or Passionfruit Mango or Vanilla
• Cherry, Ginger, Lychee (Claire at The Edge Gin)
• Go out there and try them. I sincerely don’t think that you will disappointed.

Instagram Community Shout Out

@theedgegin

• Claire is one of the most lovely people I know and she is fantastic to talk to.
• She came on the podcast in Episode 14 and was brilliant in describing her brand
• The Edge is such a playful brand all around the Wizard at Alderley Edge. It really inspires so many people and is such an...