It’s time to forget everything you’ve ever seen or tasted before McQueen is a unique taste experience, distilled from 21 hand-picked botanicals from around the world. McQueen and the Violet Fog is distilled and bottled in the hills of Jundiaí, Brazil, thousands of miles away from the traditional UK-centric gin world. Gin with a temperament as fiery as the country where it was born. McQueen and the Violet Fog is bottled at 40% alcohol, ideal for drinking on the rocks, with a premium tonic or as a cocktail base. The essential oils of these plants combine with the macerated alcohol to produce the ultimate gin: smooth, supple, complex and well balanced. The concentrated vapors pass through a copper basket containing McQueen’s six signature herbs. The plants macerate for 24 hours allowing the alcohol to extract the aromatic compounds and essential oils of each plant. We use two traditional methods to make McQueen and combine them into one distillation process:ġ5 of our 21 plants are mixed with a neutral alcohol, titrating 60% of alcohol, in a copper still. Rosemary: This sweet and fragrant plant comes from Portugal.įennel Seed: Grown in the Mediterranean, this plant brings a licorice and spicy lemon flavor to our gin.Ĭalamansi: An exotic citrus fruit from the South Pacific that adds a lemony touch.īadian: Native to Vietnam, this star-shaped fruit provides a balance between light and more mineral plants, adding notes of licorice.Īcai: Grown locally in Brazil, Acai is known for its sweet blackberry taste with a hint of dark chocolate.Įach batch is distilled in limited quantities (500 liters per distillation) using a traditional copper still. Bold, herbal flavor with a revitalizing note of mint & a slightly peppery finish. How is this gin made?Īmong our 21 plants, you will find in McQueen and the Violet Fog, 6 plants “signature” plants:īasil leaves: Hand-picked in India, basil is nicknamed “the king of herbs”. McQueen and the Violet Fog is distilled and bottled in the hills of Jundiaí in Brazil. Gin has experienced a revival thanks to the craft cocktail movement as the base for the wildly popular gin martini, a host of newly resuscitated classic cocktails, and adventuresome new libations.Where does Mcqueen and The Violet Fog Gin come from?
These are among the most complex gins with subdued flavors of pine, peppery spices, citrus, herbal roots, and even floral notes, which are currently in vogue. The most famous examples of gin are from the UK. The resulting flavored spirit has a noticeable degree of complexity. The vapor gently extracts aromatic and flavoring oils and compounds from the berries and spices as it travels through the chamber on its way to the condenser. During this final distillation the alcohol vapor wafts through a chamber in which the dried juniper berries and botanicals are suspended. After one or more distillations the base spirit is redistilled one last time. Many top-quality gins are flavored in a unique manner and are referred to as 'London Dry Gins'. Mass-market gins, known as 'Distilled Gins', are produced by soaking juniper berries and botanicals in the base spirit and then redistilling the mixture. Low-quality 'Compound Gins' are made by simply mixing the base spirit with juniper and botanical extracts. Rose petal, coriander, and rosemary come to the fore, alongside exotic ingredients like lemongrass, pomelo, and jasmine flower.
Gin's lowland cousin, Genever, is distilled in less-efficient potstills, which results in a lower-proof, more flavorful spirit. Product description To make McQueen and the Violet Fog Ultraviolet Edition, we begin with our award-winning formula, 21 different botanicals in our single traditional pot still. The resulting spirit is high-proof, light-bodied, and clean with a minimal amount of congeners (flavor compounds) and flavoring agents. Most gin is initially distilled in efficient column stills. All gin makers have their own secret combination of botanicals, the number of which can range from as few as four to as many as 15 or more. Additional botanicals can include anise, angelica root, cinnamon, orange peel, coriander, and cassia bark. The chief flavoring agent in gin is the highly aromatic blue-green berry of the juniper, a low-slung evergreen bush (genus Juniperus) that is commercially grown in northern Italy, Croatia, the United States and Canada. The spirit base of Gin is primarily grain (usually wheat or rye), which results in a light-bodied spirit. Gin is the original flavored vodka, a clear spirit that is flavored with juniper berries and so-called botanicals (a varied assortment of herbs and spices).
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