Review #: 245
Description: Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
Spirit: Gin
Background: Coming from Australia, Four Pillars distills several gins, this being their standard product. Distilled in a 450L hybrid pot/column still at 187 proof with botanicals of juniper, orange, lemon myrtle, coriander, green cardamom, cassia, star anise, lavender, angelica, and pepperberry with the first four coming locally from Australia. This version is bottled at 41.8% ABV.
Distillery – Four Pillars
Bottler – Four Pillars
Brand – Four Pillars
Selection – N/A
ABV – 41.8%
Age – Unaged
Nose – Loads of orange oil and orange juice, coriander and lavender, little bit of sweet peppermint. Juniper is very much in the back seat with this one as the orange dominates center stage.
Taste – More orange oil and orange dreamsicle, anise. Seems to feel oily but also kind of thin and a bit of a plasticky note comes in.
Finish – Juniper comes in a bit more but a little piney, anise takes a bigger step up, peppery cinnamon, orange oil, very end gets a bit dry and bitter
Score: 4
Would I buy a bottle? Probably not
Thoughts: I really liked the nose on this one, and their goal is to get a lot of that orange influence, which I think they achieved. It just felt that all the orange oil just dominated so much of it and could have (and I never thought I’d say this) some more juniper and maybe a bit more acidic citrus. I bet this would work well in some heavy lemon or lime cocktails though.