Christmas Past with Rabbit Hole gin and La Gloria Cubana by STG

• Before Gin there was Genever:
  • Malt Wine distilled 
  • Wasn't very good, so they started adding Juniper 
• Old Tom came next in the 18th century
  • This is our gin. Not using Malt wine, but instead grain spirits
• Then we have a London Dry
  • Nuetral grain spirits
  • Uses a column still
  • Then Vapor infused with an onion top pot still
    • In the second bubble on top is a gin bag with your herbs. Vapor from below mixes with this and what comes out is gin, then they cut it
  • Rummer is a “Dry martini” was originally saying you want a london dry gin, not the amount of vermouth
• Plymouth gin
  • Less citrus, more roots, making it more earthy
  • Not column still used, just pot still
• Pink Gin
  • Gin mixed with angostura bitters
  • Used to cure sea sickness by the royal navy
• What is Gin:
  • Flavored vodka (Fight me)

• Our Bottle: Rabbit Hole Bespoke Gin
  • London Dry Gin finished in Rabbit Hole Boxergrail rye barrels
• About Rabbit Hole
  • We will go into more detail on a future episode
  • Founder is from Tehran, came to the US at age 14 in 1979
  • Studied Psychology and became an academic and psychoanalyst
  • Marries a girl from Louisville, Visits and falls in love with bourbon
  • In 2012, rabbit hole is born
• Pipe Pairings: la gloria cubana by stg
• Cocktails:
• Research Sources
  • Everything you need to know about Gin | How to Drink