This Easter, the expert curators and mixologists at the Craft Gin Club have worked with Cornwall's Tarquin's Gin team to bring gin fans a stunning limited-edition craft gin that's perfect for Easter and beyond, Tarquin's Hot Cross Bun Gin (ABV 42%, £37.00 per 70cl bottle), available exclusively from Craft Gin Club (and no membership needed!).
There's a fantastic symphony of mouth-watering, delicious spice and dried fruit flavours, which you'd normally find in a hot cross bun, it is a beautiful edition that no gin fan will want to miss!
Warming Easter spices are joined by rich juniper on the nose and some wonderful, sweet fruit notes on the smooth palate.
And they all last long into the luxurious finish. Ideal served with a premium Indian tonic or a high quality ginger ale and garnish with fresh orange and a sprig of rosemary.
The botanicals included are: juniper, fresh lemon, fresh orange, fresh grapefruit, orris root, green cardamon, bitter almond, coriander seed, cinnamon, angelica root, violets, carrot, mulberries, vanilla pods and dried orange peel and Pedro Ximenez sherry.
What is Tarquin's Cornish Gin?
Tarquin's Cornish Gin is carefully handcrafted on the wild Cornish coast by the maverick Master Distiller Tarquin Leadbetter, using four unique flame-fired copper pot stills. Tarquin is self-taught in distilling and the youngest ever winner of World's Best Gin at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Tarquin's is an independent, family-run company hand crafting award-winning gins in tiny batches the old-fashioned way, every bottle is waxed and stamped by hand, featuring unique batch character tasting notes on every bottle.
Hot Cross Bun Espresso Martini Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
50ml Tarquin's Hot Cross Bun Gin
30ml Chilled Coffee or Cold Brew (we like Here & Now Nitro Colombian Black Iced Coffee)
15ml Coffee Liqueur (we enjoy a classic Tia Maria)
15ml Simple Syrup
Powdered Cinnamon for dusting (optional)
Get all of the ingredients (in full sized bottles) with the Hot Cross Bun Espresso Martini Cocktail Kit for £69.00 (a saving of over 10%)
Method
Pour each of your ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice
Shake and strain into a cocktail coupe
Place chopsticks at right angles over your coupe and dust with cinnamon
Watch the making of video here:-
Also new to Craft Gin Club for Easter is the Egg Royale Chocolate Liqueur (ABV 15%, £25.00 per 70cl bottle), which has to be the best chocolate Easter egg for grownups for 2023! Nestled in a gorgeous box of gold and teal, discover a chocolate egg shaped glass bottle filled to the brim with creamy chocolate liqueur from the creative minds at Gravity Drinks.
Made with the finest cocoa, lashings of real cream and mellow touches of vanilla, the chocolate liqueur is wonderful simply served over ice or mixed into cocktails, it also makes for a luxurious ice cream topping and it's a great way to add a boozy kick to chocolate icing for an adults-only celebration cake.