Upperhand Handcrafted Premium

Lafferty & Sons Ltd

Upperhand Handcrafted Premium

$76.75

* Suggested retail price
Product code
14917784
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Available
Type of product
Dry gin
Licensee price
$66.64
Country
Scotland
Regulated designation
Not applicable
Region
Speyside
Alcohol percentage
40%
Colour
Colorless
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

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Production notes

The still is filled with grain neutral spirit, and the botanical recipe added with some water. This is left to steep for 12 hours, which begins the process of extracting the flavour from the juniper . The still is then heated by an external steam jacket to boil the liquid. As the pot begins to boil, vapours move up the short column of the still to the condenser, where they condense and are collected. Progressing with the distillation the other botanicals , lemon , basil and dill , the most gentle and fragile are added in the vaporisation chamber still, the botanicals are contained in copper baskets, which hold them together while allowing the vapours to be fully exposed. As the evaporated alcohol moves through the botanicals, it efficiently extracts their flavours, which are carried out of the basket along with the alcohol until they reach the condenser. Only the lighter, sweeter and balsamic flavours can be extracted by this method, which gives the spirit its distinctive character.

Tasting notes

Pairs well with pizza, beef tartare, any fish and sea food. To consume in cocktails.