DISTILLERY NOTES

Salal Gin is Odd Society’s answer to British Sloe Gin. Since sloe berries aren’t native to Canada, we hit upon salal as our local equivalent. We had high hopes of releasing “vast” quantities this year but it was a dry season and salal berries and foragers were not plentiful. Luckily, Alexander McNaughton, a forager based in Tofino, was able to gather some for us, as well as Barbara, a resident of the Sunshine Coast.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

The second release of this year's Salal Gin from Odd Society is same but different from the first release from Powell River. While the Powell River was a umami bomb wrapped in berries, this one blows up with berries on berries on berries, not cloying sweet, balanced Wallflower Gin with a myriad of berries from blueberry pie to sticky haskap and blackcurrant.

Alcohol - 30% / 60 proof

Color - Deep purple

Nose - Spectrum of berries from stewed blueberry pie to fresh blackcurrant and haskap

Taste - Balanced flavors with the gin, fresh and forward. The gin works with the fruity sweetness of the berries and allows both of them to shine

Finish - Dry gin botanicals, high and bright berry with little to no residual sweetness

Best Enjoyed - Would love to see this in a gimlet

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