TheDukeMunichDryGin(700mL)

<p>A delicious, hand-crafted Dry Gin with a decidedly Bavarian twist. </p><p>Back in 2007 in a local Munich bar, <em>Maximilian von Pückler </em>was sipping on a Gin & Tonic with his friend and co-founder <em>Daniel </em>discussing the relative poor condition of the Gin available at the time. Well, as these things tend to go, that Gin-soaked conversation blossomed into a business plan. In <em>2008 </em>they started in a backyard and cellar, taking a year to research what they were doing and develop a distilling ethos, opening the doors of <em>The Duke Distillery</em> with a custom still in the middle of Munich in 2008. Business is going well and they have expanded to six core Spirits and a collection of bottled ready-to-drink cocktails.</p><p><em>The Duke Munich Dry Gin</em> is the central Spirits that started it all. The base Spirit is derived from wheat and rye. There are<em> fifteen botanicals </em>wet macerated into this Gin. Some of the more traditional ones include juniper, angelica, ginger, lavender flowers, coriander, lemon zest, orange blossoms, and cubeb pepper. But there are some <em>uniquely Bavarian ingredients</em> too, including hop blossoms and malt.</p><p><u>Smartass Corner:</u><em>“The Duke” is a reference to Henry the Lion who was Duke of Saxony and Duke of Bavaria in the 12th century — an influential politician and military leader who founded the cities of Munich and Lübeck.</em></p>