Knut Hansen Dry Gin (500mL)

A crisp and lightly sweet Gin from Hamburg, Germany that celebrates a legendary adventurer.

The company 4Anchors and Hamburg Distilling Company are the brainchildren of Kaspar Hagedom and Martin Spieker. A few years ago on a night out in their home city — over drinks, naturally — they were inspired to hatch a plan. Now, the two men spend their days running their small-batch, one-hundred and twenty liter copper still and bottling their Spirits… all by hand.

Knut Hansen Dry Gin is named after a local legendary sailor. And artist’s imagined portrait of the man is printed on the ceramic decanters holding the Spirit — piercing blue eyes and all. But what they put in those ceramic decanters is what matters most.

Knut Hansel Dry Gin is distilled four times with fourteen fresh botanicals hand-trimmed by Kaspar and Martin themselves. The list includes juniper (of course) along with cucumber, lemon zest, orange zest, and other classic Gin-y ingredients. But there are a few surprises in the mix, like basil and apples. All-in-all a worthy addition to the new Pantheon of German Gins.