Why bombay sapphire

Most gin producers steep botanicals in the spirit like tea leaves, but Bombay actually cradles them in a perforated copper basket contained in a Carterhead still. The distilled spirit is gently infused as it steams through the botanicals, the goal being a more delicate flavor profile. The company has grown considerably since its initial offerings in , Bombay produced 1 million 9-liter cases , necessitating the addition of two new 12,liter copper pot stills, affectionately called Henry and Victoria.

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Share to LinkedIn. They were to modify the balance of the taste and also to catch the fancy of gin consumers. The magic worked. The newly defined gin made a massive impact on the market, soon trumping all other competitors by a wide margin in sales. Take a sip of Bombay Sapphire. The luscious melange of botanicals - juniper, coriander, angelica, almonds, cubeb berries, lemon peel, orris, liquorice, cassia bark and grains of paradise will soft-explode in your mouth, leaving behind a warm aftertaste of pepper and fruits.

But before that, hold the sapphire-blue bottle against the light, and relish it with your eyes. You'd see how Michael Roux waved his magic wand and drew up a beautiful artwork and one of the most successful stories in the world of spirits from almost nothing. A word of caution: 'Bombay Sapphire' has only a few things connecting it to the Bombay Mumbai we know and even that sapphire excavated from Sri Lanka had nothing to do with Bombay even though it was called Bombay star.

It was for fighting malaria and our mosquitoes that the Englishmen had started adding quinine its bark to their drinks. That stuck. Gin tonic was born. So take the name 'Bombay Sapphire' as a homage to our local mosquitoes.

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