Beefeater Summer Gin

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jun 6th 2010 at 11:01AM

Gin is already a summer beverage, the gin and tonic is a warm weather classic but Beefeater has made gin even more summer friendly with the release of the limited Beefeater Summer Edition Gin. It's a lighter style gin with a more muted flavor. The juniper is still here but it's softened by elderflower, black currant and hibiscus. These additions help make it play more nicely with fruit juices so you can use it instead of vodka to make a new version of the Cape Codder or mix it with lemonade. It's also distilled to a lighter 40 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) compared to Beefeater's standard 47 percent ABV something that might come in handy on long summer afternoons. It retails for around $20.

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