Four to enjoy - what to drink this week

October 5 2021 - 5:30am
Four to enjoy - what to drink this week
Four to enjoy - what to drink this week

The colour of gin

Scapegrace Black Gin; New Zealand; 41.6%; $74.90 (700ml).

It would be very easy to discard this gin as another one of those gimmicky, colour-changing fads that were all the rage a few years back. Oh look, it pours black but then changes to a purpley-red/blue when you add tonic. Amazing! But that would be cruel, and not do justice to what is, simply, a sensational gin. I'd never had a black gin - Scapegrace describes it as unique, complex, and unexpected: "the taste of black". And it is exactly that, plus more. The black gin gets its dark colour from its botanicals, which include aronia berry, butterfly pea, saffron, pineapple and sweet potato, among others. I don't know whether it's the colour tricking me, but there's blackberries, plums, dark fruits that linger on the palate. Available at Dan Murphy stores and Vintage Cellars.

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