Monkey 47 Distiller's Cut 12th Edition Schwarzwald Dry Gin

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Size375mL Proof94 (47% ABV) *Please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Each year, the Monkey 47 team searches across the globe for that very special 48th ingredient to go into their annual Distiller's Cut release. They didn't need to search far for the 12th Edition of the acclaimed limited-edition series. This year, they found the perfect ingredient in woodruff from the Black Forest.
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About Monkey 47 Distiller's Cut 12th Edition Schwarzwald Dry Gin

The Black Forest area in Germany is known for its cake, but it's also famous for producing some of the world's finest fruit liqueurs. When Commander Montgomery "Monty" Collins of the Royal Air Force was discharged in 1951 and moved to the area, he perfected the recipe for his very own gin, which became the signature spirit served at The Wild Monkey until the 1970s. Upon hearing this story, Alexander Stein set out to replicate the mythical spirit, using botanicals from the Black Forest and India. The whopping 47 botanicals that go into Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Gin make it a contemporary gin, but the distilling methods are rooted in tradition. Each year, they release a special-edition Distiller's Cut that has them scour the globe for some extra-special ingredients. They didn't need to search far for the 12th Edition, as they found woodruff right there in the Black Forest, where it goes by the name of Waldmeister ("The Master of the Forest"). After drying the leaves for several weeks, they were added to the traditional Monkey 47 macerate, resulting in an elegant, complex, and spicy dry gin bottled at 94 proof.

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About Monkey 47

After serving honorably in World War II, Commander Montgomery "Monty" Collins of the Royal Air Force was discharged in 1951 and moved to the Northern Black Forest where he opened a country guest home nicknamed "The Wild Monkey." The Black Forest area is notorious for producing some of the world's finest fruit liqueurs, and so Collins eventually began experimenting with distillation. In time, he perfected the recipe for his very own gin, which became the signature spirit served at The Wild Monkey until the 1970s.

"When I heard about a special gin that contains classical spices and also ingredients from the Black Forest such as spruce shoots and lingonberries, I left my job and began doing research with the aim of bringing this gin back to life," says Alexander Stein, who resurrected Collins' gin. After two years of research and development, Stein, together with master distiller Christoph Keller, settled on a recipe that called for 47 unique ingredients. The ingredients include acacia, acorus, calamus, almond, angelica, bitter orange, blackberry, cardamom, cassia, chamomile, cinnamon, citron verbena, cloves, coriander, cranberries, cubeb, dog rose, elderflower, ginger, grains of paradise, hawthorn berries, hibiscus abelmoshus, hibiscus syriacus, honeysuckle, jasmine, kaffir lime, lavender, lemon, lemon balm, lemongrass, licorice, lingonberries, mondara didyma, nutmeg, orris, pimento, pomelo, rosehip, sage, sloe, and spruce.

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The limited-edition gin is elegant, spicy, and above all complex. Look for delicate cinnamon and vanilla notes atop the berry, citrus, floral, and pine notes found in the original Monkey 47.
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