Common Ground Blood Orange & Tarragon Gin

Common Ground Spirits is a Black-owned, LGBTQ-owned craft distillery in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded by Julian and Tory Brown, and the name is the mission statement: gin as a blank canvas that brings people together, with every release built to be unexpectedly versatile. Gin Recipe 03 is the newest of their core line and arguably the boldest — a savory-leaning gin that pairs the bright tang of blood orange with the gentle anise of tarragon and fennel, over a botanical bill of pink peppercorn, apple, clove, juniper, and coriander. What makes it work is restraint. This isn't a citrus bomb or an herb-forward oddity; the orange reads as subtle, sun-warmed citrus rather than candied peel, the tarragon and fennel wrap it in a soft licorice note, and the pink peppercorn arrives in delicate pops while the apple lends a creamy roundness underneath. The distillery's own cocktail program shows the range: their signature Blood Orange & Tarragon Martini stays bone dry with just an orange peel twisted over the surface, while the Witch's Revival — a Corpse Reviver No. 2 riff with Cocchi Americano, Cointreau, lemon, and an absinthe rinse — leans into the anise. It makes a genuinely distinctive Negroni, works in a Last Word, and drinks beautifully over ice on its own. The recipe also serves as the base for the distillery's Janéa barrel-finished release, rested ten months in bourbon casks.

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