Engine Organic Gin

Engine comes in a motor-oil can. Paolo Dalla Mora, a fashion and spirits entrepreneur, built the brand around the golden age of 1970s and '80s motorsport — Starsky and Hutch's Gran Torino, the General Lee — and packaged his gin in a genuine tin jerry can with the tagline "fuel the dream." What's inside is entirely Italian and entirely organic: a London Dry-style gin from the Alta Langa hills of Piedmont, vacuum-distilled from wheat spirit with five certified organic botanicals — Tuscan juniper, Alta Langa sage, Sicilian lemon zest, Calabrian licorice root, and Damask rose petals grown in Piedmont — cut with Alpine water, bottled at 42% ABV, with no sugar, color, or artificial flavor. The recipe pays tribute to rosolio, the old Piedmontese sage-and-lemon cordials once taken as digestive remedies. Difford's found zesty lemon and sage forward on the nose with elderflower and licorice, juniper comparatively restrained, then bitter lemon and assertive sage over piney juniper with peppery spice throughout, and applauded it for being distinctively different — an Italian-styled gin, not another London Dry. 88 Bamboo: creamy and aromatic, fresh-cut grass, sage, and lemon, with a licorice sweetness and a mild olive-oil bitterness — a spot-on interpretation of Piedmont's flavors. Honest note: The Gin Is In found the sage heavy and the heat pronounced neat, and most at home mixed. A sage-leaf G&T, a Negroni, or a Basil Smash. Vegan, gluten-free, and unmistakable on a shelf.

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