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Songbird
Cardinal Cask Strength Gin Finished in Port Wine Barrels

Category: Barrel Aged Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 64.1%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$44

Songbird
Cardinal Cask Strength Gin Finished in Port Wine Barrels

Category: Barrel Aged Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 64.1%
Amber color. Floral aromas and flavors of alpine candy, incense, rose hips, and potpourri with a glycerous, racy, dry-yet-fruity full body and a peppery, distinctive, very long finish manifesting shades of spruce tips, honey lemon orange tea, grilled peach, and black and white peppercorns. A warm, full throttle gin that creates a bracing experience for the imbiber with unabridged alpine, spice, fruit and floral flavors.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich, Spicy & Fruity
Aroma Aroma: alpine candy, incense, rose hips, and potpourri
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with shades of spruce tips, honey lemon orange tea, grilled peach, and black and white peppercorns
Smoothness Smoothness: Peppery
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Gin Martini, Gimlet, French 75
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A warm, full throttle gin that creates a bracing experience for the imbiber with unabridged alpine, spice, fruit and floral flavors.
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The Producer

Ty Iechyd Da Distillery

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Barrel Aged Gin

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Serve in a Shot Glass
About
Barrel Aged Gin
Barrel-aged gin has become a trendy spirit produced by numerous artisan distillers in America. Actually they are bringing this tradition back as barrel-aged gin has been made on the Spanish island of Menorca for more than two hundred years, with white oak barrels being the preferred vessel.

The current barrel-aged gins made in America have a brown color, derived from the bourbon barrels in which it is matured. This technique gives these gins aromas of vanilla and caramel.

These gins are served either over ice or serve as the base of cocktails such as an Old Fashioned or Manhattan.

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Songbird Cardinal Cask Strength Gin Finished in Port Wine Barrels rating was calculated by to be 92 points out of 100 on 3/20/2025. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.