Anchor Distilling Junipero Gin

The scoop

Normally sells for around $30 elsewhere.

“Junipero Gin is made by hand in the classic London dry gin tradition, utilizing more than a dozen botanicals in their natural state in a small copper pot still at the small distillery on Potrero Hill in San Francisco, making it the first post-Prohibition craft gin distilled in the United States.

Junipero is not chill-filtered, allowing the botanicals to marry gently and shine through the finished gin, and the higher proof of 98.6 brings forward the flavors in cocktails. The predominant flavor and aroma of a modern gin will always come from juniper, but the wonderful challenge for the distiller is in selecting and blending from a wide variety of additional, exotic botanicals in order to impart a uniquely satisfying, balanced character to the gin. To create the secret proprietary recipe for Junipero, the Anchor Distilling team applied the knowledge gained from 10 years of mixing herbs, spices, and botanicals for Anchor Brewing Company’s annual Christmas Ale.

The result is a distinctive, intriguing complexity in Junipero Gin that is light, crisp, and clean, combining a deep and mysterious spiciness with subtle delicacy.”