Why Asparagus? When we first launched the Ginstitute back in 2011 we very much wanted to offer our guests not just a choice of the traditional gin botanicals to use gin their blend but also some more esoteric flavours and one of the first ones we experimented with was English Asparagus. It has remained in our selection ever since and has become something of a talisman for us, so in 2015 when we launched the first Ltd Edition Portobello Road Gin our Directors Cut Edition Nº1. Asparagus seemed to be a logical flavour to incorporate, we only made a. thousand bottles of that but six seven years later we still get asked about it all the time, it certainly captured the publics imagination, if not everyone's affection! No, Asparagus in your alcohol is not something that appeals to everybody, but those that do enjoy it seem to do so very much. So it was always inevitable that Asparagus would at some point join the family of vodkas too, this time untroubled by the distraction of Juniper and Coriander etc. Just plain English Asparagus steeped and distilled in our fantastic British Potato Vodka. Each year, British Asparagus Season starts on St George's Day, and inspired by everyone's favourite youngest wine, Beaujolais Nouveau, we wanted to get this season's asparagus distilled and into a bottle as quickly as we could. This year's slightly warmer start to the year meant that the asparagus crop arrived earlier, so we managed to get a kick start on the harvest. On St George's Day, typically the start of asparagus season, when the steeping was finished, we ran it through our 400L Copper Pot Still, King Henry, and added purified water to bottle it at 40% ABV. No filtration, no additives, nothing else added - just pure Asparagus (and Potato) Vodka. And then, we immediately bottled it. Each year, we will be distilling a limited run using that season's asparagus, and once it's gone, you'll just have to wait until the next year to get your hands on another bottle - it's an asparagus vintage!
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Why
Asparagus?
When we first launched the Ginstitute back in 2011 we very much wanted to
offer our guests not just a choice of the traditional gin botanicals to use
gin their blend but also some more esoteric flavours and one of the first ones
we experimented with was English Asparagus. It has remained in our selection
ever since and has become something of a talisman for us, so in 2015 when we
launched the first Ltd Edition Portobello Road Gin our Directors Cut Edition
N1. Asparagus seemed to be a logical flavour to incorporate, we only made a.
thousand bottles of that but six seven years later we still get asked about
it all the time, it certainly captured the publics imagination, if not
everyone's affection! No, Asparagus in your alcohol is not something that
appeals to everybody, but those that do enjoy it seem to do so very much. So
it was always inevitable that Asparagus would at some point join the family
of vodkas too, this time untroubled by the distraction of Juniper and Coriander
etc. Just plain English Asparagus steeped and distilled in our fantastic
British Potato Vodka.
Each year, British Asparagus Season starts on St George's Day, and inspired
by everyone's favourite youngest wine, Beaujolais Nouveau, we wanted to get
this season's asparagus distilled and into a bottle as quickly as we could.
This year's slightly warmer start to the year meant that the asparagus crop
arrived earlier, so we managed to get a kick start on the harvest.
On St George's Day, typically the start of asparagus season, when the
steeping was finished, we ran it through our 400L Copper Pot Still, King
Henry, and added purified water to bottle it at 40% ABV. No filtration, no
additives, nothing else added - just pure Asparagus (and Potato) Vodka.
And then, we immediately bottled it. Each year, we will be distilling a
limited run using that season's asparagus, and once it's gone, you'll just
have to wait until the next year to get your hands on another bottle - it's
an asparagus vintage!
Country of Origin
England
Storage
Store in
a cool dry area
Package Type
Glass
Bottle
Brand
Portobello
Road
Manufacturer
Mangrove
Global Ltd, The Vintry, 53 Redbridge Ln E, Ilford, IG4 5EY
Country of Packing
England
Return To Address
Questions/Comments?
No sweat - call us now. UK: Mangrove Global Ltd, The Vintry, 53 Redbridge Ln
E, Ilford, IG4 5EY. Phone free on 020 3409 6565.
Dietary Information
Vegetarian
and Vegan Friendly, Gluten Free
ABV (%)
40 Please drink responsibly
Know your limits The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend adults do not regularly drink more than 14 units per week
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