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Gin Mombasa Club

MOMBASA CLUB (UNITED KINGDOM)

Mombasa Club is a brand new Premium Gin, London Dry type of 41.5% alc. / Vol., Although its formula dates back to the late nineteenth century

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Visual Phase: Colorless and bright, a living reflection of English style.
Nose: gin connoisseurs say that if not punctured (click on the nose) or botanicals are difficult to discern, that is, which is complex, only then are talking about a Premium gin. This is the case of Mombasa which also suggests the basis of juniper, perfectly outfitted with spicy coriander and cumin and cassia.
Palate: We know that test a single gin is not usual, but in this case worth eating a small amount to appreciate its aromatic power. Only gin botanicals that have quality, leave their mark on the memory, like this.
Conclusion: Its complexity and discretion, positioning it among the most versatile and appealing gin market. It serves both gin & tonic to copyright cocktail. In the late nineteenth century, in full Victorian era, the great British Empire, immersed in a colonial struggle throughout Africa, already dominated maritime communications, trade routes and most of freight traffic between East and West. The search for new routes created a breed of intrepid explorers that led them to discover remote and unknown places. The most important of these was the coastal city of Mombasa, opposite the island of Zanzibar, which, due to its strategic position, it soon became the main port and commercial center across East Africa. And it was here that the first private social club was created; the mythical Mombasa Club, founded in 1885 by and for officers of the British East Africa Protectorate. The club was an essential part in the social life of the colony, where his partners kept lit gatherings or exchanged news about their Mombasa Club gins and tonic. An exclusive gin from England and especially distilled and bottled for consumption and enjoyment of its partners. Today, Mombasa Club Gin remains a nostalgic reminiscence of those pioneering spirit of the glorious and adventurous romantic epic nineteenth century British colonialism. Consult our section for recipes tonic as preparing gintonics with Gin Mombasa Club.