First up, Brockmans is a gin you can drink neat ( and it had already made our top 5 list of gins to drink neat).

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Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! Luxuriously smooth and delicately decadent, Brockmans can be enjoyed neat or in a variety of cocktails, and its unusual and characterful flavour profile has proven popular with both gin lovers and novices alike, and provides something new and different for the more seasoned gin drinker. It may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever without Wm Morrisons Supermarkets Limited prior consent, nor without due acknowledgement. Brockmans Gin has disclosed details of its big moves across global travel retail as well as a new product that was inspired by NYC bartender recipes.

We’ll have to admit that this is likely the longest time that any of us have inhaled a gin before drinking it. We have taken a common ingredient – orange – and we have twisted it to deliver a unique and elevated taste experience the ‘properly improper’ Brockmans way. The inspiration came from New York where bartenders were cutting gin cocktails with agave spirits and we thought it was really interesting and unique and fitted into the Brockmans’ ethos which is about doing things a little bit differently. Giving a little background to the expansion, Brockman Gin’s international vice president Pierpaolo Indelicato said: “We launched 15 years ago and we are an independent brand with a small team, but we are very committed.

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Or let your imagination wander to create a cocktail that servers the spirit of your particular mood.

Aucher added: “Besides Heinemann, and outside of Europe as well, we have had a deal with Premium Brand Group (PBG) in Panama in its domestic markets in the region, but also in travel retail so we are really developing the brand further in other parts of the world. It’s slowly distilled in a 100-year-old traditional copper still, creating an intensely smooth spirit that is sensual and daringly different.

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The new expression blends together a range of both traditional and unique ingredients, with Valencia oranges, Triple Sec, juniper and coriander seeds providing the balanced gin foundation.

I agree with another reviewer who mentions “cheap liquor” as, to me, it does have a cheap liquor/firewater taste, badly masked by the airy fairy cheap waft of blackcurrant. Drinks industry veteran Jean-Philippe Aucher, who is currently representing Brockmans via his consultancy JP Global Travel Retail, added: “I’m really excited to carry on growing the brand abroad.