Guest Review: Tanqueray Rangpur Gin
We love guest reviews. And no, it's not just because we like it when someone does the work for us - if someone else tastes the liquor we don't get to, now do we? We just like hearing another voice on the site, and it makes the Interns happy to be able to edit stories that aren't full of misspellings, rants and curse words.
Anyway, today's guest review is by Kevin Erskine, the man among men who runs The Scotch Blog - he took a little time out of his busy Scotch drinking schedule to drink a little gin. Oh, the things we booze reviewers do for our readers. We've included the first paragraph below; read on for the rest of Kevin's thoughts this new Tanqueray gin.
Tanqueray Rangpur
This past Thursday I was lucky enough to be invited to the swank Washington, DC club Indeblue to attend the launch party for “Rangpur”, a new product from Tanqueray Gin.
Tasting strongly of limes, Rangpur is not, as you might first assume, a lime-flavored Gin. Rangpur starts out life like any traditional gin – a grain-based neutral spirit distilled in a “continuous still”.
It’s during the final distillation, which takes place in a copper pot still, that rangpur limes, ginger and bay leaves are added - along with the more traditional gin ingredients - Juniper berries and coriander. In contrast, a flavored gin, vodka or rum would have flavor added after the distillation, prior to bottling.
Filling a niche between the Super-premium Tanqueray no. Ten (introduced in 1999) and the classic Tanqueray London Dry Gin (introduced when your great, great, great grand-pappy was a lil’ baby), Tanqueray Rangpur is the lightest in the line at 41.3% abv (Tanqueray is 43.1%, while 10 weighs in at 47.3%).
The result of the innovative ingredients, as well as relatively low ABV bottling, makes for an incredibly smooth Gin. So smooth, that drinking it straight or on the rocks is highly recommended. Rangpur Gin will make a martini that will convert a vodka martini drinker.
While the bartenders at the club were pushing Rangpur cocktails mixed with cranberry or ginger ale, neither did it for me - I preferred it straight.
Rangpur is now available in select bars and liquor shops in Maryland, Delaware and Washington DC and will be released nation-wide in February 2007. Nicely priced with a suggested retail price of $21.99 for a 750 ml bottle.
After Kevin's kind words we can't wait to get our hands on a bottle...we'll let you know when we do. Read up on Tanqueray at
Tanqueray.com.
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Posted by Liquor Snob at August 22, 2006 7:26 AM
Here are the specific stores we got from Tanqueray; they should also be widely available elsewhere.
1] Calvert Woodley
4339 Connecticut Avenue NW 202-966-4400
2] Whelan's Liquors
3903-12 ST NE 202-526-3990
3] Tenley Wine & Liquors
4525 Wisconsin Ave NW 202-363-0484
Got a bottle at the local Albertson's in Santa Fe, NM. previously had a liquor store guy advise me to get it while I was buying a bottle of Plymouth. Then, when I noticed that Albertson's had it on sale for less than the normal Tanqueray I had to try it. My immediate reaction was that I might have to get used to it for a martini, and that it would be better in a gin & tonic. After a few of these I would say, yes, I'm getting used to it; but, no, I still prefer my Plymouth for martinis. Just don;t see limes as part of the recipe.