LCBO Food and Drink Spring 2016

DRINK SPIRITS

BY ERIC VELLEND • PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB FIOCCA Gins of Distinction

Every gin has a distinct personality, so we’ve played Cupid, matching four brands with four custom cocktails to highlight the spirits’ unique flavours.

Bee’s Knees recipe on page 112

LCBO 358556, $39.85

Dillon’s Unfiltered Gin 22

Made in Niagara using a grape-based spirit, this award-winning gin is vapour- infused with 22 botanicals. Citrusy, floral and delicate with juniper in the back- ground, it’s an unabashedly modern spirit that will appeal to tipplers who are turned off by the gruffness of London dry gin. Those flowery notes hit the mark in a Bee’s Knees cocktail, a prohibition- era sour that’s sweetened with honey instead of sugar. While this libation was probably created to mask the wretched- ness of illegal bathtub gin, made with Dillon’s 22 it is a pure delight to drink.

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