ed.B. London Dry Gin

ed.B. - the banana edition from Christian²

What does ed.B. taste like? Fruity, but not sweet. At 42% vol. it's wonderful to drink neat, chilled or at room temperature. But even mixed with a mild tonic, we are more than enthusiastic about what has developed from our idea. Produced in a small batch, with red pepper, lemon peel, coriander, juniper and banana. That's all.

Why banana? The origin story:
Who hasn't heard the saying: "A banana has 150 calories, gin and tonic only 115. Breakfast for the next 14 days is set." That's how it started. A delicious gin with banana - that would be it! Especially as bananas are one of the Germans' favorite fruits - and didn't we, the two Christians from Göttingen and Lüneburg, just see the students in our hometowns eating bananas as nourishment for their nerves? So we simply macerated bananas with neutral alcohol, juniper and other botanicals. Without much effort - try it first: Can the banana reveal what it can do in a jam jar? It could! Then we continued with the crazy idea: let's make another good alcohol-free gin. It should be a hit! So off to the kitchen we went with the mini distillery, botanicals and water. Would banana provide enough flavor here too? Yes! Initially, the desire to produce an alcohol-free distillate remained strong. We also found the recipe for this, but the legal requirements soon came into play, making it difficult to bring a shelf-stable food product onto the market without alcohol. That will probably come in spring 2021. As a "by-product", the alcoholic London Dry Gin ed.B. has now been created based on the same recipe, which I don't want to withhold from you. Gin also suits us wonderfully, as juniper is actually a typical inhabitant of Lower Saxony. It is not only native to the Lüneburg Heath, but also to the gentle hills of the Leinebergland.