Bombay Sapphire East

Ever since the introduction of Bombay Sapphire gin, I have been a big fan of this brand. I was recently surprised walking through a bottle shop to come across a bottle of the latest reincarnation of Bombay Sapphire East with two added ingredients of black peppercorn and lemongrass.

Etched into the left side of the bottle is the ten key ingredients of juniper berries, grains of paradise, lemon peel, cubeb berries, corriander, cassia bark, angelica, almonds, orris root and liquorice. The right side etching has Thai lemongrass and Vietnamese black peppercorn, the exotic flavours giving the extra bite to the eastern variance of this excellent gin. I enjoy Bombay Sapphire East mixed with Schweppes Indian tonic water in a simple gin & tonic with a slice of lime on the highball glass.