{"product_id":"nd-mountain-dry-gin-500ml","title":"ND Mountain Dry Gin","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eND Mountain Dry Gin from Norrbottens Destilleri with Birch and Timut Pepper\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eND Mountain Dry Gin from Norrbottens Destilleri is a Swedish dry gin with 43.5 percent alcohol, in which young birch leaves and mountain angelica from Norrbotten meet Timut pepper from the Himalayas. Eleven botanicals, distilled in small batches in Töre, not in a large-scale distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eND Mountain Dry Gin\u003c\/strong\u003e is the mountain gin from Norrbottens Destilleri in Töre in northern Sweden. The 500 ml bottle features the profile of these mountains as a fine line on the label, which runs from a clear white to a deep petrol blue, like a fell in the evening light. What’s inside grows between Lapland and the Himalayas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBirch leaf in late spring, pepper from the Himalayas\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are eleven botanicals in this gin, and two of them give it its Nordic character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe birch leaves are picked in late spring, when they are still young and sticky and smell most strongly of fresh foliage. Added to this is mountain angelica, which grows wild throughout northern Sweden and has long had a place in Sami cuisine. The counterpoint is provided by Timut pepper from the Himalayan mountains, a relative of Szechuan pepper, whose scent is more reminiscent of grapefruit than spiciness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA portion of the botanicals is steeped in alcohol before distillation, while another portion hangs fresh above the still, where only the steam is allowed to pass through. In this way, only the delicate essence of the birch leaf is extracted, leaving the grassiness behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the nose, the gin is fresh, resinous, and citric; on the palate, the juniper leads, calm and rounded. The finish is crisp, and the pepper leaves a slight tingle on the tongue. Milder than the 43.5 percent alcohol would suggest, it carries its strength without an edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eA tonic that leaves room for the birch leaf\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA restrained, dry tonic is the obvious stage for this gin, along with a slice of grapefruit instead of the usual lemon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour centiliters over plenty of ice, the tonic poured along the edge of the glass to preserve the carbonation – this way, the birch and pepper stand side-by-side without one masking the other. The gin also holds its own in a Martini, because its juniper core is strong enough to stand up to the vermouth. It also works well served neat over ice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who prefer their far-north spirit sweet and festive will find it in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/nd-gloegg-gin-likoer-500ml\"\u003eND Glögg Gin Liqueur with Meadowsweet\u003c\/a\u003e from the same producer. Other juniper spirits from near and far can be found in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/gin\"\u003egin section\u003c\/a\u003e right next door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTen medals for a gin from the fells\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the 2020 Gin Masters, the Mountain Dry Gin took home the Master title, the highest level of this competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs early as 2019, the Berlin International Spirits Competition awarded it gold with 94 points, and the IWSC in London awarded it silver the following year. In China, gold and later double gold were added at the China Wine \u0026amp; Spirits Awards, and in the United States, silver with 87 points. Ten medals in three years is a respectable yield for a single bottle from a village on the Gulf of Bothnia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose looking for the landscape this gin comes from will think of Sweden’s fells, of barren ridges and deep valleys, of birch trees that barely reach knee height, and of a summer that makes up for everything in just a few weeks. That is exactly where the leaf and the angelica come from, while the pepper comes from an entirely different mountain range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can find the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/norrbottens-destilleri\"\u003eentire range from Norrbottens Destilleri\u003c\/a\u003e under one roof with us. A gin that does not deny its home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norrbottens Destilleri","offers":[{"title":"500 ml","offer_id":53073619321166,"sku":"019AND0006","price":35.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0905\/1124\/5646\/files\/nd-mountain-dry-gin.jpg?v=1751007596","url":"https:\/\/norgutes.com\/en\/products\/nd-mountain-dry-gin-500ml","provider":"nur Gutes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}