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Breaks Premium Dry Gin – Extraordinary recipe

Breaks Premium Dry Gin is manufactured in a small distillery in Karlsruhe in the traditional London Dry style. By hand, in many single stages, from the careful inspection of the hand-picked ingredients to the bottling and numbering of the elegant bottles. The naturally secret recipe is extraordinary: as well as juniper berries, there is also fennel, camomile, cardamom, coriander, cubeb pepper, lavender, larch needles, orange blossoms, liquorice, cinnamon flowers and lemon peel. All botanicals come from controlled organic farming and are macerated in organic agricultural alcohol.

The ‘man behind the distillate’, Harald Reinholz, began his first distilling efforts in 2014 – his grandfather was a passionate distiller. After a year of experimenting, he settled on a final recipe: a harmonious composition of herbs, fruits and spices, fresh and fruity, gentle and mild. How you drink Breaks Gin, whether neat, on ice, with tonic or in a cocktail (recipes on the website!), is your own personal decision – either way, it’s grounds for a small timeout under the slogan ‘Take Your Break’. Anyone wanting to enjoy a ‘holistic’ gin experience, will also find glasses, mugs, T-shirts, caps and other accessories as well as aromatic liquid soaps in the Online Shop.

At the World Spirits Award, there was gold for Breaks Reserve Dry Gin, and silver for Breaks Reserve (barrel-matured) Dry Gin.

Steirerbrand: Classic gin from Styria

The Gioia line of the Graz distillery Steirerbrand started with their Styrian Premium Dry Gin. In terms of concept, it is a linear, balanced Dry Gin with a slightly dominant hint of juniper, surrounded by a Mediterranean diversity of aromas. The fine freshness with a fruity-floral finesse is inspired by the Italian way of life and a sense of belonging to the homeland. The noticeable Mediterranean influence in Styria also led to the name: ‘la gioia’, which conveys joy and pleasure, and quite simply puts you in the mood for living!

In the beginning there was a fine wheat brandy, infused with more than 20 selected ingredients, processed through maceration – all homemade and small batch. The decisive factor for the rich aromas is the special blend of juniper berries, apples from southern Styria, limes, lemons, oranges, Java pepper, coriander and others. The high-percentage distillate is reduced to 45% by volume alcohol with clear water low in lime and sodium. Gioia can be drunk neat but is also tasty as a long drink with Indian tonic water.

Gioia Gin was awarded silver at the World Spirits Award.