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The English Drinks Company Orangery Gin

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The Orangery Gin and The English Drinks Company

Small Batch, handcrafted and copper distilled gin sounds good to me.  The English Drinks Company who make The Orangery Gin are best known for their cucumber gin and for a non-alcoholic drink called Qcumber which is a light and refreshing drink that works on its own or as a cocktail mixer.   They went on to create an award-winning cucumber gin which came about when they realised people were mixing Qcumber with gin. Their first gin took a couple of years to perfect and they’ve now expanded the range to include two more artisan gins.

Orangery Gin

As the weather is beginning to get wintery, I wanted to try something a bit more seasonal.  The Orangery Gin is made with Valencian oranges and just opening the bottle you’ll get a heavy citrus mixed with juniper scent.  Sweet and warm, for me, it’s a perfect autumn drink. It turns out I am not alone in loving this particular gin – The English Drinks Company is currently celebrating two significant wins at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2018 – considered to be the most prestigious competition of its kind in the world.  They scooped a coveted Silver for The Orangery and also were awarded a Bronze for their Classic Pink Gin.

Back to The Orangery though, It’s quite good enough to drink on the rocks with no mixer at all.  That, for me, is the sign of a really good gin.

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It’s also lovely with tonic and a slice of orange, as they suggest.

But I wanted to try making a cocktail – I ended up with a long version but again, this works well as a short with no mixer.

Orange and Gin Cocktail

Here’s the recipe for the cocktail I created.  The pretty glasses come from Root 7 – where you’ll find all sorts of quirky cocktail accessories.

4.72 from 88 votes
Orange and Gin Cocktail
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Orangery Gin Cocktail
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
 
A late summer/autumn cocktail made with The Orangery fine artisanal gin
Course: Cocktail
Cuisine: British
Servings: 1
Author: Fiona Maclean
Ingredients
  • 30 ml The Orangery Gin
  • 30 ml St-Germain
  • 60 ml Sicilian lemonade optional
  • A handful of fresh thyme leaves and a few sprigs to garnish
  • zest of orange
  • 1 slice orange
  • ice
Instructions
  1. Muddle most of the thyme in the gin, reserving a few leaves for garnish
  2. Fill a tumbler with ice
  3. Add the gin and St- Germain and mix well
  4. Top up with lemonade (if using)
  5. Add a little orange zest
  6. Garnish the drink with fresh thyme sprigs and a slice of orange

St Germain and Orangery Gin Cocktail ingredients

It really is a lovely drink and one which I’ll be making again.   If you want to try some yourself, you can buy The English Drinks Company products from a range of off-licences or online from their own shop.  But I haven’t managed to come up with a good name for it yet!  So your challenge for this giveaway is to name my cocktail – or if you prefer to invent one of your own.  Before you get started, pop over to the English Drinks Company site and check the cocktails they’ve already got…

Meanwhile, here’s the recipe for a classic St-Germain Spritz – another one that you really should try at home

 

 

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  58. Mary Baldwin says

    I’d call it a Saint Clement’s Belle – referring back to the nursery rhyme and that it’s a beautiful drink.

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  115. Anthea Holloway says

    I would make a blackcurrant gin cocktail, using the blackcurrants that I have preserved from the summer crop and turned into creme de cassis.

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  152. Deirdre M says

    Sicilian Sunset !

    For my own, i would keep things simple for a gin as good as this, and I am not much into sweet drinks – so Orangery Gin, a quality tonic & a slice of blood orange!

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  181. Ruth Harwood says

    I’d mix with gin and a splash of orange juice to make my own concoction, maybe add a little peach schnapps too! xx

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  191. Fiona Sanderson says

    Posting again as I missed the stars!

    My previous comment:

    I would call it the two saints or double saints as oranges and lemons is a st clements and you also use St-Germain, therefore two saints ?

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  192. Fiona Sanderson says

    I would call it the two saints or double saints as oranges and lemons is a st clements and you also use St-Germain, therefore two saints 🙂

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  209. Jane Willis says

    Posting again to give you some stars! Only 3, I’m afraid, for the very personal reason I don’t like cocktails.

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  210. Jane Willis says

    I’d call it Mediterranean Sling.
    I’d drink it as a classic G&T rather than in a cocktail, but garnished with a slice of blood orange.

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  236. CAT H says

    The Europhile. ,….lemons from Italy , St germain form France , oranges from Spain, thyme from the Med, and Gin from England

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  262. Isabel O says

    I would call it Orange You Glad I Made Us A Drink! I am available to all businesses for eccentric drink naming. 😀

    Reply

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