Bristol’s 6 O’Clock Gin release special Brunel Edition
Posted on: 21 Jul 2017The limited edition blend from the Thornbury-based gin distillers celebrates one of Bristol’s favourite sons, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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Bristol has become increasingly renowned for its gins in recent years, with growing numbers of both big names and microdistilleries holding their own in what is becoming a more and more exciting market.
As gin-production becomes ever more wedded to the future of Bristol, one gin company is celebrating the city’s past through this medium. The newly-released ‘Brunel Edition’ from 6 O’Clock Gin represents an acknowledgement of Bristol’s favourite son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution, and creator of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Temple Meads station and the ss Great Britain.
The latter of these is set to benefit from this development, as £1 from the purchase of every bottle will go to the ss Great Britain Trust, and aid the creation of their new ‘Being Brunel’ museum, due for open in February 2018.
The ‘exquisitely-engineered’ ‘Brunel Edition’ adds six botanicals and more juniper to the classic 6 O’Clock blend which, according to the distillers, makes for ‘a more complex flavour profile’. Bottling is strictly limited to 5,000.
Michael Kain, director of 6 O’Clock’s parent company Bramley & Gage said: “Brunel has huge appeal. His engineering achievements are visible in our bridges, tunnels and railways around the UK, and he is remembered with people, places, businesses – and even a university – named after him. It was an easy choice for us, as some of his most famous work is here in Bristol.”
70 cl bottles of ‘Brunel Edition’ 6 O’Clock Gin are priced at £43 and are available to buy here. For more from 6 O’Clock Gin, click here.
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