Product Review
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Born of the beautiful Greenbrier Valley the stunningly delicous Smooth Ambler Barrel Aged Gin starts as a gin head or vapor basket style gin, the mildest of the botanical extraction methods used to make gin. The botanicals lean toward citrus with lemon and orange peel main components (as well as spicy black pepper).
It’s aged for three months in half used bourbon barrels and half new American oak before being bottled at 99 proof.
West Virginia native and entrepreneur TAG Galyean and distiller John Little built the Smooth Ambler Spirits distillery in 2009, embedded in the rolling Appalachian hills of Greenbrier County, near both the world famous Greenbrier Resort and Lewisburg, named the "coolest small town in America" by Budget Travel Magazine in 2011.
Gin has come a long way since its infamous origins as the scourge of the working classes in 18th century in England. Once called "mother's ruin," gin and its closest relative, Jenever, enjoyed mass popularity during the early 20th century, in cocktails and punches across the globe, but declined with cocktail culture in the 60's and 70's. The international resurgence of martinis and speakeasies has led to a boom in microdistilleries producing high-quality gins for all tastes, from dry to sweet, and with all the aromatic variety of a spice market.
