Gray Whale Gin review: Solid American craft gin that helps protect California gray whales. cocktails gin GandT
is a “new western”-style American gin with a focus on sustainability, designed with such features as organic paint and a 100% biodegradable cork. The company also participates in the 1% for the Planet campaign, donating a portion of every bottle sold to the conservation organization Oceana. It’s all good stuff, and we applaud them for it. But now let’s talk about the gin itself.
is a so-called “contemporary” or “new western” gin, typically noted for reducing the overall role of juniper in their botanical blends, and instead accentuating impressions of fruit and sweetness. In profile, however, Gray Whale doesn’t really go overboard—it stands as an approachable middle ground between gin styles. Perhaps this is thanks to its relatively smaller roster of California-sourced botanicals, which include juniper, kombu, almonds, limes, fir tree and mint.
On the nose, is actually fairly classical, with no shortage of fresh juniper berry notes and piney-ness, no doubt accentuated by the presence of fir tree as another botanical. It expresses some mixed notes of grapefruit citrus zest, elderflower, wildflowers and a slightly saline/sea air quality, along with a moderate suggestion of sweetness.
On the palate, this is indeed a bit sweeter than your classic London dry gins, but by no means as crazy saccharine as many other new western-style gins, such as the much-maligned New Amsterdam. It features some pretty well-balanced flavors of ruby red grapefruit and Kaffir lime leaves, along with mixed peppercorns and the warming sense of chamomile tea. All in all, it’s not lacking in character, but nor is it really trying to reinvent the wheel.
It sounds like a cop-out, but in the end, is just a solid American craft gin that feels comfortably familiar. You could presumably use it wherever you use, you know … gin. And you’ll do a bit to help some whales, along the way. Not a bad bonus.
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