ENGLAND’S BEST MATURED GIN
Campfire Cask Aged Gin crowned England’s Best Matured Gin at the World Gin Awards 2024
We’re thrilled to have picked up Gold and Country Winner England at the World Gin Awards 2024 for our Campfire Cask Aged Gin in the Matured Gin category!
There was over 900 entries from 47 countries across 12 gin categories in this toughly fought competition. Once the initial judging was complete 542 bronze, silver and gold medals were presented to distilleries recognising excellence for the best tasting gins. Distilleries in England picked up eight gold awards across the different categories of which we are proud to be one. Country winners are the top scoring gold medallists in the respective country.
The country winners and medalists were announced at January’s event in the Dockside Vaults, St Katherine’s Dock, London where we also got to taste and judge other categories to determine overall World’s Best!
As a country winner our Campfire Cask Aged Gin now goes head-to-head with matured gins from 11 other countries competing for the prestigious title of World’s Best Gin in each category!
What is cask aged gin?
Also known as matured gin and barrel aged gin, cask aged gin is gin that has been matured in or with wood, including the use of: barrels, chips, or staves.
What does Campfire Cask Aged Gin taste like?
With 10 botanicals, Campfire Cask Aged Gin leads with notes of juniper, citrus and golden berry. These beautiful flavours are then enhanced with soft caramel, fruity bourbon and vanilla characteristics imparted through ageing in specially selected American oak ex-bourbon barrels. The wood barrel (or cask) also imparts a golden hue to this small batch gin. This is an oak aged gin but it’s not oaky or woody. Coming in at a gentle 43% ABV, it is perfect for neat sipping over ice. Ben always takes a hip flask full when camping!
How to serve Campfire Cask Aged Gin
For a simple G&T serve with Campfire Cask Aged Gin we recommend Fever-Tree Indian tonic or their Aromatic tonic. If you’re not a tonic fan then try ginger ale – this is one of the most popular drinks on our tour menu. Note we prefer ginger ale over ginger beer. It has a softer mouthfeel with less heat from the ginger kick.
Other classic gin cocktails we’re partial to include the Fireside Manhattan and Negroni. Our Fireside Manhattan is a cross over between a Gin & It (gin and sweet vermouth) and a Manhattan (bourbon and sweet vermouth). The ‘It’ typically refers to Italian sweet red vermouths – we favour Carpano Antica Formula and Regal Rogue Bold Red vermouths. The Negroni gin cocktail starts life as a Gin & It with the addition of Campari – an Italian bitter apéritif of the amaro variety. Easy to make just use equal measures of gin, sweet vermouth and Campari and you have a Negroni. Add an orange slice garnish for a fragrant, sweet aroma.
Want to go beyond the classic gin cocktails then try these:
Franks Special
Ingredients
60ml Campfire Cask Aged Gin
22ml Dolin Chambéry Dry Vermouth
7ml Peach liqueur
Ice and lemon twist garnish
Recipe
Add all the ingredients (except lemon) to a shaker and stir for 30 secs. Strain into a cocktail glass and decorate with a lemon twist.
The Tally Man
Ingredients
60ml Campfire Cask Aged Gin
5ml Absinthe for washing round glass
30ml Banana liqueur
4ml Lemon, Hops & Herbs bitters
2ml Dark crème de cacao
Ice
Star anise for garnish
Recipe
Rinse a chilled coupe glass with the absinthe; pour out the excess. In a mixing glass, combine the Campfire Cask Aged Gin, banana liqueur, lemon bitters and crème de cacao. Top up the mixing glass with ice and stir well. Strain into the prepared coupe and float the star anise on top.
We’ve a great cocktail library here on our website, just filter by the gin to view all the Campfire Cask Aged Gin cocktails.