Kosher Wine Guides
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Gunpowder Gin: Drumshanbo's Irish Gin, Its Price and Proof
There is no gunpowder in Gunpowder gin. The name is Chinese gunpowder tea - green tea rolled into tight pellets that look like musket shot - and it is one of twelve botanicals in the bottle. Drumshanbo Gunpowder comes from The Shed Distillery in Co. Leitrim, it is $40.99 at 43% alcohol - 86 proof - and it is one of only two gins on our shelf that records a hechsher on the listing. What the name means, why it is not a London Dry, how to serve it, and what else forty dollars buys on the gin shelf.
