The beefeater – gin with centuries-old history which is the real symbol of Great Britain. The main distinctive features of a dry gin is the high quality, unique taste and the invariance of a compounding. The Beefeater has very interesting story of emergence.
History of the Beefeater
The author of the recipe of gin of a premium class is James Barrow who in 1863 acquired distillery. The beefeater is a rank of the guardsman protecting the English monarchy. It is remarkable that main occupation of the creator of gin of the Beefeater – the pharmacist. James Barrow throughout a long time was engaged in studying impact of medicines on a human body. Most likely, exactly thanks to special knowledge in the field of medicine James included a set of vegetable additives in beverage composition.
The word "beefeater" in translation is meant by "meat eater". Initially beefeaters called servants who tried the meat products delivered to monarchs. Identification of the fact of possible poisoning of products was a main goal of such tasting
For production of the Beefeater Barrow decided to choose only the most quality ingredients. Process of preparation and processing of all products is carried out only manually. All ingredients are presoaked in special solutions within a day, and then pass through hours-long processing. Time of preparation of additives and their proportion are calculated by James Barrow.
List of the Beefeater
The beefeater is made of a set of components. The basis of drink is formed by wheat alcohol. Additional ingredients are juniper berries, a root of a violet, a dried peel of lemons and oranges, malt, roots and seeds дягиля, a coriander and almonds. Such compounding remains invariable from the moment of creation of the Beefeater up to the present. However a few years ago classical gin had a new version. Besides traditional ingredients added twelve types of herbs to the recipe. The name this drink was received "by the Beefeater 24".
The exact recipe for Beefeater 24 gin is known only by six people. This information carefully disappears from strangers
Wheat alcohol unlike other grades has the main distinctive feature – substance doesn't smell at all and possesses the most mild flavor. Some components which are a part of the Beefeater are brought to London from other countries. For example, the juniper is delivered only from the Italian lands. Both types of the Beefeater most often in combination with tonics or as a part of cocktails are used. In pure form gin is surely diluted with a large amount of ice and is served in exclusively small portions.