Peddlers GinMarking the first craft gin to come out of China, Peddlers Rare Shanghai Gin represents a truly east meets west tipple, blending a slew of quintessentially eastern ingredients with classic distillery techniques. Born on the backstreets of Shanghai, Peddlers Rare Shanghai Gin features botanicals from around China, with notes of Sichuan pepper, Buddha’s hand, lotus flower, Chinese mint, Guangdong licorice, and coriander seeds combining to lend the gin a distinctly eastern flavour profile.
Encapsulating China’s rich culinary history in each bottle, Peddlers Rare Shanghai Gin makes for the ideal way to ring in the upcoming Lunar New Year. Come February 1st, people across China and the diaspora will be welcoming the Year Of The Tiger. Powerful and auspicious, this Year of the Tiger is associated with adventure and risk-taking, representing a time of great change and an opportunity to pursue one’s passions. To honour the strength of the tiger, Peddles have released a limited-edition Lunar New Year bundle, which pairs the award-winning tipple with an enamel cocktail drinking vessel. Emblazoned with illustrations and insignia, the cup takes on a fire-red hue, a colour symbolising luck, joy, and happiness.
To toast to the Lunar New Year in style, we’ve tapped Peddlers for their favourite tried-and-tested cocktail recipes. For a particularly fiery start to the year, we’d recommend the Sichuan Negroni, a definitively eastern take on the classic tipple.
Tiger Claw
Ingredients
45ml Peddlers Peddlers Rare Shanghai Gin
20ml raspberry syrup
30ml lemon juice
Directions
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the gin, raspberry syrup, and lemon juice. Shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Add crushed ice to a glass and pour over. Garnish with mint and a slice of dragonfruit before serving.
Peddlers Fizzics
Ingredients
45ml Peddlers Gin
10ml lemon juice
20ml grapefruit juice
150ml Indian Tonic Water
Directions
Fill goblet glass with large chunks of ice. Pour the gin, lemon juice, soda, and grapefruit juice into the glass and stir together, then top with tonic water. Garnish with fresh mint and a thin slice of grapefruit or lime. Serve.
Sichuan Negroni
Ingredients
30ml Peddlers Rare Shanghai Gin
30ml Campari
30ml Sweet Vermouth
Directions
Add the gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice, then stir until well-chilled. Rub an orange peel around the rim of a short glass filled with ice and strain the liquid into the glass. Garnish with orange peel and a dusting of Sichuan pepper. Serve.
The Peddlers Rare Shanghai Gin Spirit of The Tiger Gift Pack is available for purchase via the Dan Murphy’s webstore, priced at $88.
Words by John Deckard
