This drink kind of screams “tiki” – even if gin isn’t necessarily the first ingredient of the genre. This is joined by herbaceous and spicy notes of coriander and citrus zest, flavor-wise it remains relatively dry, which I like. Taste: Juniper, yes, lemon, it is again part of the game, but then also exotic fruit notes of guava and banana. With time, fruity notes come through, a little exoticism is indeed there – and then comes a fine, fully ripe banana, which I like well and comes along especially authentic (with banana in spirits, this is quite a critical issue). Even if this one definitely comes up with juniper, but there is also a good portion of lemon freshness and notes of lemon balm. So, here we go!Īroma: Not too exotic on the nose at first – well, a seasoned lover of dry, classic London Dry with a lot of juniper and little lemon, I would perhaps advise a different gin. Oh yes, keyword botanicals: the special feature here are, unsurprisingly, just guava and red banana. I have already explained the relevant background to the LoneWolf series itself in the article linked above, which is why today I want to directly taste the LoneWolf Guava & Red Banana, made on a beer spirit basis and with 42.6% vol. So now, many years later, a new approach to the red banana. We had obviously bought either rotten or dried fruit in any case, it was not edible. There, one after the other, we all tasted the red banana… and one after the other, ran to the bathroom to spit out the fruit immediately. At that time, I acquired “red bananas” together with a friend in a supermarket at a stand for exotic fruits and we took these to a relaxed evening. I also have a personal, not quite so praiseworthy, but rather funny story about red banana. Guava is a common ingredient in tiki recipes (I recently presented a drink with guava nectar here), but red banana is not. (provided test product)*īecause the LoneWolf Guava & Red Banana is definitely an exotic according to the name – also and especially in terms of taste. Unusual it remains today, but thereby also exotic. In addition to the Scottish answer to Italian Limoncello, the LoneWolf Cloudy Lemon Gin, I also presented the rather unusual LoneWolf Chilli & Lime Gin. ![]() It was not quite a year ago that I wrote about two interesting gin bottlings from the LoneWolf range here on the blog.
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