{"id":4072,"date":"2012-12-13T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T03:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2012-12-13T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T03:31:09","slug":"relaunch-of-tanqueray-malacca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=4072","title":{"rendered":"Relaunch of Tanqueray Malacca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bam, you’re drinking damn fine gin now you realize as that first sip of Malacca finishes on your palate.\u00c2\u00a0 But, you certainly wouldn’t think that fine gin is one of Tanquerary’s.\u00c2\u00a0 Regular Tanqueray is known for it’s solid London Dry flavor of juniper and other bontanicals subtly in the background (love the stuff in a G&T).\u00c2\u00a0 Malacca is a whole other animal.\u00c2\u00a0 Far more citrus forward but with an undercurrent of juniper that is distinctly gin.\u00c2\u00a0 Lightly sweet on the palate with hints of coriander and pepper with a floral quality that wraps it up.\u00c2\u00a0 The finish is long and deliciously botanical.\u00c2\u00a0 So, now that I’ve got your interest piqued, the bad news.\u00c2\u00a0 You can’t buy Tanqueray Malacca anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 It was discontinued in 2004.<\/p>\n

\"Malacca<\/p>\n

D’Oh!\u00c2\u00a0 So began my fortuitous journey in spring of 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 I had read many<\/a> posts<\/a> about<\/a> people still being able to find bottles of Malacca, seemingly long forgotten, in liquor stores around the country.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure that I would have the same luck I began searching.\u00c2\u00a0 I searched all over the Boulder and Denver areas, one day visiting every liquor store in Boulder (about a dozen) in one trip.\u00c2\u00a0 Sadly, no luck.\u00c2\u00a0 That is until I mentioned it a friend’s dad who owns a restaurant<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 He checked his bar and happened upon an open, but nearly full, bottle he’d let me have.\u00c2\u00a0 YES!<\/p>\n

That bottle has sat on my shelf for over 4 years, a prized possession, having only been cracked to grant small samples to those I knew would really appreciate it.\u00c2\u00a0 I knew that at some point down the road it would run empty.\u00c2\u00a0 But, as you’ve probably figured out, that all changed with an announcement yesterday from Diageo that a limited run of 9,000 cases would hit US shelves in February of 2013.\u00c2\u00a0 The even better news?\u00c2\u00a0 It’ll be reasonably priced at ~$28.<\/p>\n

I’ve written reviews of a lot of great products over the years, but this one I write purely from my own excitement.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll be stocking up in February, will you?<\/p>\n

* Hat tip to Eye for Spirits<\/a> and Drink Spirits<\/a> for the info<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bam, you’re drinking damn fine gin now you realize as that first sip of Malacca finishes on your palate.\u00c2\u00a0 But, you certainly wouldn’t think that fine gin is one of Tanquerary’s.\u00c2\u00a0 Regular Tanqueray is known for it’s solid London Dry flavor of juniper and other bontanicals subtly in the background (love the stuff in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[202,34],"class_list":["post-4072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-general","tag-gin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4075,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions\/4075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}