{"id":673,"date":"2009-01-06T14:18:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T21:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=673"},"modified":"2008-12-23T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T23:23:06","slug":"review-cadenheads-old-raj-gin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"Review – Cadenhead’s Old Raj Gin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The final gin in our tasting was Cadenhead’s Old Raj Gin<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The first thing you notice about Old Raj is its pale golden color.\u00c2\u00a0 This unique color is imparted through the use of saffron<\/a> added personally by the company chairman to assure consistency.\u00c2\u00a0 Next you’ll encounter Old Raj’s notable strength.\u00c2\u00a0 Bottled at 55% ABV<\/a> or 110 proof in the US system Old Raj is one of the market’s highest proof gins (Plymouth Navy Strength is 57%).\u00c2\u00a0 This higher than usual proof gives Old Raj a fiercer than normal burn, but interestingly the burn fades very quickly.\u00c2\u00a0 The scent of Old Raj is equally powerful but very pleasant.\u00c2\u00a0 The first note you pick up is juniper followed by a wonderful mix of the other botanicals.<\/p>\n

The flavor…is fantastically bold and the botanicals shine through brilliantly.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the tasters summed it up best when he said “Holy…Crap…”\u00c2\u00a0 You get the juniper very strongly at the outset then it mellows slightly giving way to the other flavors.\u00c2\u00a0 The next note that I picked up most was a nice flavor of cardamom.\u00c2\u00a0 The finish on this gin is a warming juniper flavor that stays with you for quite some time.<\/p>\n

The Raj is powerful mojo to be sure and it takes a special application to make it shine.\u00c2\u00a0 Although it seems a bit counter intuitive due to its price ($60+) simple applications suit this gin well.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve tried it in both a Gin and Tonic and a Gimlet and found that it works extremely well in both.\u00c2\u00a0 But these applications seem like a bit of a waste of the Raj.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want to enjoy the subtleties of this, or any, gin try it straight up or on the rocks.\u00c2\u00a0 You’ll be amazed at the complexity and flavors.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t post this review without adding a choice picture.\u00c2\u00a0 Jeff arrived at the tasting right as we were sampling the Old Raj and this is the fantastic result.<\/p>\n

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The final gin in our tasting was Cadenhead’s Old Raj Gin.\u00c2\u00a0 The first thing you notice about Old Raj is its pale golden color.\u00c2\u00a0 This unique color is imparted through the use of saffron added personally by the company chairman to assure consistency.\u00c2\u00a0 Next you’ll encounter Old Raj’s notable strength.\u00c2\u00a0 Bottled at 55% ABV or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,33],"tags":[34,207,206],"class_list":["post-673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","category-tasting","tag-gin","tag-review","tag-tasting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","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=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}