Featured Gin of the Month

Sacred Christmas Pudding Gin (70cl, 40%)

This month’s featured gin is Christmas Pudding Gin by Sacred Gin.

Sacred Christmas Pudding Gin History

This month’s featured gin is Sacred’s Christmas Pudding Gin, a festive favourite steeped in tradition. Rather than simply distilling seasonal botanicals, Sacred’s master distiller and co-founder Ian distils entire Christmas Puddings. The recipe is lifted from Ian’s family recipe book, hand-written by his Great Aunt Nellie. Since the spirit owes its exquisite flavouring to her, the original recipe can be found printed on the back label, in homage to his Great Aunt.

There may be other Christmas inspired spirits on the market this time of year, but Sacred not only created the first Christmas Pudding Gin, but also a gin far removed from sticky, sickly liqueurs. This is a classic gin with a festive edge! The first batch Ian ever made was in his family home in Highgate, 14 kilos worth of puddings were steamed for a full eight hours and legend has it, the whole street smelt of Christmas…in July! Afterwards, the puddings were macerated in English grain spirit for a further two months and then distilled.

Inspiration

If you’ve ever tried this traditional dessert, you’ll have a good idea what Sacred Christmas Pudding tastes like. Alongside the junipery base, there’s a distinctive aroma of dried fruits with a palate of dried currants and subtle spicing, which is followed by a long and creamy finish.

For the perfect serve, since the flavours carry themselves, serve straight from the freezer for an after-dinner shot digestiv style – pudding that’ll make you feel less like a pudding!

Result & Perfect Serve

For the perfect serve, since the flavours carry themselves, serve straight from the freezer for an after-dinner shot digestiv style – pudding that’ll make you feel less like a pudding!