Martin Miller’s unveils cask rested gin

Martin Miller’s Gin is readying to expand its portfolio with the launch of a Bourbon cask rested variant, called 9 Moons.

The notion of 9 Moons was first born following experimentation by a group of mixologists in New York who aged Martin Miller’s Gin in mini barrels.

Co-founder Andreas Versteegh then purchased a selection of oak barrels which he filled and left to mature in Iceland.

After nine months of maturation, the new Bourbon oak barrel was selected for bottling after delivering the “perfect balance” between the original gin flavour but with added “depth”.

Approximately 2,000 bottles were filled from the single cask and individually numbered.

“Given how much we have derided the idea of ruining great gin by ageing I was stunned at what an intriguing, complex and exciting product came out of the new oak barrel after nine months,” said Versteegh.

“Starting out as a fun offbeat activity, I am now very curious to see how people react to this first example of aged Martin Miller’s Gin.

“We will continue experimenting with ageing on a small scale even if it is just for our own amusement, and if another comes out as well as this one we may introduce it to the public.

“There is another barrel David [Bromige], my co-founder prefers that’s been laid down a little over a year, but he feels needs a little ore time to rest – but then he’s always been a late riser!”

Bottled at 40% abv, 9 Moons has an RRP of £40 and will be available from specialist retailers from September 2016 in the UK, Portugal, Germany, Italy and the US.