Beefeater Burrough's Reserve
Beefeater · Beefeater Distillery
A contemplative, neat-sipping gin that proves restraint and small-still distillation can produce something genuinely elegant rather than gimmicky.
Nose
Soft juniper folds into honeyed oak, with candied lemon peel, dried chamomile, and a whisper of vermouth-like wormwood lifting from the glass.
Palate
Silky and rounded — juniper resin softened by vanilla and beeswax, coriander seed, orange marmalade, and a delicate floral sweetness inherited from the Lillet cask.
Finish
Long and warming, with lingering angelica root, lemon oil, and a dry oak tannin that pulls everything into focus.
- Style
- Oak-rested
- Botanicals
- Juniper, coriander seed, angelica root, angelica seed, liquorice, almond, orris root, Seville orange peel, lemon peel
- Base Spirit
- Grain Neutral Spirit
Cocktail Suggestion
The Twelfth Still — 2 oz Burrough's Reserve, 0.75 oz Lillet Blanc, 2 dashes orange bitters. Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, express a grapefruit twist over the surface and drop it in.
Food Pairing
Roasted quail with honey-glazed parsnips, or a wedge of aged Comté with quince paste.
Distilled in 'Still Number 12,' a 268-litre copper pot dating to the 1860s, then rested in oak casks that previously held Jean de Lillet — a gin literally shaped by the pressures of small batches and borrowed wood.
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