Copenhagen Distillery Gin
Copenhagen Distillery · Copenhagen Distillery
Copenhagen Distillery's flagship gin embodies the quiet authority of its fermentation-first philosophy — a wheat-based spirit distilled with restraint, allowing the raw material's character to speak. It's a gin that rewards patience and stillness, perfectly suited for a contemplative G&T or a minimalist Martini.
Nose
An opening rush of bright, green juniper gives way to delicate Nordic botanicals — chamomile, meadowsweet, and a whisper of angelica root. There's a subtle bready, almost yeast-like quality underneath, as if the grain spirit's fermentation character was deliberately preserved through gentle distillation.
Palate
The palate is texturally rich and slightly oily, with juniper and coriander leading before chamomile and dried citrus peel bloom across the mid-palate. A gentle peppery spice builds alongside a subtle earthiness from angelica, giving the gin a grounding, contemplative weight.
Finish
Medium-long and clean, with lingering juniper resin, dried chamomile, and a faint minerality that recalls fresh Nordic air. The peppery warmth fades gracefully.
- Style
- New Nordic Dry Gin
- Botanicals
- Juniper berries, coriander seed, angelica root, chamomile, lemon peel, meadowsweet, and additional Nordic-foraged botanicals
- Base Spirit
- Danish wheat spirit, slow-fermented to preserve grain character
- Distillation
- Small-batch pot distillation on a custom 400-liter copper still, with botanicals added via vapor infusion and direct maceration in a single distillation run
Cocktail Suggestion
The Quiet Ferment — 2 oz Copenhagen Distillery Gin · 1 oz blanc vermouth · 0.25 oz chamomile syrup · 2 dashes celery bitters · Stir over ice, strain into a coupe, garnish with a chamomile flower
Food Pairing
The gin's Nordic botanical profile and gentle peppery spice complement the tangy, fermented notes of pickled herring atop dense, dark rye bread, finished with capers and fresh dill — a pairing rooted in shared Scandinavian terroir and the transformative power of fermentation.
Born in a Copenhagen warehouse where founders Henrik Brinks and Anders Bilgram obsess over their wheat spirit's slow fermentation before it ever meets a botanical, this gin is an ode to the transformative silence of yeast at work.
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