Sipsmith Gin has created a bespoke gin, Raffles 1915 Gin in partnership with Raffles Hotels & Resorts. The custom gin was produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Singapore Sling.
With Sipsmith’s co-founder Sam Galsworthy being the great, great, great nephew of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore and for whom the Raffles flagship was named after, the collaboration is aimed at celebrating the past whilst inspiring future generations to explore and create.
Raffles 1915 Gin was created by Sipsmith Master Distiller Jared Brown and made in the Sipsmith Distillery in London exclusively for Raffles Hotels & Resorts. The gin uses botanicals inspired by the Malaysian peninsula such as jasmine flowers, fresh pomelo peel, lemongrass, Kaffir lime leaf, nutmeg and cardamom as well as some of the classic gin botanicals in Sipsmith London Dry Gin, including juniper, coriander and orris root. The flavour is said to be smooth and full-bodied, with the warmth of sweet orange spice leading to an elegant, bright, balanced finish.
Raffles 1915 Gin is available at Raffles Hotels & Resorts’ bars and lounges around the world. If you’re lucky enough to be in London, 300 limited-edition bottles (700 ml) are available to purchase exclusively at Selfridges from mid-October, for RRP £44 or $93 AUD. You can also stop by Harry Gordon’s bar at Selfridges for a cocktail specially created to showcase the gin’s flavours.
“It is something which undoubtedly would make Ngiam Tong Boon, creator of the Singapore Sling, and my great, great, great uncle, Sir Stamford Raffles, very proud,”said Sam Galsworthy, co-founder, Sipsmith.
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