Fort Hamilton, New World Dry Gin 750ml

American Dry Gin, 40% ABV

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Distilled from 100% New York-grown corn neutral spirit sourced from Upstate New York; botanicals incorporated in Brooklyn in a Vendome hybrid copper pot still. 11 botanicals including juniper, watermelon, cucumber, coriander, cinnamon, star anise, angelica root, Florentine iris, and zests from oranges, lemons, and limes. 

Cucumber leads on the nose along with spicy juniper, watermelon rind, Mandarin orange, and freshly picked mint. The palate is full and rounded with ripe watermelon, grapefruit, cucumber, green cardamom, and white pepper. Notes of lime zest and watermelon rind linger on the finish.

The Battle of Brooklyn broke out in a watermelon patch one block from Fort Hamilton’s distillery in August 1776. Fort Hamilton nods to this history by distilling cannonball watermelon alongside freshly peeled cucumber and 9 other botanicals for a truly liberating experience. With its delicate botanicals on full display, Fort Hamilton New World Gin is as delightful over ice as it is in any number of gin-based cocktails—from a Gimlet to a Martini.

Established in 2016 by veteran bartender Alex Clark and his wife, Amy Grindeland, to address the lack of traditional, pre-Prohibition, Northeast American style whiskey, Fort Hamilton Distillery celebrates American’s earliest style of whiskey: New York rye. First introduced to the Americas via German and Bohemian colonists, the hearty grain quickly became synonymous with American spirits and not only formed the backbone of American distillation, but the base of many classic cocktails. Fort Hamilton Distillery honors this historical whiskey by producing it in accordance with the rye of the time–from New York rye without corn in the mash bill.

In addition to authentic straight rye whiskeys, Fort Hamilton Distillery also produces single cask rye, blends of straight rye whiskey as well as high-rye bourbon, and corn-based American dry gin and vodka. Aged in heavily charred American white oak barrels, Fort Hamilton whiskeys are never chill filtered and are bottled in-house without coloring, flavoring, or additives. With an emphasis on the grain rather than the barrel, their spirits are barreled and bottled at a proof which lend themselves to cocktails while remaining balanced, bold, and nuanced on their own.