Hendrick’s Paris-inspired Grand Cabaret launches
Hendrick’s Grand Cabaret is a new limited release gin ‘for dreamers, artists and free-spirited souls’.
Master Distiller, Lesley Gracie, was inspired to create the new addition after reading about a stone fruit eau de vie that was served with a dash of gin and scented with rose, which gained popularity at fashionable Parisian parties in the early 1900s. This eau de vie was in turn inspired by a 17th Century revelation: the distilling of stone fruit yielded a wildly indulgent tasty portion.
Ally Martin, Hendrick’s Global Brand Ambassador, said: “It's fascinating to dig deep into cocktail history and see what flavour combinations were captivating creative minds in Paris at the turn of the 20th Century. It seems that stone fruit flavours, rose scents and gin were a magical combination in the most opulent of establishments, and who better to deftly combine these flavours today into a ravishingly fruity spirit than Hendrick’s Master Distiller, alchemist and liquid poet, Lesley Gracie.”
The gin will be the biggest release yet from Hendrick’s Cabinet of Curiosities and will be available in over 50 markets internationally.
HENDRICK’S GRAND CABARET ROYALE RECIPE:
Ingredients:
- 30ml Hendrick’s Grand Cabaret
- 30ml Cranberry juice
- 15ml Lime juice
- 15ml simple syrup
- Top with Champagne or sparkling wine
- Garnish with a cucumber slice and orange peel
Method:
Combine ingredients in a champagne glass and top with Champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with a cucumber slice and orange peel.
ABOUT LESLEY GRACIE
Lesley Gracie is the master distiller at Hendrick’s Gin. With a background in chemistry, Lesley’s genius lies in her fascination with flavours and how they work together. She visualises flavours as shapes and strikes to create a round, balanced expression in all of her elixirs. In 1999, Lesley was approached by the great grandson of William Grant, Charles Gordon, to create an ‘ultra-premium’ gin which was to become Hendrick’s. Lesley was appointed as the master distiller and went on to spearhead the development of this most unusual Hendrick’s Gin and is responsible for the creation of all of Hendrick’s liquid innovations. Over the past two decades, Lesley Gracie has amassed an array of botanicals, distillates, and experimental liquids which are housed in a locked cabinet – known as the Cabinet of Curiosities – in her laboratory at the Hendrick’s Gin Palace. In 2018, she was awarded 'Gin Distiller of the Year' by the World Gin Awards in recognition of her ground-breaking work. In 2021, she was inducted into the Gin Magazine Hall of Fame in honour of her contributions to the gin world and her record of continually crafting new, innovative expressions that push the boundaries of gin creation.
