The Stin
Styrian Dry Gin Classic Proof
- THE STIN
- Ehrenhausen
- 47% ABV
- London Dry Gin
- juniper berries, South Styrian apples, East Styrian elderberries, lemon, orange, caraway, coriander, ginger, cardamom, pepper
Classic dry
A dry gin built around juniper: pine and pepper first, then a dry citrus-peel edge and a clean grain sweetness underneath. At 47% the Styrian Classic Proof runs warm and broad rather than sharp, with a long resinous finish that holds up to ice and dilution.
Serve
1:2 — enough tonic to open the 47% without burying the juniper
Garnish — A wide strip of lemon peel, twisted over the glass
Cocktails
Martini
Cold, dry and close to neat spirit — the vermouth adds weight and a faint bitterness rather than much flavour of its own. The gin has nowhere to hide: juniper needs backbone here, and any softness in the botanicals shows up whole. Lemon oil sharpens the first sip and keeps it from going flat.
The Stin's 47% Classic Proof keeps the juniper spine intact through stirring and dilution, where a 40% gin would go thin.
Negroni
Bitter first, then sweet: Campari's rind-and-root edge held up by the vermouth's dark, herbal sugar. The gin has to push through both, so juniper and a firm backbone read clearly where softer florals get buried. Stirred over ice, it drinks cold and slow, the orange peel lifting the bitterness.
At 47% with caraway, pepper and cardamom behind the juniper, this gin pushes its resinous spine straight through Campari's bitterness instead of being swallowed by it.
Gin & Tonic
Long, dry and bitter-edged, the tonic's quinine pulling against the gin's botanicals while the lime wedge sharpens both. Refreshing rather than contemplative. The gin has to hold its shape against all that dilution: juniper and citrus carry through, where delicate florals tend to vanish.
The Classic Proof and the lemon-orange peel edge keep their shape against a long pour of quinine and ice, while the Styrian apple and elderberry give the glass a faint orchard lift.
