Wild Werk 7
Wonderland Dry Gin
- Tirol
- Dry Gin
Classic dry
No botanical list published, so read it as its name and style suggest: a dry gin, juniper first, with the clean citrus-and-root spine that London-style dryness implies. Wild Werk 7 wears the Wonderland label rather than a spec sheet — expect a crisp, unsweetened pour that finishes peppery and short.
Serve
1:2 — plain tonic keeps a dry gin dry
Garnish — Lemon twist
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.
A dry gin like Wonderland has nowhere to hide in a Martini, and that juniper-led backbone is exactly what the drink asks for.
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.
Wonderland's unsweetened, juniper-first build gives Campari something to grip, and its peppery short finish cuts the vermouth's caramel before the drink turns sticky.
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 clean citrus-and-root spine that its London-style dryness implies is exactly what quinine and a lime wedge stretch out, and there is no sugar in this Tirolean pour to go flabby under all that dilution.
