Kosher Gin

[Faune]

Is TANQUERAY RANGPUR Kosher?

I know that all Gin except Sloe gin and flavored gin are kosher (I have seen that Gordon's flavored Gins are kosher)

[ganeden]

BS"D

What is Tanqueray Rangpur? I know Tanqueray well, but I've not heard of this particular variant.

[berel]

Rangpur is a fruit, which would put it in the flavored gin dept

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangpur_...

[JMF]

it's not a flavored gin. The Rangpur are just a major botanical element in the distillation.

[Faune]

Rangpur is a Lime, which happen to be a hybrid of the mandarin orange and the lemon.

http://www.boozebasher.com/2007-07-31...

[joshuaresnick]

All gin is flavored, primarily with juniper berries, but with other botanicals as well - including (frequently) citurs peels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin

In that regard, Tanqueray Rangpur is no different than any "plain" gin, such as Beefeater, Hendrick's or Seagram's.

[JMF]

There is a technical difference between flavored gin and distilled gin. A distilled gin has the botanicals (herbs, roots, fruit, flowers, etc.) in the distillation process and it will day distilled gin on the label.

A compounded gin is made by adding oils, essences, etc. to NGS (neutral grain spirits) and will not say distilled gin on the label.

If it says flavored gin on the label it can be a compounded gin, plus additional flavorings, or a distilled gin plus additional flavorings.

I point this out because these technical details on what it says on the label are very important in knowing what is in the bottle and how it is made. The label goes through a several week to several month, stringent approval process by the Federal TTB called COLA (certificate of label approval.) Also many states have a COLA system as well.

[dudell]

The only gin that I have encountered that is certified kosher and is supervised by a hechsher is Bulldog Gin. It's a London dry gin (imported from England) and really great just on the rocks.

Also, gin gets its flavor from the distillation process so Rangpur has a strong lime flavor from that being one of its main botanicals. Most gin has a strong pine flavor from Juniper being its main botanical... same principal.

[iambarry]

Take a look at Distillery No 209 (www.209gin.com). They just came out with a kosher (kosher for Passover too) gin. I believe the hechser is OU. I have a bottle at home and it's excellent.

see also: http://www.vosizneias.com/51683/2010/...

[jdh11]

Yes I second the recommendation for 209 Gin. I bought it for Pesach and it was excellent.

[SimonF]

Thirded. It is yummy. Finished it all before it was pizza time.

[berel]

I would say per the Chicago CRC website it would require kosher supervision

http://www.crcweb.org/kosher/consumer...

Gin with no flavors added is acceptable.
(Note: Sloe Gin is a liqueur and requires certification.)

Gordon's Flavored Gin (all flavors) produced in the USA, is Kosher certified by the cRc.

[Faune]

Does it have supervision, a "hechsher"? what about outside the US (I live outside the US)