ARC Archipelago Botanical Gin

Tast­ing Notes from The Curator

Arch­i­pel­ago Botan­i­cal Gin or ARC Gin for short offers fresh high­lights of pome­lo and cala­man­si, with earthy corian­der, savory juniper, pine and a round­ing of man­go on the nose. Hints of per­fumed laven­der are also evident.

On the palate, you taste fresh pome­lo, dalan­dan and cala­man­si, pine juniper spice. It main­tains a flo­ral dry­ness from the angel­i­ca and chamomile, with notes of lemon­grass, cin­na­mon and black pepper.

The fin­ish is cean and bal­anced. Juniper, cit­rus, with cool­ing notes from lemon balm and spicy cardamom.

Pair­ings

This mas­ter­piece of a gin is unfil­tered and leads to cloud­ing when prop­er­ly chilled — tru­ly a fla­vor you can see! Sim­ply enjoy on the rocks, or in any gin cock­tail of choice- a mar­ti­ni, gin & ton­ic or negroni. 

A Grandfather’s Legacy

The sto­ry of Full Cir­cle Craft Dis­tillers start­ed from a grandfather’s lega­cy. A jour­ney from Alsace to Saint Peters­burg to the Pearl of the Ori­ent, Mas­ter Dis­tiller Peter West­fall arrived in Mani­la in 1918 and found an oppor­tu­ni­ty to apply his unique knowl­edge and exper­tise at a local brew­ery. Tin­ker­ing with trop­i­cal fruits and botan­i­cals to extract their exot­ic fla­vors and aro­mas, Peter’s ground­break­ing work led to inven­tions that we endure today.

At present, the dis­tillery is still owned by the same fam­i­ly who respect­ful­ly embraces the time-hon­ored tra­di­tions of pre­ci­sion and craft, just as much as Peter Westfall’s own com­mit­ment to excel­lence and pre­ci­sion with hand­craft­ed arti­sanal spirits.

Storage Instructions

Store your bot­tle of gin upright in a cool, dark place, ide­al­ly between 13 and 16°C. High­er tem­per­a­tures will affect its fla­vor and alter its taste. If you pre­fer to drink your gin cold all the time, you may keep it in the freez­er, as its ABV per­cent­age pre­vents it from freez­ing. Unopened bot­tles can last for an indef­i­nite amount of time, but the clos­er you get to the bot­tom third of the bot­tle, please con­sume quick­ly to pre­vent oxi­da­tion and taste alteration.