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Six Dogs Blue Gin: A Blue Pea Flower from the Fynbos-Karoo Intersection That Turns Pink When You Add Tonic

Six Dogs Blue Gin: A Blue Pea Flower from the Fynbos-Karoo Intersection That Turns Pink When You Add Tonic

7 /10
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Distillery: Six Dogs Distillery
Brand: Six Dogs
Type: Contemporary
ABV: 43% ABV
Country: South Africa
Price: £30
Botanicals: juniper, blue pea flower, rose pelargonium, naartjie, angelica, coriander
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Six Dogs Blue Gin is a Contemporary gin made by Six Dogs Distillery in South Africa. ABV: 43% ABV. Key botanicals include juniper, blue pea flower, rose pelargonium, naartjie, angelica. Our expert rating is 7/10.

Tasting Notes

Nose

Herbaceous coriander with floral complexity — tart mandarin from the naartjie, bright juniper, the blue pea flower adding an earthy cut-grass layer, rose pelargonium providing freshness

Palate

Classic dry gin with slightly floral character — hints of freshly-cut lucerne over rose pelargonium, juniper and coriander maintaining structure, naartjie citrus adding South African brightness, well-balanced between floral and traditional gin character

Finish

Clean and refreshing — the rose pelargonium lightness lingering, juniper reasserting, coriander earthiness, the gin turning from blue to pink in the glass as tonic is added, a finale that is both visual and gustatory

Expert Review

7/10

South Africa's first blue gin, distilled on a farm at the intersection of the Fynbos and Karoo biomes. The striking natural blue colour comes from the blue pea flower (Clitoria Ternatea) — an antioxidant and alleged aphrodisiac in traditional medicine — which turns the gin pink when mixed with tonic. Hand-picked, morning-harvested rose pelargonium adds floral lightness. Naartjie (South African mandarin) provides citrus. Genuine colour-changing alchemy from real botanicals.

Amelie Farnham
Amelie Farnham Gin & Botanicals Editor
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