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Midnight Sun
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Midnight Sun

A pale blush, Nordic-inspired alcohol-free aperitif from Salcombe's New London Light range, built around wild berries, coastal botanicals and pine.

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About This Drink

Midnight Sun is the second in Salcombe's New London Light range, and it takes its cues from Nordic coastlines rather than the juniper-forward tradition that First Light inhabits. Elderberries, seaberries, lingonberries, kelp, samphire, Icelandic moss, pine and alexanders go through the same rotary vacuum distillation process as the rest of the range, preserving the flavour once the alcohol is removed. Seven further natural flavours are blended in afterwards, and kombucha stabilises the whole thing. The colour is a pale blush pink. There's elderflower and fresh pine on the nose, then the berries come through on the palate, sweet but not cloying, with a faint briny quality from the kelp and samphire underneath. The finish is long for a non-alcoholic spirit, with the berries and pine holding on, and a quiet saline note from the coastal botanicals. It's the softer and more unusual of the two main New London Light expressions, and works well on its own over ice or with sparkling water for anyone who finds gin alternatives too juniper-heavy.

Ingredients

Water, grape juice from concentrate, kombucha, natural botanical distillates and extracts. Acids: tartaric and malic. Acidity regulator: sodium citrate. Preservatives: potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. Thickener: xanthan gum.

Dietary

VEGAN

Tasting Notes

Taste

WILD ELDERBERRY SEABERRY LINGONBERRY PINE RESIN COASTAL SALINITY FROM KELP AND SAMPHIRE HERBACEOUS DILL ELDERFLOWER SWEETNESS

Aroma

FLORAL ELDERFLOWER FRESH PINE SWEET BERRIES BRINY COASTAL NOTES ICELANDIC MOSS EARTHINESS

Character

Appearance
PALE BLUSH PINK
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM-BODIED WITH A SMOOTH ROUNDED TEXTURE AND GENTLE KOMBUCHA EFFERVESCENCE
Finish
LONG AND LINGERING WITH SWEET BERRIES EARTHY PINE AND A FAINT SALINE NOTE FROM THE KELP

Production

Botanicals including elderberries, seaberries, samphire, kelp, Icelandic moss, pine, alexanders and lingonberries are steeped in neutral grain spirit, then distilled in a rotary vacuum still to remove the alcohol while preserving flavour. The concentrated distillate is blended with 7 further natural flavours and stabilised with kombucha.

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Dietary

VEGAN

Tasting Notes

Taste

WILD ELDERBERRY SEABERRY LINGONBERRY PINE RESIN COASTAL SALINITY FROM KELP AND SAMPHIRE HERBACEOUS DILL ELDERFLOWER SWEETNESS

Aroma

FLORAL ELDERFLOWER FRESH PINE SWEET BERRIES BRINY COASTAL NOTES ICELANDIC MOSS EARTHINESS

Character

Appearance
PALE BLUSH PINK
Mouthfeel
MEDIUM-BODIED WITH A SMOOTH ROUNDED TEXTURE AND GENTLE KOMBUCHA EFFERVESCENCE
Finish
LONG AND LINGERING WITH SWEET BERRIES EARTHY PINE AND A FAINT SALINE NOTE FROM THE KELP

Production

Botanicals including elderberries, seaberries, samphire, kelp, Icelandic moss, pine, alexanders and lingonberries are steeped in neutral grain spirit, then distilled in a rotary vacuum still to remove the alcohol while preserving flavour. The concentrated distillate is blended with 7 further natural flavours and stabilised with kombucha.

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Spirits

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