Interestingly the Bombay Citrus Collins is flavored with a 14.6% gin, while the can itself is 6.5%. The distilled gin has a Mediterranean lemon infusion added, as well as soda water.
Tasting notes
Color: translucent, and slightly banana hued
Aroma: intensely lemon, specifically, preserved shelf stable lemon juice from concentrate
Flavor: bright and lemon forward, true to the name. Gin presence throughout, especially a resinous juniper note mid palate. Hints of orange zest and faint gin spice. It tastes like there’s a distilled gin behind this.
Only slightly sweet. Even the tartness isn’t over the top. I’d say it’s only moderately tart.
Finish: dry with some dusty spice notes. Lemon zest and cubeb.
Overall, Bombay Citrus Collins
A bit less sweet than a Tom Collins cocktail, canned lemon almost always tastes a bit different than a lemon you squeeze at home. That is understandable and isn’t a shortfall.
I taste the underlying Bombay Gin, and that’s an asset here. Light sweet, but lemon flavored with solid gin backbone. The Bombay Citrus Collins isn’t the best gin + lemon RTD, but it is a solid offering that doesn’t forget the gin.