Gin and Rose Lemonade is a Sainsbury’s store brand gin and lemonade. It is based on a London Dry Gin, sweetened with sugar and colored with natural ingredients like black carrot juice.
The rose flavor comes from natural flavor additives. The lemon flavor comes from a combination of citric acid and natural flavorings. It is canned at 5% ABV.
Tasting notes
Color: Translucent carnation
Aroma: Almost cloying just from the aroma. Candied strawberry and sweet lemon with a touch of white grape.
Flavor: Gin is hard to find amidst the intense burst of white grape juice, rose water and sweet lemon candies. As it unfolds on the palate, the sweetness escalates as the flavor becomes almost single-note lemon drop candies.
Finish: Long with intense flavors of rose and lemon flavored candies
Overall, Gin and Rose Lemonade
Cloying and over-sweet, Gin and Rose Lemonade has so little gin flavor that they might as well drop the gin in its name. Any complexity in the London Dry Gin indicated on the label is overwhelmed by the heady dose of sugar and the abundance of natural flavors.
If you like lemons, rose, and the prospect of a buzz— Gin and Rose Lemonade isn’t a bad option. But anyone looking for gin will be left sorely disappointed.