Rating 92
Style
Produced In Germany
ABV 47%
Availability Year Round
Price $80.00 
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Review Updated 2024-03-31

Monkey 47 Distiller's Cut 13 (2023) Review

Perhaps the only "unicorn" in the gin space, Monkey 47's annual Distiller's Cut release is sold through an online lottery system. Each version includes one additional botanical to the brand's signature recipe of 47 ingredients. This time around, it's "Acer saccharum," more well-known to most of us sugar maple, the base ingredient for maple syrup. Don't think this is a sweet gin, though. Instead, the maple contributes a floral, perfumed aspect, improving what is already a stellar gin.

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Monkey 47 Distiller's Cut 13 (2023)
Perhaps the only "unicorn" in the gin space, Monkey 47's annual Distiller's Cut release is sold through an online lottery system. Each version includes one additional botanical to the brand's signature recipe of 47 ingredients. This time around, it's "Acer saccharum," more well-known to most of us sugar maple, the base ingredient for maple syrup. Don't think this is a sweet gin, though. Instead, the maple contributes a floral, perfumed aspect, improving what is already a stellar gin.

Reviewed On: 04-01-2024
92
POINTS
Monkey 47 Distiller's Cut 13 (2023)
Perhaps the only "unicorn" in the gin space, Monkey 47's annual Distiller's Cut release is sold through an online lottery system. Each version includes one additional botanical to the brand's signature recipe of 47 ingredients. This time around, it's "Acer saccharum," more well-known to most of us sugar maple, the base ingredient for maple syrup. Don't think this is a sweet gin, though. Instead, the maple contributes a floral, perfumed aspect, improving what is already a stellar gin.

Reviewed On: 04-01-2024