Rhubarb Gin
Rhubarb gin is infused gin which has a fragrance with a sweet and crisp Rhubarb flavour.
History[edit]
The origin of Rhubarb gin is still unclear. However, there are some suspicious stories about it which both claim that it's from Great Britain.
Rhubarb and Gin were both popular in Great Britain during the victorian era, from 1837 to 1901; a period in the first half of the 18th century in Great Britain is even called the Gin Craze because of its rapid increase of gin consumption.
- During the reign of Queen Victoria, the Buckingham Palace had grown rhubarbs in the kitchen garden.[1] About 200 years ago, somehow a group of hand-made gins artisans made gin using a crop of this rhubarb which is now called Warner Edwards Victoria's Rhubarb Gin.[2]
- Another speculation is that one of the notorious murderers, William Palmer (murderer) had used this administered poison to some of his victims using rhubarb gin to mask the taste of the strychnine which had a very bitter taste. It is unclear that William Palmer had used rhubarb gin especially to poison his victims, but there are some evidences William Palmer using rhubarb and gin. He was reported as murdering his victims including his brother, Walter Palmer, by administering poison with a glass of gin.[3][4] The reason him being speculated by using rhubarb gin is because it is he used to grown his own rhubarb in his kitchen garden[5][6], also, the rhubarb powder was found from his cabinet which was fulled with several bottles inside.[7] The museum staff at Tamworth Castel where the cabinet is preserved, warned that use of the Tincture of rhubarb found inside might assist the bowels of whoever took it.[8]
Recipe[edit]
- Wash the rhubarb first, trim the stalks and discard the base and leaves.
- Cut the stalks into 2-3cm lengths.
- Put them in a jar with sugar.
- Shake everything around.
- Add the gin and shake everything around again.
- Leave it for about 4-6 weeks before drinking.
Reference[edit]
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- ↑ "Victorias Rhubarb Gin | Warner Edwards". Warner Edwards Distillery Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ↑ "Victorias Rhubarb Gin | Warner Edwards". Warner Edwards Distillery Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ↑ The Insurance gazette, and provident societies' chronicle. 1856. p. 11. Search this book on
- ↑ Palmer's Life & Trial. p. 73. Search this book on
- ↑ The Illustrated Life and Career of William Palmer. Search this book on
- ↑ Illustrated life and career of William Palmer of Rugeley. p. 102. Search this book on
- ↑ "Some of the memorabilia linked with Palmer | William Palmer". staffscc.net. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
- ↑ "culture24". culture24. 23 June 2004.
