St. George Spirits, the Alameda-based distillery best known for Hangar One vodka and a very expensive but very delicious absinthe, has just come out with three distinctive new gins. SFist had a chance to taste them at a Cocktail Week preview event a few weeks back, and we can report that they rock, and they aren't like any gins you know. Though juniper is generally the dominant botanical flavor in most gins, it plays more of a background role in each of these. (You can taste them for yourself at St. George's closing event of Cocktail Week, next Sunday, September 25.)

At the preview event, Bourbon & Branch bartender Darren Crawford created this delicious beverage with the Dry Rye gin, which tastes to us more like genever or white whiskey than gin (so if you're going to attempt this one at home, we suggest subbing Bols genever unless you can get your hands on the St. George product at a fine liquor store near you).

Little Orphan Annie

1.5 oz. St. George Dry Rye Gin
.75 oz. lemon juice
.75 oz. strawberry syrup
.5 oz. homemade Falernum
.25 oz. St. George Basil Eau de Vie

Shaken, double strained, cocktail glass with a strawberry and basil garnish.