Critique for Gin Label please!
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Well the name Hierro (pronouned hee-eh-rrrrrroh, roll it as hard as you can for more masculinity..) is from El Hierro, a spanish island—in fact the smallest and farthest southwest of the 7 Canary Islands. The western end of El Hierro was actually for a long time considered the end of the known world by the Europeans. It's known as Isla De Meridiano which means "The Meridian Islands" since the general position of El Hierro was marked down as the Prime Meridian in the Old World.
And that links with gin because, gin gets its flavour mainly from the Juniper berries, and on the island of El Hierro, grows Sabinar, a type of juniper berry.
Now I've taken some liberties with the back story here, since 1. the islands are protected and you couldn't touch anything there. 2. I have no idea if decent gin can be made from Sabinar, so you'll have to excuse that but it's only a school brief...
So I think the mark perhaps could reflect that part about El Hierro being once the prime meridian on a map. so sextents and old world instruments like that was what i was thinking. BUT, that seems more appropriate for something you'd do for a drink like whiskey...?
- I'd use either El Hierro or Sabinar as the name if you have the choice. Hierro doesn't have the same ring.Amicus