Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab and British gin maker The Cambridge Distillery have collaborated on the development of a limited-edition gin made using the essence of red wood ants. This type of ant is found in forests in the Northern Hemisphere and defends its territory by spraying formic acid, produced in its abdomen, in the direction of potential invaders. Formic acid is a simple organic carboxylic acid that acts as a very reactive compound in alcohol, serving as an agent for producing various aromatic esters. Furthermore, many of the chemical pheromones that allow the red wood ant to f...