mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
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Gin O'Clock - what are our favourites ?
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Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
I make several bottles of hedgerow gin a year. Two or three with sloes, I have a freezer full of damsons which do a bottle or two a year, and last year found a bullace tree (wild damsons) which I'm looking forward to. All of them are good mixed with prosecco for poor man's sloegasm.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I'm a bog-standard Gordon's man, I'm afraid. All the rest seem to have cloying aromatic tastes that linger too long.
BTW, it has to be Schweppes. From a small can, not a plastic bottle that goes flat within seconds. None of that vile Slimline filth either.
And lime or a slice of cucumber.
BTW, it has to be Schweppes. From a small can, not a plastic bottle that goes flat within seconds. None of that vile Slimline filth either.
And lime or a slice of cucumber.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Another 'basic gin' (Gordens/Greenhalls etc) fan here with Bombay Saphire being my fave. 
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Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
I hadn't realised how much 'London' gin is actually produced in Fife, specifically Leven.
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Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
An omission from my OP, The Botanist from Islay.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Oh my goodness where do I start. Here's just a few I would happily recommend.
Well my staple favourite is Beefeater. I do prefer my Gins dry rather than botanically enhanced too much as seems to be the fashion these days. For a Gin to be good to me I must be able to drink it neat which unfortunately some of the over infused trendy ones make impossible.
After a recommendation from @The Velvet Curtain some months ago I bought some Ginger Ninja Gin from a great little distillery in North Yorkshire called The Lickerish Tooth. Wonderful gin only enhanced by the ginger not drowned in it.
Deaths Door is another very smooth dry Gin. It's from Washington State USA and is very subtle on the palette.
Monkey 47 another very smooth and subtle dry Gin from the Black Forest in Germany.
We we lucky enough to be given a bottle of Love Gin from Eden Mill at St Andrews Scotland at Xmas. Rather lovely and it disappeared rather quickly
Favoured mixers for me are either Schweppes or Fever tree plain tonic. However Fever trees Mediterranean tonic is rather pleasant. I do also agree that a nice sloe Gin goes rather well with Prossecco as @hopless500 will agree to as well.
Ginger Ninja and a bottle of Tanquery currently sit on the drinks table but mixed fruit gin is brewing in the larder.
One can never have enough Gin.
Well my staple favourite is Beefeater. I do prefer my Gins dry rather than botanically enhanced too much as seems to be the fashion these days. For a Gin to be good to me I must be able to drink it neat which unfortunately some of the over infused trendy ones make impossible.
After a recommendation from @The Velvet Curtain some months ago I bought some Ginger Ninja Gin from a great little distillery in North Yorkshire called The Lickerish Tooth. Wonderful gin only enhanced by the ginger not drowned in it.
Deaths Door is another very smooth dry Gin. It's from Washington State USA and is very subtle on the palette.
Monkey 47 another very smooth and subtle dry Gin from the Black Forest in Germany.
We we lucky enough to be given a bottle of Love Gin from Eden Mill at St Andrews Scotland at Xmas. Rather lovely and it disappeared rather quickly
Favoured mixers for me are either Schweppes or Fever tree plain tonic. However Fever trees Mediterranean tonic is rather pleasant. I do also agree that a nice sloe Gin goes rather well with Prossecco as @hopless500 will agree to as well.
Ginger Ninja and a bottle of Tanquery currently sit on the drinks table but mixed fruit gin is brewing in the larder.
One can never have enough Gin.
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Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
That's made me remember Bathtub Gin which is rather nice and Saffron which is a complete wet weekend.
Just spotted Sheep's Eye by The Lickerish Tooth distillery. I have yet to try that but I'm betting it's going to be just as good as their Ginger Ninja.
Just spotted Sheep's Eye by The Lickerish Tooth distillery. I have yet to try that but I'm betting it's going to be just as good as their Ginger Ninja.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Have you tried Stathern Oaked Highland Gin by chance ?
It looks rather interesting.
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Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Not yet !
mick1836
Über Member
- Location
- Costa Blanca Spain
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
@Fab Foodie is a whiskey drinker but he likes Gin too. This could be a good one for us to try 
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Mrs Dave has 10 different bottles on the go. Her favourite at present is
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xoriguer-XOR001-Gin-70-cl/dp/B005UXKT44
She also likes the St Andrews stuff from Scotland.
I'd never been a fan. It tastes of hospitals to me. Just before Christmas we were in the Pint Shop in Cambridge, she asked me to get an orange based gin. They filled it to the top and the place was packed, so I had to sip a bit off the top before leaving the bar, it was bloody lovely! I've consciously resisted since!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xoriguer-XOR001-Gin-70-cl/dp/B005UXKT44
She also likes the St Andrews stuff from Scotland.
I'd never been a fan. It tastes of hospitals to me. Just before Christmas we were in the Pint Shop in Cambridge, she asked me to get an orange based gin. They filled it to the top and the place was packed, so I had to sip a bit off the top before leaving the bar, it was bloody lovely! I've consciously resisted since!
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Mrs Dave is a Plymouth girl, she loves it too. We were in the Gin Distillery one day and I took a picture. I had it put on to canvas. It's quite big! I'll post a pic when I remember.
I must say I did really like the art deco bottle, shame they've gone back to the old one.
