Gin O'Clock - what are our favourites ?

[Hill Wimp]

There are quite literally hundreds South of the border.

It would be rather lovely to have a definitive list so you can tick them all off and give tasting notes.

This may appeal to some
www.craftginclub.co.uk

 

[Hill Wimp]

Damn you woman!

 

[Sandra6]

I've tried a few but to be honest you can't beat bombay saphire or Plymouth gin. In fact there's nothing wrong with Gordons, it's more about what you put in it I think.
I like a garden mojito made with gin and apple juice, but if I'm at home I have it with pink grapefruit cordial.

 

[Nigeyy]

I do think gin is in a bit of a revival (pride myself on the fact I've always liked G&Ts). Across the pond here you see many more smaller craft brewery gin offerings -tends to follow the pattern of the beer here too. TBH I think this is all just a phase -the pendulum has swung greatly from mass offerings to smaller breweries often times offering higher quality, but I think (at least over here) the market is over saturated. I don't expect many of these smaller breweries to be still operating in 5-10 years time.

 

[Cubist]

I've tried a few but to be honest you can't beat bombay saphire or Plymouth gin. In fact there's nothing wrong with Gordons, it's more about what you put in it I think.
I like a garden mojito made with gin and apple juice, but if I'm at home I have it with pink grapefruit cordial.

Cubester spent a year or two as a barman. He mixes a pretty good Bombay Sapphire with plenty of ice, a squeeze of lime, a slice of lime and Fevertree tonic. He also rubs the squeezed lime round the rim of the glass. Oh, and keeps the gin in the freezer.

The only time I've tried Plymouth Gin is for a pink gin with bitters. Wasn't to my taste back then (possibly over 30 years ago) but I might give it another go.

The kids got me a bottle of Hendricks for my birthday last year, and perhaps it says it all that I've still got half of it left.

 

[MossCommuter]

I was at a gin festival in Manchester at the weekend and we had a fab time.

There were 100's to choose from, each having appropriate "salad" and garnish added and a recommended mixer. The general consensus was that they "all tasted a bit like gin & tonic".

There were a few stand-outs though and my favourites were Williams Chase Elegant 48 served with ice and Fentimans Light Tonic an no garnishes - the gin's made from an apple spirit rather than grain and Zymurgorium Gooseberry - a fruit gin made half a mile from where I live. Again served simply with ice and tonic. It would be perfect topped up with prosecco (as is their rhubarb and cranberry).

 

[iandg]

I do think gin is in a bit of a revival (pride myself on the fact I've always liked G&Ts). Across the pond here you see many more smaller craft brewery gin offerings -tends to follow the pattern of the beer here too. TBH I think this is all just a phase -the pendulum has swung greatly from mass offerings to smaller breweries often times offering higher quality, but I think (at least over here) the market is over saturated. I don't expect many of these smaller breweries to be still operating in 5-10 years time.

Some of the Scottish gins from new distilleries (such as Harris Gin) are being produced to provide a quick financial return whilst the real stuff matures.

 

[keithmac]

Aldi gin is very good btw - comes in at 13 quid a litre too.

We quite often have a bottle of Castlegy from Lidl on Gin Friday, nothing wrong with it at all!.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I usually use Aldi or Lidl Gins for my fruit Gins. Currently I'm using a £10 bottle picked up in a French Supermarket for a mixed fruit Gin i am brewing.

 

[Milzy]

Top gin by Northern Monk. https://www.northernmonkbrewco.com/beer/infirmarian-black-hop-gin

 

[Hill Wimp]

http://www.ginfoundry.com

Oh dear

 

[Hill Wimp]

This distillery is about 2 miles from my front door, now that they've opened their new distillery in Grantchester.

The Cambridge Distillery

They run the Cambridge Gin Lab in town.

I'm popping in to see them tomorrow to see whether I can snaffle a taster of their Truffle Gin.

Oh my, it gets worse and worse
http://www.cambridgedistillery.co.uk/gin-tailoring/

 

[Chromatic]

Just purchased this book, shall have to start working my way through it soon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Gins-T...&qid=1489169776&sr=8-1&keywords=101+gins+book

 

[Flyboy]

PORTOBELLO , or Liverpool .
I don't drink that often , but I do like Gin .

 

[raleighnut]

Oh dear... I shouldn't have gone to the distillery.

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Mr R had a slight stroke when he found out how much the Truffle Gin is...