Best ever GIN!

[PavlovaFaith]

Okay so I love gin.

LOVE IT.

But I'm fairly new to loving gin... probably the last couple of years.

I'm in search of something gorgeous that I can ask the DH to buy for birthday/Christmas.

Basically like a "signature scent", I'm in search of my signature gin.

What are your best ever suggestions please? AND bonus points for whichever garnish works best with it. I had a King of Soho with grapefruit the other night delicious!

Whatever is on sale, currently have tanqeuray, with damsons and a little sugar in a mason jar for 3 months. It's a dirty pleasure, tastes of plums!

DDiL loves Victoria gin, from Aldi or Lidl

I like Liverpool gin with orange rind and mint leaves.

Ophir with coriander, fresh ginger and sliced red chilli.

And this tiny-batch gorgeousness - the rose geranium is especially show-stopping www.westwardfarm.co.uk/

We did this for my MIL - she's a huge gin fan and collects bottles. Instead of getting a "best" gin, we got her one from a little family producer in a small town in Italy where she loves to go on holiday. Has it engraved on the bottle "made in Italy" and only available to buy in 2 little shops there! She loved the sentiment of it. An expensive gin simply wasn't going to impress her as much as this did :)

My current tipple of choice is Wild Island Sacred Tree with fevertree Indian tonic, ice, blueberries and blackberries. Caorun with fevertree Mediterranean tonic, ice and a few slices of pink lady apple is a close second.

Notable favourites in no particular order:

Gin Mare
York Gin
Masons
Unicorn Tears
King of Soho
3 Pugs

dudsville damson gin sounds filthy-gorgeous!! Basically boozy jam? (I bought some gin and raspberry jam from a farmers market this weekend; bloody lovely!)

Masons is lovely
Sipsmith lemon drizzle
The new king of soho berry one

Not so keen on flavoured "liqueur" gins. Just classic, crisp types!

Elephant gin is beautiful. Hendricks is a classic.

Manchester gin doesn't taste of anything.

Edinburgh Gin Gorgeous. ?Fever tree Tonic

Masons tea edition is my signature gin with a raspberry garnish although a surprise one for me was the M&S colour changing lavender gin with fever tree tonic. I tried a lots of samples at a gin festival several years ago which helped me to decide what notes i prefer

Tesco finest gin.
Waitrose tonic (cans)
Spring of rosemary from the garden, hit with a rolling pin.

Mmmm
Gin club you all say? On my Xmas list

Plymouth gin.. thank me later

Gin mare with olives and rosemary.

Taking notes...

Not struck on fentimans tonic. Smells like toilet duck!

If you like coconut try Hoxton gin,tonic and grapefruit slice....recently discovered and have been longing for it ever since!

I love sabatini with fevertree Mediterranean tonic and a spring of thyme.

Sacred pink grapefruit with a slice of pink grapefruit and a sprig of fresh rosemary AMAZING

Forgot to say with light fevertree tomic

Six o’clock is lush, also rock rose. Personally I prefer plain old tonic and lime, I’m old fashioned like that

Misty Isle from Skye with fevertree ice and orange
Harris gin with fevertree and lemon

I really like Dr J’s. I like it with regular Fevertree.

@PavlovaFaith here’s a Link to craft gin club

Try Schweppes 1783 Crisp Tonic if you haven’t already. I find it much ‘cleaner’ tasting than some of the Fever Tree ones & it doesn’t change the flavour of a good gin either.

Fairly new to loving GIN ( the last couple of years) 😂😂 I like be this statement