Gin. A thread about gin.

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Which brand(s) are you on just now ? I'm off gin until April but I shall begin by finishing ( if that's possible) the bottle of Beefeater I opened last September. I usually go for slightly higher quality offerings such as Tanqueray and Morrison's Best and I'm happy with Schweppes tonic. Fever Tree doesn't really do it for me. I've yet to try Aldi gin but there's a new Aldi being built nearby so there may be an opportunity there.

Whittaker’s Winter Solstice is gorgeous.

Wonder if they do a Summer one?

If you try Sipsmith or Hendrick’s you’ll never go back, seriously.

They are my everyday gins now, which is just as well as the price stops me guzzling them too much.

Plymouth. Wish I could justify paying the extra for Navy Strength, as the flavours in that are amazing. And have a bottle of Sloe on the go year round.

Never cheap tonic, though. I like elderflower tonic. And if it's to mix with sloe gin, it would be lemon and elderflower, bitter lemon - or rose lemonade.

Thinking about it, I could probably make rosewater infused lemon/lime ice cubes. Hmmmm....

Ginger gin sounds lovely. My favourite is Larios 12. Bought in duty free on the way home from holiday. Should have bought 2L but DP picked up some berry flavoured horror instead...

My favourite gins at the moment are Caorunn and Lilliard (bit of a Scottish thing going on!). It's got to be at least a half-decent tonic with it, though. My tastes have become more refined the more interesting gins I try!

I second Hortus gin from Lidl. I am a gin drinker on a budget. Their gin liqueur is delicious and I like the proper gin too. I just can't spend £20+ on a bottle. I also love the Aldi Gingerbread gin. I am buying a bottle of gin a week because I want to build up a proper collection for the summer evenings. I will start to buy a bottle a month instead and get the more expensive shop versions at some point. I prefer it with lemonade.

I'm drinking the Aldi Victoria pink gin at the moment. It's very nice

Has anyone tried jamjar gin it’s noticable different and just so fab. Someone mentioned Ophir I love that too

Been drinking Boyles tonight (from ALDI) - nice "straight" gin, ut the plum & clémentine ALDI had befor Xmas is exceptional. Love Mermaid gin (one of the botanicals is samphire and it smells like you're beside the sea). Also love chase grapefruit gin, and quite a few Scottish distilleries. Not a big fan of carounn but love rock rose and johnsmas (latter being Orkney).

I do seem to have a preference for gins that mix well with "Mediterranean" tonic and garnish with orange, and I am a tonic snob.

Also have a number of bottles left from my gin advent calendar (Sainsburys) which I really enjoyed - fab way to try different gins. Oh, and fave Whitley neill is the raspberry one!

I had a bottle of Ophir for christmas that I'm slowly working my way down.

Other favourites were Gin Mare, Cocoa Gin from Hotel Chocolat and you can't beat Hendricks. I'm not into the sugar-syrupy flavoured stuff.

Gordon’s is fine but some that have been mentioned are slightly more flavoursome if that makes sense. Rose can be a strange flavour but I recently got one from M&S and it was delicious very subtle

Copper House is bloody good, as is Foxdenton's 58% and their raspberry at 21%. My preferred mixer is Belvoir elderflower or Fentiman's rose lemonade.

Dingle Gin is very nice

I only like Gordon's pink. I have it with fentimans pink lemonade (my fave) or normal lemonade. I hate tonic it's so dry.

Get mans grapefruti tonic very nice too

Dingle gin is the superior gin by a country mile.

Another vote for Adnams copper house

I always end up going back to Bombay for a normal have at home gin. Currently in the house we have Bombay, Whitley Neal Rhubarb and Ginger and Greenall’s.

The best gin I’ve ever had was Trevathen Cornish Gin. Had it on holiday last year and decided to treat myself to a bottle, then I saw it was £45 and I just couldn’t justify it

My favourite is Winchester dry gin. It was released in 2017 and is the best I've ever had. www.winchesterdistillery.co.uk/products/winchester-dry-gin

Mind, I've not tried many, just Bombay Sapphire, Gordons, Tanquery, and Lidl own. The Winchester one I could drink on its own as its so smooth.
I'm going to look up the forest gin mentioned above as that sounds interesting.

I love a G&T, but I'm a bit baffled by this massive craze for different gins. I don't think they are worth the hype tbh. I'm happy with Gordon's or whatever.

All the gins

Marylebone. Love it

Lots of small distilleries here in Alberta, Canada. My favourite is Park. It’s made in Banff. Contains Spruce Tips.

Black Forest Needle gin from Aldi is gorgeous.
Steer clear of the Aldi Topaz gin (Bombay Sapphire knock-off, disappointing), but the London Dry is lovely and the Gin Lane pink gin is great too. Actually, all the Aldi gins except the topaz one have been great. And cheap. Mmmmmmm gin.

Just polished a bottle of hortus citrus gin from..Lidl and it's sooooo good!!!