What is your favourite spirit to drink at home?

[DarylDixonsHair]

I've been a lifelong beer and wine drinker and never really drank spirits apart from in cocktails. The last few times I've had beer it has given me a horrible headache and I'm bored of wine.

Joe Wicks had a raspberry gin and rhubarb drink on his Instagram that looked interesting, but how would I recreate that at home? Is rhubarb juice a thing? Do they sell it in Lidl? Recommend me a drink to look forward to this weekend! 🥂

Malibu and pineapple juice is delicious, especially over ice. Can't really help you with gin, I only like very basic plain g&t. Can confirm that grapefruit tonic is rank though

They make rhubarb flavour gins and raspberry flavour ones too. They're my favourite ones.

not really a drinker but indulge in the odd baileys with an ice cube

I love Hendricks gin (Aldi do a fabulous dupe called Harrison's for £15). I mix that with elderflower cordial, soda water and sliced cucumber. It is lovely, sweet and refreshing.

Aldi also do an elderflower flavoured soda water instead of buying cordial and soda separately but it's a bit hit and miss as to whether they have it in.

What do you mix with flavoured gins? Just tonic water as normal?

Plain tonic for flavoured find, but it's aaaall about the garnish. I have a mandarin and grapefruit gin which I serve with a slice of pink grapefruit.

Flavoured gins even

Vanilla vodka and coke. Tastes too much like pop!

Lemonade! With most flavoured gins is the way forward. Whitley Neil do a gorgeous rhubarb and ginger gin.

Tanqueray Sevilla Gin is lovely also

Whiskey & coke with lots of ice. Gin give me the most awful hangover for two days!!

Absolut make an elderflower vodka. I just have it with sprite.

Lately I’ve been making vodka Lycée martini’s.

Dark rum and coke
Pink gin and lemonade

What do you mix with flavoured gins?
Lemonade. I find tonic to dry for my taste.

Disaronno with ice. I used to drink Licor 43 until I moved countries, I can't get it where I live now

Tonic and rhubarb gin (Lidl) here

Oh God, my mouths watering reading this thread. I'm not keen on sweet fizzy drinks like coke or lemonade. Vodka lycee martini sounds very sophisticated.

Southern Comfort and coke with ice. Doesn't taste that alcoholic but very nice.

Gin & tonic or Pimm's in the warm weather. Whisky and ginger ale when it's colder.

I'm generally not a fan of flavoured gin but I do have a rather nice grapefruit one. I like Brockman's gin as well.

I recently discovered Fentiman's Rose Lemonade, which is delicious with gin, and not too fizzy.

Fentimans do really nice flavoured tonics. Pink Rhubarb and Clementine are nice. If you want something sweeter their Rose Lemonade is lovely

Golden Rum with Coke Zero and Ice 🤪
There are loads of different rums. The older they are the better, the more expensive they are the better. Amazon often has some good deals.

Gin. I make my own blackberry, bilberry and rhubarb. Loads of fruits in my freezer.

Gin and tonic, it's been my drink of choice for 28 years.

Specifically Bombay Sapphire, plain tonic and lime.

Normal dry gin with tonic and loads of ice