What’s your favourite gin?

[Choux]

I want to buy someone some gin as a gift but I don’t like it myself. What’s your favourite and why?

I don’t drink gin but like you @1apenny2apennyI think the Drumshanbo gin bottle is nice. Actually I think it’s really nice 😀

We love Lantic gin from our holidays in Cornwall. Not flavoured but slightly different botanicals in their summer/winter versions and are all delicious. Beautiful bottles too.

www.lanticgin.com/

I second that.

i really like Tarquin’s.

Mermaid gin. And the bottle is beautiful.

Monkey 47 is my favourite.

www.halfhitch.london

I think Ophir is a marmite gin. it tastes of cardamon. If the OP knows her friend likes it then it is a good idea, but if her friend likes a juniper forward gin then she would be wasting her money.

I like gin. I like gin to taste of juniper. I dislike flavoured gins so always go for London dry style gins.

@Choux I would try and find out what style of gin your friend likes before you waste your money.

For a London Dry gin I can recommend no 3 London Dry gin

https://www.ocado.com/products/no-3-london-dry-gin/63834011?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23261414597

I also like Gordons, Bombay Sapphire, York gin and Tanqueray.

Silent Pool. The bottle is gorgeous. It’s also discounted at Waitrose at the moment.

Meant to post a photo!

I like tarquins or bloom (both available in supermarkets) and both have nice bottles. Otherwise sipsmith or haymans are good classic gins. Or we have a good local one - 6 oclock gin.

I like gins that are more citrusy than floral. For me, Torbay, if you want something you wouldn’t get in a supermarket. Roku is nice and in most supermarkets, mermaid (or pink mermaid) if you want something in between.

Oh I have a few - Mermaid Gin, Gin Mare, Monkey 47, Brecon Beacons

Salcombe Gin - can get this in M and S, my favourite - don’t buy a flavoured gin for a present.

One of the nicest gins I’ve ever tried is Raisthorpe Manor, it’s made in Yorkshire and is so smooth. It’s delicious.
A recommendation for Tarquins too.

Ealing Gin is a lovely small-batch gin and comes in a art-deco style bottle.

A lot of flavoured gins are gin liqueurs, so sweetened and bearing little resemblance to actual gin.

I like lighter, more floral gins generally. My favourite is Larios 12. Buy it in duty free at the airport on the way home from Spain.

Warwick Gin has a lemony flavour from lemon verbena.

Ooh - just remembered: Tanqueray Jaipur is lovely and limey. Perfect in summer. The Sevilla one triggers my migraine although I love the flavour.

I used to love Ophir until I did a gin tasting where you smelled each botanical then tasted the gin. It just tastes like curry to me now!
I like Tanquaray and Sipsmith.

Brockmans gin has a very subtle blackberry flavour. Beautiful. Tanqueray Lime and the Sevilla both take a bit of a beating if you like fruity flavours.

Ophir is revolting to me. Gin spoilt.

Monkey 47, tarquins, and, tanqueray No.10.

These are my top 3. In Cornwall, Tarquins all the way. At home it's a Tanqueray, and out for a special meal/social it's a Monkey 47 (if they have it).

Bathtub gin is one of my absolute favourites, agree with other posters if they like gin don’t get the —awful— flavoured versions. Oh and a decent tonic makes a massive difference ( fever tree)

Tanqueray. The most traditional, juniper-forward gin on the market. It’s gin for people who like gin.

Tanqueray, Hendricks or Bloom are my favourites. I can’t stand flavoured gin, especially sweet flavours and I think Gordon’s tastes like hairspray