How much would you pay for your own gin?

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Specifically, I have seen two places DH could get to where he could go on a half day course and create his own gin.

One costs £30 to attend and then £60 for a 50cl bottle of his own creation.

The other one is £120 all in, including one of his bottles and one of theirs, however it’s not clear how big they are.

Our go-to gin is about £20 for 1L so am not sure if the £60 people are having a laugh or this is reasonable.

Anyone else have experience of pricing these experiences? Thanks!

Sounds rubbish- sorry but these gin experiences are just adding crap to cheap gin- they don't distill the gin.

Buy a lovely bottle of Harris Gin- now available on amazon but still not in shops

harrisdistillery.com/products/buy-isle-of-harris-gin

You can make your own. Use a tasteless alcohol base, and yes vodka counts, and then add the aromatics. You can buy kits online if you don't want to buy them.

A good gin which is regarded as more than just a supermarket brand will typically set you back £40 - 50. So making your own for 60 isn't dreadful. Its not cheap but the whole point is its a one off.

You can make your own 'bathtub gin', by getting a bottle of vodka and then infusing it with botanical, spices and fruit. I spend a lot of time last year doing it with cracking results. But its not as 'clean' as a properly distilled gin with your own stuff added.

My point is, that if you know gin and are really into it, its probably a reasonable price. But you can equally do it on the cheap. It depends on how much of a puritan you are and how much you love gin!

Personally i think most supermarket gins for £20 are ok, but not in the same league as some of the better gins on the market. With a few notable exceptions.

Some of the experiences do redistill gin btw.

Just make sure you know what you are getting.

I did a gin tasting where they live distilled and we got to taste it during the session which was pretty cool but it was a one off night.

We buy tanqueray 10 which is £26 at ocado, or if I'm feeling flush, Gin Mare or Twisted Nose - about £40 each.

If he adores Gin, then do the bombay sapphire tour or similar, but if he's not obsessed, just buy a juice bottle.

A juice bottle?!

A Good bottle!

I paid £60 per person for a gin making experience, which included a bottle of my creation.
I could have made

Sorry posted too soon. I could have bought something nicer cheaper, but the experience was great. Lots of fun samples to drink and the people running it were very knowledgeable

If the expensive one is Portobello road then it's a good fun experience and we got very drunk as given 4 strong cocktails over the couple of hours doing the distillery tour and designing our gin.

They also keep your recipe on file so that you can re-order. Not sure it would be fun on your own though

Agree with Racingadmin - if the expensive one is the ginstitute it’s well worth the £120 price tag as is a marvellous afternoon/evening out. Just don’t arrange to meet people at church afterwards (as we did with my parents - they were plastered). The gin we made wasn’t necessarily the best with tonic but was decent sipping gin and we learned loads on the day - and drank so, so much. Many cocktails and a taster of everyone in the group’s gins. Obvs mine was the best, but I haven’t re-ordered in many, many years.

Yes the £120 is Portobello Rd, the other is somewhat closer to us, which might help if DH is a little fuzzy-headed afterwards. But that one seems more expensive for what you get.

I know I can get a decent bottle instead but it was the making experience I liked, however I have taken on board comments about distilling vs mixing.

I got some kits for £6 last year