Gin recommendations?

HazardO · 15 Mar 2019 at 14:19

Feek said:
All I buy these days is standard Fever Tree Indian Tonic water. I want to taste the gin, not the tonic.

I'm with you on that, Tried the elder flower and the Mediterranean ones and went straight back to the standard. Also not a fan of the floral or fruity gins.

EviltheCat · 15 Mar 2019 at 15:10

Feek said:
All I buy these days is standard Fever Tree Indian Tonic water. I want to taste the gin, not the tonic.

Mix your G&T 1 part gin to 1 part tonic - problem solved

beachBOYken · 17 Mar 2019 at 15:25

Feek said:
All I buy these days is standard Fever Tree Indian Tonic water. I want to taste the gin, not the tonic.

HazardO said:
I'm with you on that, Tried the elder flower and the Mediterranean ones and went straight back to the standard. Also not a fan of the floral or fruity gins.

I quite like the Fever Tree Light compared to the standard FT, I also find Schweppes fine, especially if you have a few as the bottles are big.

I normally mix 50ml gin with 150-200ml tonic.

Feek · 17 Mar 2019 at 16:05

beachBOYken said:
I normally mix 50ml gin with 150-200ml tonic.

That's the proportions I usually go for - Although my "50ml" measure is only actually 43ml.

Back in a hotel this week again after being away last week and this time I bought a bottle of Plymouth on the way down (£20 in Sainsbury's at the moment). Two or three of these in the evening after a meal out somewhere will do me nicely. Of course, with nothing to measure it with, I expect my drinks will be more than 50ml each

beachBOYken · 25 Mar 2019 at 15:32

Got a bottle of Edinburgh Gin at the Ideal Home Show, want to try the Cannonball Navy strength version soon as well.

On subject of Navy Strength gins, is best to half the measure to say 25ml instead of 50ml, due to the alcohol volume?

HazardO · 25 Mar 2019 at 16:34

beachBOYken said:
Got a bottle of Edinburgh Gin at the Ideal Home Show, want to try the Cannonball Navy strength version soon as well.

On subject of Navy Strength gins, is best to half the measure to say 25ml instead of 50ml, due to the alcohol volume?

If it's Navy strength you need to use exactly 71 ml and mix 1 part gin to 2 parts tonic

beachBOYken · 26 Mar 2019 at 11:10

HazardO said:
If it's Navy strength you need to use exactly 71 ml and mix 1 part gin to 2 parts tonic

Silent Pool is nice, smooth with floral undertones, might not get it again though as it's perhaps a little too smooth and florally for my liking.

Feek · 26 Mar 2019 at 11:41

beachBOYken said:
On subject of Navy Strength gins, is best to half the measure to say 25ml instead of 50ml, due to the alcohol volume?

I use the same measures as normal. The Navy Strength stuff I posted earlier is quite bland, it's noticeably stronger but there's not a lot of flavour to it.

beachBOYken said:
Silent Pool is nice, smooth with floral undertones, might not get it again though as it's perhaps a little too smooth and florally for my liking.

I like a floral gin but as I said above, I think Silent Pool is massively overrated.

This arrived today. I've had a price watch on it for months and it had quite a decent drop yesterday so I pulled the trigger. I'm really looking forward to trying it.

beachBOYken · 26 Mar 2019 at 11:56

Feek said:
I use the same measures as normal. The Navy Strength stuff I posted earlier is quite bland, it's noticeably stronger but there's not a lot of flavour to it.

I like a floral gin but as I said above, I think Silent Pool is massively overrated.

This arrived today. I've had a price watch on it for months and it had quite a decent drop yesterday so I pulled the trigger. I'm really looking forward to trying it.

Nice, I'm getting a bit addicted to buying gin lately

, seem to be drinking it most weekends as well, so always like to have a good selection, I have recently ordered some Harris gin, which I'm extremely looking forward to trying, but might save that for the Summer.

Feek · 26 Mar 2019 at 12:10

Good shout - I still haven't got around to opening the bottle of Harris I have.

robj20 · 26 Mar 2019 at 13:55

I always end up back with Bombay Sapphire gin. I like it 1 part gin to 2 parts tonic. Usually just fever tree standard or light.

Feek · 26 Mar 2019 at 14:00

I tried that at Christmas and really didn't like it. I don't remember what I didn't like about it though.

Feek · 26 Mar 2019 at 14:24

Use coupon code MotheringSunday at the Gin Kiosk for free delivery, two Indian tonics and a free glass courtesy of Lixir.

I've just ordered a bottle of Elephant Gin from there. It's only a 50cl bottle so therefore it's quite expensive but I like the sound of it from the review.

MikeTheNative · 26 Mar 2019 at 15:52

Thanks for that, now I'm going to have to go spend £100 on gin.

I really don't want the free glass though, I have enough as it is.

Feek · 26 Mar 2019 at 16:10

Heh, spending that amount probably qualifies for free delivery anyway!

MikeTheNative · 26 Mar 2019 at 16:30

Yeah but I don't get the free tonic then which is how I'm justifying it.

I'm going to get some Warner Edwards Elderflower which is one of my all time favourites and will give Lone Wolf a go which sounds interesting.

the-evaluator · 27 Mar 2019 at 11:13

Any Bombay Sapphire fans here? It's on offer on Ocado at £6.50 for a 1 litre bottle. From what I have read it's a genuine offer rather than a pricing error.

MikeTheNative · 27 Mar 2019 at 11:39

the-evaluator said:
Any Bombay Sapphire fans here? It's on offer on Ocado at £6.50 for a 1 litre bottle. From what I have read it's a genuine offer rather than a pricing error.

It's ok, my parents get it so I drink quite a bit of it. It's not my favourite but it's a steal at that price so I would definitly get it.

Feek · 27 Mar 2019 at 11:39

They sent me two glasses

beachBOYken · 27 Mar 2019 at 11:40

the-evaluator said:
Any Bombay Sapphire fans here? It's on offer on Ocado at £6.50 for a 1 litre bottle. From what I have read it's a genuine offer rather than a pricing error.

That's extremely cheap, I reckon they have left a 1 off that price.