Gin recommendations?

beachBOYken · 23 May 2019 at 13:52

Feek said:
That’s the same proportions I use. How do you measure the gin to 50ml though? I had a little measure from Amazon but although it was supposed to be 50ml, it was only 43.

Now I measure by weight. 45g is near as damnit to 50ml as makes no difference. 150ml of tonic is easy as that’s the can size.

Yeah I got one of them measures from amazon as well, called a jigger, will have to check mine see if it is actually 50ml.

MikeTheNative · 23 May 2019 at 15:18

Funny enough I was thinking the other day that my parent's measure seems a lot bigger than the one I have at home. Because of all this gin talk I'm going to have to have a gin later now.

Feek · 24 May 2019 at 18:54

Picked this up in Morrisons today for £16. I first drank this at the work Christmas party last year and I enjoyed it. I see it regularly at supermarkets so it's clearly well marketed but for £16, I couldn't turn it down. I guess it's a pretty bog-standard gin but let's see if it's as decent as I remember.

chroniclard · 24 May 2019 at 19:10

Got some of this to try.

And some cheap swilling gin.

MikeTheNative · 24 May 2019 at 19:30

Brecon is pretty good. I even prefer to a number of more expensive gins.

Feek · 24 May 2019 at 19:33

I've got a glass of it now, you're right. For a relatively cheap gin, it's not bad at all. At the party they had Brecon, Tanquerry and Silent Pool. I think I preferred Brecon out of all three - I do think Silent Pool is overrated (I've said that before in this thread).

Feek · 24 May 2019 at 19:36

beachBOYken said:
Yeah I got one of them measures from amazon as well, called a jigger, will have to check mine see if it is actually 50ml.

Yup, I bought this one and it really isn't 50ml. I wonder if the things you can put in the bottle to dispense 25ml per pour are any more accurate.

beachBOYken · 24 May 2019 at 22:56

Feek said:
Yup, I bought this one and it really isn't 50ml. I wonder if the things you can put in the bottle to dispense 25ml per pour are any more accurate.

Still need to check mine, I believe I got the BarCraft jigger on Amazon. Anyway if not sure just add extra

Schweppes 1783 tonic is on offer in Sainsbury's for £2 for 6 cans, not bad when Fevertree is around £4 for 8 cans.

Feek · 24 May 2019 at 23:03

I tried the 1783 and didn't like it.

NickK · 25 May 2019 at 09:44

Whitley Neill Rhubarb and Ginger with Fever Tree light is a good.

Tart but sweet and ginger after.

beachBOYken · 25 May 2019 at 10:22

Feek said:
I tried the 1783 and didn't like it.

Only tried the slim line one, thought it was ok, I only tend to get the FeverTree when its on offer.

Feek · 27 May 2019 at 15:29

This arrived today - I'm getting quite a nice selection now for a tasting session I'm going to have with my brother later this year.

The_Abyss · 29 May 2019 at 01:02

Made my own one this weekend. Will check it out in 2 week's time...

Feek · 16 Jun 2019 at 13:12

Two new ones.

Boodles - Bog standard slurping gin. This was on special at Morrison's for £18 so I couldn't resist.

Wild Island Botanic gin. This was a Father's Day present (I may have dropped hints).

HazardO · 17 Jun 2019 at 13:26

I've been enjoying Ableforth's bathtub gin recently, very distinctive flavour which I grew quickly to like, not cheap though. I really need to try some Cambridge Dry gin as it's locally produced, but it's often £45 a bottle which has put me off so far.

wozzizname · 19 Jun 2019 at 14:47

Anyone else here a member of the Craft Gin Club ?

I get a bottle a month from them, and they've all been very good quality, with some gins exclusive to them.

Shadowness · 19 Jun 2019 at 15:00

I used to be for over a year or so. Gutted I cancelled due to needing money elsewhere.

Great gins, I used to love finding out what other bits and bobs they sent you as well.

Feek · 19 Jun 2019 at 15:17

HazardO said:
but it's often £45 a bottle which has put me off so far.

I'm not comfortable paying that price. I don't think I've paid more than £40 for a bottle and that was a difficult choice.

wozzizname said:
Anyone else here a member of the Craft Gin Club ?

Nope although I keep getting adverts for it on Facebook.

Shadowness said:
Great gins, I used to love finding out what other bits and bobs they sent you as well.

Out of interest, what sort of things do they send? I guess I've been a bit concerned that I'll get gin that I don't like (a bit like the old Britannia Record Club where they sent out rubbish most months on 'approval').

Shadowness · 19 Jun 2019 at 17:41

You mean apart from the bottle of gin? (which is normally a very nice bottle, and comes from countries all over the world)

You will almost definitely get a tonic water of some kind, usually from a lesser known company but are still very nice. The theme is normally little bits from the country the gin is from. So when there was one from Norway, you had Norwegian sweets, and/or chocolate.....that sort of thing.

If it's £45 still, it's not bad value at all. You pay £40 for a premium bottle of gin anyway, so an extra fiver for delivery, and extras is good to me.

The problem can be working your way through it before the next month! That's why I've got about 50 bottles of gin at home! (not all from the club)

HazardO · 20 Jun 2019 at 17:11

Feek said:
I'm not comfortable paying that price. I don't think I've paid more than £40 for a bottle and that was a difficult choice.

Turns out that's their cheap stuff. They offer a bespoke gin tailoring service where you spend time with their master distiller working out what flavour profile you want.

Oh and this one. Made with ants...
https://cambridgedistillery.co.uk/collections/gin/products/anty-gin