Never tried Gin before

Minibiker · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:05

Hi all

My wife was given some Gin for her birthday and we've never drank this before, it's Whitley Neill Rhubarb and Ginger Gin... Her friend said you can drink it straight but it seems very strong, that might just be us as we're usually Cider and Wine drinkers

Does anyone have this and mix it with stuff or drink it straight?

Cheers

Andrew_McP · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:06

Careful with those shots!

chroniclard · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:10

Mix with Fever tree tonic, at a push Schweppes tonic. Big glass, double shot, lots of tonic, big ice.

Minibiker · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:22

Andrew_McP said:
Careful with those shots!

title edited, Good job that wasn't a Facebook status, armed police could've been at the door

Minibiker · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:23

chroniclard said:
Mix with Fever tree tonic, at a push Schweppes tonic. Big glass, double shot, lots of tonic, big ice.

Got to be worth a try, Will have to get a few bits to mix it with, Straight just seems mad to me

tom_e · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:34

Other half likes this with lemonade, I'm a 50/50 tonic/gin and loads of ice guy.

Minibiker · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:37

tom_e said:
Other half likes this with lemonade, I'm a 50/50 tonic/gin and loads of ice guy.

Yeah one of her friends said Lemonade is a good shout to mix it with..

chroniclard · 29 Nov 2020 at 17:53

Lemonade......get in the sea!

Jokester · 29 Nov 2020 at 18:09

I do a tin of tonic to a double shot of gin, but those rhubarb and ginger gins can go quite well with ginger beer instead of tonic.

OldKitMan · 29 Nov 2020 at 20:19

50ml Gin, 150ml mixer, lots of ice. That's the basic, 200ml mixer is also ok.

drakulton · 29 Nov 2020 at 20:33

This goes very nicely as a mixer.

https://cawstonpress.com/our-drinks/rhubarb/

koolpc · 29 Nov 2020 at 20:36

I usually end up putting lots of gin and a small amount of a mixer! Not good!

Minibiker · 29 Nov 2020 at 20:38

Jokester said:
I do a tin of tonic to a double shot of gin, but those rhubarb and ginger gins can go quite well with ginger beer instead of tonic.

Is there a certain amount of gin that's best to mix or is it whatever you fancy really?

OldKitMan said:
50ml Gin, 150ml mixer, lots of ice. That's the basic, 200ml mixer is also ok.

Lots of ice seems to be on everybody's list, must do the trick I'm guessing...

drakulton said:
This goes very nicely as a mixer.

https://cawstonpress.com/our-drinks/rhubarb/

That sounds like a nice refreshing drink to have on its own aswell, good shout

Minibiker · 29 Nov 2020 at 20:38

koolpc said:
I usually end up putting lots of gin and a small amount of a mixer! Not good!

there's always one

BUDFORCE · 29 Nov 2020 at 21:22

It's a spirit meant for mixing? Well I assume, I don't know if anyone who's drink it straight?

In which case why would you ever buy a posh bottle of it? If your going to mix just buy the cheapest one you can find.

And then I'd rather just buy a bottle of Jack Daniels or some cheap scotch and mix it with coke.

It just isn't my thing, I'll just drink beer or straight whiskey.

wedrum · 29 Nov 2020 at 21:24

Gin oh yeh the mega depressant

koolpc · 29 Nov 2020 at 21:32

wedrum said:
Gin oh yeh the mega depressant

Any alcohol is a mega depressant for me...

PlacidCasual · 29 Nov 2020 at 21:49

That Rhubarb and Ginger gin is lovely, 3 to 1 mixer to gin seems fine. Nothing wrong with Schweppes the guys at Portobello Road told me they did a blind tasting once and it came second amongst their guys.
As a beer and cider drinker myself I prefer a long drink otherwise I drink too quickly.

OldKitMan · 29 Nov 2020 at 22:10

BUDFORCE said:
It's a spirit meant for mixing? Well I assume, I don't know if anyone who's drink it straight?

In which case why would you ever buy a posh bottle of it? If your going to mix just buy the cheapest one you can find.

Different Gin tastes very different and the difference between something like a Gordons and a Tanqueray 10 (to pick 2 you can buy in a supermarket) is substantial. I quite like a London Dry Gin but my wife prefers a more citrus type gin.

K.C. Leblanc · 29 Nov 2020 at 23:04

I've found apple juice plays quite well with some gins, when I worked in a pub I did have one bloke order a cider and a gin. In then proceeded to pour the gin into the cider. To be fair he had arrived at about half past 11 on a saturday and had some catching up to do.