Spec me a bottle of Gin

[Sleeve]

As thread title. Looking for a nice bottle of Gin as a Christmas present.

Preferably no more than £30 (If this is even possible, not drank/purchased gin in my life)

Thanks!

 

[Swordfish]

Cant go wrong with Bombay Sapphire (Which I am currently drinking !)

£21 Ltr from ASDA.

 

[-BA-]

Plymouth or Hendrick's for me.

 

[Alex_L]

Sipsmith if you can, lovely gin, around £28quid a bottle iirc.

 

[Ahleckz]

OK, it's for a present so you want to get them something they haven't likely had before. That rules out Bombay Sapphire straight away, as well as probably Hendricks. With that in mind, I'd go with one of these 4. The first two are quite commonly available, the latter two are a tad rarer.

Boe, nice and smooth gin. It's like a better Bombay.
Caorunn is also awesome, and pretty unique.
G'Vine, and The Botanist are also worth looking at and are both beautiful.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Sipsmith if you can, lovely gin, around £28quid a bottle iirc.

Not had their gin, but their vodka is really good. Are they still making it in a garage in Hammersmith?

 

[rotters]

If you can source it try cork dry gin, it's my favourite gin out of all I have ever tried. Plus being Irish you don't expect it.

 

[J1234]

BBR No. 3 London Gin, really good stuff.

 

[mangobreeder]

Hendricks, nice gin, nice bottle, perfect pressie.

 

[bsoltan]

69 post thread here for reference:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18354772&highlight=Gin+gift

 

[Alex_L]

Not had their gin, but their vodka is really good. Are they still making it in a garage in Hammersmith?

As far as I know they are, slap bang in a residential street. Think you can go on a tour of the distillery which I keep meaning to get round to doing!

 

[tom_nieto]

I still maintain it's all about Miller's gin.

 

[wozzizname]

Sipsmiths is really good - I've tried quite a few lately, but I'd say theirs is the best I've had, followed by Hendricks and the Botanist.

 

[Martynt74]

G'Vine, and The Botanist are also worth looking at and are both beautiful.

Agreed, Bloom gin also is very good and a little cheaper.

 

[Flare]

Bathtub gin is beautiful and can be had for £30, it comes in a great bottle so makes a good present:

http://www.masterofmalt.com/gin/professor-cornelius-ampleforth/bathtub-gin

Professor Cornelius Ampleforth do some other gins which i have not tried but are a bit cheaper.

 

[Stan_Lite]

I haven't tried a lot of the gins in this thread but I will put forward my two personal favourites. My favourite up until now is Blackwood's - lovely gin. Second favourite is Sipsmith which has already been mentioned. I always used to buy Bombay Sapphire but I won't buy it any more if the two I mentioned are available.

 

[bertles86]

Portobello Star

 

[Skeeter]

Plymouth Navy Strength gift set. Comes with 2 glasses.

 

[richthomuk]

Larios is pretty nice and im not normally a Gin fan http://www.anybooze.com/larios-dry-gin--1-litre-bottle--215-p.asp