Spec me - A Bottle of Gin

Sargatanas2511 · 15 Dec 2016 at 14:36

I am a big fan of the Strathearn Gin range. The Citrus one goes down well with pretty much everyone I know, Gin fan or not. Though the Heather Rose and Oakwood Gin are great too.

Felix · 15 Dec 2016 at 15:50

Niice or Colony Gin...

Pudney · 15 Dec 2016 at 18:54

SHEDDER1uk said:
Tanqueray or tanqueray number 10 are my go.to

I have to say I'm not a big fan of Tanqueray No 10, I find it tastes a bit "artificial", and I actually prefer the normal Tanqueray. I really like Sipsmith at the moment though:

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/11584/sipsmith-london-dry-gin

Wang · 26 Dec 2016 at 18:47

Just had a Jinzu delivered. Nice, slightly sweet gin so I paired it with grapefruit and Fever Tree. Very enjoyable.

Have an Eden Mill Love Gin on order. Very much looking forward to this. Any recommendations as to garnish?

rker83 · 26 Dec 2016 at 18:51

Opihr vote here, bit different but decent.

glitch · 26 Dec 2016 at 18:55

Wang said:
Have an Eden Mill Love Gin on order. Very much looking forward to this. Any recommendations as to garnish?

Pink grapefruit, rhubarb (dried) or a vanilla pod.

Redcurrant works well too.

Wang · 26 Dec 2016 at 20:00

glitch said:
Pink grapefruit, rhubarb (dried) or a vanilla pod.

Redcurrant works well too.

Love a rhubarb crumble so I'll be going with that

Cheers fella.

NickK · 26 Dec 2016 at 21:19

The remy martin xo I got for xmas came with an interesting 3cl taster:

"Perry's Tot" Navy Strength Gin.. 57% ABV!

Maundie · 15 Mar 2017 at 11:06

Thread revival, Mrs has decided to get her friend a bottle of Gin for her birthday and was wondering what would be good (budget around £30-£35ish)

I was looking at Professor Ableforths Bathtub Gin, is it any good?

glitch · 15 Mar 2017 at 11:12

Can we have a bit of background on this friend, please? What sort of food does she enjoy, are there any particular flavours or ingredients that she has a particular fondness for?

Does she have more of a savoury or a sweet tooth?

Maundie · 15 Mar 2017 at 12:59

glitch said:
Can we have a bit of background on this friend, please? What sort of food does she enjoy, are there any particular flavours or ingredients that she has a particular fondness for?

Does she have more of a savoury or a sweet tooth?

I'll ask the wife when she gets home from work

Shadowness · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:29

I presume you would be getting this bottle from a supermarket?

If you've seen Bathtub Gin, I guess you;ve been in M&S?

robj20 · 15 Mar 2017 at 13:57

I keep coming back to Bombay Sapphire.

Maundie · 15 Mar 2017 at 14:54

Was surfing and checked out Master of Malt and Whiskey Exchange, Amazon has quite a selection too

tom_e · 15 Mar 2017 at 14:55

Maundie said:
Thread revival, Mrs has decided to get her friend a bottle of Gin for her birthday and was wondering what would be good (budget around £30-£35ish)

I was looking at Professor Ableforths Bathtub Gin, is it any good?

I've not tried their gin but if their rum is anything to go by I'd have no problem picking up a bottle.

randomshenans · 15 Mar 2017 at 19:46

I like Bathtub gin, it's nice. We have about 19 gins here I think (became a thing me bringing one home when I went away with work), some really interesting ones, but there are so many out there to choose from.

Shadowness · 15 Mar 2017 at 19:58

At my last count, I had 37 bottles of gin, so yeh I a bit addicted lol

Tarquins is one of my favourites at the moment.

Bombay sapphire!? Yeh it's nice but it's nothing special. It's like saying I'm a whisky connoisseur and my favourite is Bell's or similar.

Get a nice proper gin and you can even enjoy it neat on ice.

randomshenans · 15 Mar 2017 at 20:49

Oh **** me, I need to step it up a bit then!

Challenge accepted...

Botanist is a nice one. We've nearly finished our bottle. Very fresh and floral

robj20 · 16 Mar 2017 at 07:41

Shadowness said:
At my last count, I had 37 bottles of gin, so yeh I a bit addicted lol

Tarquins is one of my favourites at the moment.

Bombay sapphire!? Yeh it's nice but it's nothing special. It's like saying I'm a whisky connoisseur and my favourite is Bell's or similar.

Get a nice proper gin and you can even enjoy it neat on ice.

While i like a G&T i dont find it worth spending more than £25 on a bottle. If i have £35 for a bottle of spirit i would much rather get a bottle of scotch. Personally i dont find the quality of gin to rise with price like it does with whisky or even rum. Others may taste the difference but i cant, maybe because i never have it neat.

Maundie · 16 Mar 2017 at 08:18

Decided to order the Bathtub as it's only £30.05 from Amazon delivered, after speaking to the missus she just wanted to get her a bottle that you can't get in Tesco so thought that would be ideal.