To all gin lovers

I am known for my love of G and T. I dont drink to excess but I do have G and T every evening. Some supermarket own brands of gin arent bad i.e. Sainsburys. Some of us have to watch our budgets. Yes Blue Sapphire is v.good and so is fever tree tonic - but not on my budget.

Freezer!?

I love Bombay Sapphire gin (lovely aromatics), with Plymouth a close second. I stopped drinking gin for a long time, having once gone on a tremendous one woman bender brought on by a world class sulk! Having drunk myself senseless, it was three years before I could look a gin and tonic in the face again. I drink very little spirits these days, but, like grannyactivist, I make sloe gin and enjoy the fruits of my labours throughout the year! I haven't come across Fever Tree tonic - will look out for it.

Ha, thats so funny arty to know that other women do that. It seems such a big, clever, fingers up to the world thing to do at the time...but later,,sob,sob,sob..and the rest!

ga - I didn't discover alcohol until my forties, either. We were late starters clearly!

If only I'd known about sloe gin and ticks earlier I could have saved myself a lot of worry. I discovered a tick attached to my 'venus mount' and have no idea how it got there! It was ..ing ! Ended up at the doc's having it excised. Not nice. .

No, no, butty, don't waste the sloe gin on ticks!!!! Cheapo plain gin will do!

I'll keep some in especially then, B!
This evening is turning out to be full of great ticks tips!

Greenmossgiel, I hope you won`t mind if I tell you to stick your gin somewhere, I hate the stuff, even the smell makes me feel sick. Port`s my drink, with lemonade.

Yes bags in the freezer. This would be a pain if it means having to go in your chest freezer, usually kept in garage or other "outhouse".
I meant the freezer compartment of the fridge.

As Nannachrissy said: pour gin over ice cubes before adding tonic. That is the idea. Not to pour gin, then add tonic and then a few ice cubes on top. That would be a dismal drink.

The gin will take on a viscous quality, it cannot freeze, same for vodka ,and that poured on the ice cubes is a very good combo, before tonic is added.

Don't know why I am singing the praises of this method, cannot drink it myself anymore because of health reasons.

I'm with you, numberplease - just the thought of it, never mind the smell, makes me feel ill....it must be like drinking eau de cologne!

My Dad won a bottle of Gordon's Gin once, we kept it for about 20 years. It turned dark brown!

artygran I did the same with Bicardi and Coke in the 70s. Haven't been able to touch it since. I can drink Barcardi in cocktails. I think it the mix with coke that turns me off. I drink gin in the summer and scotch in the winter! Love sloe gin. This all makes me sound like an alcoholic, but I'm a very light drinker - go for weeks without touching anything. More of social drinker really.

I hadn't expected such a response. Certainly will try the cucumber and get me to Morrisons for the free gin with a loaf of bread! I was really wondering about the new specialist gins like Blackwoods etc and if anyone had tried these.

I have tried the Waitrose tonic but overall I think the Fevertree is probably the nicest but sadly pricey. Ah life is a challenge every time I see a selection of anything in a magazine the one I pick out is always the dearest - lots of taste but no money!

I too love a large G&T with cucumber or lime, or both.

I haven't tried Fevertree but it's going on the top of my shopping list - pity I'm not near a Morrison's!

If any gin lovers go on holiday to Cornwall, there is a tiny village called Constantine which has the most amazing village shop. At the back is the biggest off licence you have ever seen - stocks 70+ (yes, really) gins, similar numbers of whiskies, rums etc etc.

Do visit it if you get the chance.

Fever Tree is definitely the best tonic.

ooh yes, lime and cucumber. Bombay will do me i think.

Bombay and Plymouth fan here, lime or cucumber and tonic is lovely, but in the summer I like elderflower cordial, or for a Gin Fizz a splash of real ginger beer, for an apero Dry Martini with Noilly Prat is hard to beat.
Cheers!
Aurelia