Gin? Nice or not?

Gordons and Schweppes with ice and lemon.

I don't like any of the new fangled tonics.

I LOVE gin! I have tried many but go back to Gordons for a straightforward sharp, fresh taste. Tanqueray is very very nice with a deeper tone. I was bought some Silent Pool at Xmas which is a very complex mix of almost spicy tones- its expensive but comes in a gorgeous decorated bottle with a glass stopper - very retro. DH bought me some Whitely Neil for my birthday and that is very nice and again a deeper flavour. I would start with Gordons or Tanqueray to get the original flavour and avoid the flavoured ones which all taste too sweet and a bit cough syrupy to me. Buy a good tonic - cant beat Schweppes I like the low calorie one as its sharper. I cant see how Fever Tree justifies its price but people like it. I definitely wouldn't buy a supermarket own though they are not very nice. Good luck and let us know how you get on. PS My sister who has a sweeter taste than me likes Sipsmiths.

One of the children bought dh a gin experience at a local gin distillery company.

There was an explanation of the process and then a chance to blend your own gin and have it distilled.

As far as I remember DH'S contained basil, cinnamon, coriander, cumin and mint. It is done under the supervision of the distiller and they retain the recipe so you can reorder if you want to - though that costs £40 ++!!

DH loved the experience and the gin he made as does anyone who is allowed to taste it. He called it Pa's Ruin.

I used to drink gin and orange when I was a sophisticated teenager but I can't stand it now!

I enjoy a G&T, in fact I prefer a glass to a glass of wine. At Christmas I was given a bottle rose and pomegranate gin from The Edinburgh Gin Co. It was delicious on its own poured over several ice cube.
Not the whole bottle at once!

I prefer the Bombay dry (transparent bottle as opposed to the blue). It has a slight taste of some spice, probably cardamom.

I'm experimenting with different tonic waters as they come onto the market (Germany, as usual, is 10 years behind the UK in such things)

My children enjoy a G&T, too. With my mother, my sister and me, it never went out of fashion!

Bombay Sapphire is my favourite too, but I also like Plymouth. I had an unhappy encounter with gin in the late seventies and went off it for years, but, it having wormed it’s way back into my affections, I now carefully enjoy it again. Tonic? Fentimans or good old Schweppes - still looking for Nordic Mist. Gin is very big at the moment and there are many artisan gin makers on the up. Joys to come!

Try the "Tiptree" flavoured gins. A shot of the strawberry flavour is just the thing in this cold weather!

Gordon’s, Fever Tree tonic and a slice of lime, just a couple of ice cube, please.
And a bag of crisps.
Thank yew

jordana
Have a look on the site 'History UK' very good piece on the history of gin.
I like all gin but Bombay sapphire is my favourite with Nordic Mist Tonic with a couple old cardonom pods and lime, no ice.

And it ought to be well chilled with a slice it two of lemon.

Bombay Sapphire is my current favourite but you need a good tonic water with it. I like Fevertree.