Mandofred
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Thanks, I'll check that one out. She likes her gin to have a bite to it.....if it is too smooth she doesn't like it as much.
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GreiginFife
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She should give Brooklyn a try then. It’s fairly tangy.
Mudball
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Will have to look this up. havent come across it. But i am not a gin person unless forced to. One of the gastro-pubs around us has a 'Gin Club'. First you choose your glass shape!!!, then your botanical, then your vegetables, then your gin. IMO too much faff, but it brings the ladies in. Give me a pint or shot of wee dram..
GB72
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The woman I am seeing at the moment likes Aviation Gin and Tanqueray 10, any similar suggestions as I need to get some in as do not have gin stocks at home. Ideally one off the shelf, easy to get supermarket option and another perhaps a little more exclusive.
HampshireHog
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Not my drink of choice, but sometimes I need to clear the tonic out the fridge to make space for beer.
D-S
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My wife and distilled our own gin at a gin company in Bristol. Great experience and the botanicals we chose included cardamom with a mild citrus background. If I say so myself it’s not a bad tipple. Fascinating process and a really enjoyable afternoon where we taken through the process and the various flavourings you are allowed.
I am not a fan of the overly floral gins and Tanqueray is always where we come back to after buying different ones. Our local distillery is 6 O’Clock Gin and I would recommend their products particularly the Brunel, but it is a bit on the strong side.
I am not a fan of the overly floral gins and Tanqueray is always where we come back to after buying different ones. Our local distillery is 6 O’Clock Gin and I would recommend their products particularly the Brunel, but it is a bit on the strong side.
spongebob59
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What supermarket ?.
I'll.check what they stock
GB72
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I have access to most of them. Mainly Sainsbury, Asda, Tesco and Morrisons.
Would love to hear if any of the Aldi or Lidl gins that get good press actually live up to that.
spongebob59
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Sainsbury's Whiteley Neil directors cut down to £20 from £29:50 or the Roku at £23.
I've tried Aldi gins and wasn't that impressed especially when the big supermarkets has offers all the time.
I've tried Aldi gins and wasn't that impressed especially when the big supermarkets has offers all the time.
12 noon on Sundays has been gin time going back as long as I can remember. My dad would have a Gordon’s with Schweppes tonic - I’d be given a lemonade till I was old enough to have a G&T with him. Took me years to get the mix right.
A treat would be a Bombay Sapphire. Tried quite a few different gins and tonics but after 40 years I’m indoctrinated to Gordon’s or the Bombay. There’s the odd gin I’ve found palatable but the tonic has got to be Schweppes.
A treat would be a Bombay Sapphire. Tried quite a few different gins and tonics but after 40 years I’m indoctrinated to Gordon’s or the Bombay. There’s the odd gin I’ve found palatable but the tonic has got to be Schweppes.
GreiginFife
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Had most of a bottle of Raasay gin last night. Bloody good drop but feeling it today.
spongebob59
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That's on my list to try
KenL
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Most of a bottle, on your own?
GreiginFife
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Well, I was in company but I was the only one on the gin.
KenL
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Ouch, that’s a lot of bevvy.
Mandofred
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I've been banned from touching sloe gin by my wife. I do tend to have trouble stopping......
GreiginFife
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I say last night but it was more from early afternoon through til about 3am, so well spaced out.
Now it’s me that’s spaced out.
nickjdavis
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Funnily enough one of the bartenders mixed me a G&T with Bombay Sapphire a couple of days ago....it was utterly awful and ever since then I've made a point of telling them not to use Bombay!!
spongebob59
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Has anyone tried a barrell aged gin ?
