lala Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Topic to discuss the wonders of Gin. Why gin is amazing is that you take a vodka, and then mix it with botanicals and redistill it to make more flavour. it can be quite a complex and varied taste, with around 50 botanicals that are often used To make the perfect G&T imo you use a just under a double, with loads of ice, quarter to half a lime squeezed in, and fever-tree tonic elderflower. after trying about 20 of them, this was the winner: followed by: you can by chase at tescos and there are weird ones like this, which was so sagey, didnt like. and this (you can buy this in tescos too, and its cheap) which basically tastes of cardamoms. i quite liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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digman Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 works just fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peace 7 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 wat da fuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 yeah, it was the gin experiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atom Dowry Firth Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Gin is good shit. If I had £500+ to piss away on a whimsical gin collection I probably would too. One day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2080one Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 hendricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 bombay saphire for me. grapefruit juice makes a nice addition to a G&T on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 cheapest one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2080one Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 pinkies raised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 oh yeah, and the Elderflower tonic is a good suggestion, had a bottle of that recently and it made some nice G&Ts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 cheapest one no, just no gordons is like firewater, horrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Hendricks is really nice but pricey. I usually get Tangueray: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Drinking some right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 This used to be our drink of choice for cocaine-fuelled weekends, the cheapest bottle mixed with lemonade and we'd call it the Miss Havisham, ahh good times. You can't go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Chase is made from potatoes. Haven't had it but id be interested in it. Gin is good, some of them won't bother to re-distill the botanicals in they'll just mix the oils in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterE Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 i dont think i've ever had a gin i didn't like at all (but i know they're gonna be out there). i think some are better in g&t and some in martinis brokers was prob my least favorite but the bowler hat on the lid is fun and its still ok. never had hendricks but want to. for me beefeaters is like the baseline, good all around gin. i like tanq rangpur in g&t and bombay sapphire the most, lately. most unusual gins i ever had were: had both several years ago, before i had tried much gin so i couldn't make a good comparison, but both were def good imo. imo both seemed extra spicy, especially the junipero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 http://shortcrossgin.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 i've gone off gin, but my favourite gin is Plymouth, because they don't go hardcore on the juniper, it's a nice well rounded gin that has a flavour all of it's own. My favourite way to mix it is with elderflower cordial and carbonated mineral water. Nice clean drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Definitely try chase, the tall black one, not the green. its really nice. cherry and deep. you can also get a limited edition chase juniper vodka/single botanical gin, which says vodka on one side and gin on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 yeah i've bought a couple of bottles of that chase williams elegant crisp gin before. It's no plymouth though, but it is pretty clean, i bought it because they stopped stocking the plymouth the bastards. I'm in a rum phase at the moment, so it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Sadly, Gin isn't a high seller in my city I don't think. Most stores just stock the generic Tanqueray or whatever. I love Gin and have had several higher end decent ones but they're hard to come by. =( Although I'll admit the Tanqueray #10 stuff is delish.. lol sorry for big pic.... can you not resize it on watmm or wat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misc Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 This is the good stuff. Except they've changed the label a bit so it looks less like something you'd find in a laboratory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Sadly, Gin isn't a high seller in my city I don't think. Most stores just stock the generic Tanqueray or whatever. I love Gin and have had several higher end decent ones but they're hard to come by. =( order from the internets! what we did was read up on the drinks awards and bought the medal winners :) but yeah. try some D1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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