The gin lovers thread...

KyleS1

I'm a gin noob, so drink them all the same way. So tend to open a bottle, drink it, then open the next. Plus my wife has been drinking gin more recently and I don't want her to drink it all as I've been on the whisky.

AMc

FWIW we wanted to do the Gin Festival when it hit our local city but missed out on tickets.
We decided to stage our own version at home - it was remarkable how much variation there was and how much we differed in our opinons.
We tried 7 gins and a bunch of tonics and rated them out of ten (found the picture)
                                                                                                                                               

If I drink a gin and tonic or have a martini, it's much harder to work out how I feel about it.
I have the same problem with wine and beer though.  Unless it's really lovely or absolutely rank then tasting in isolation doesn't help me form an opinion.

aVdub

Anyone done this tour yet? --->Bombay Sapphire Distillery

Lancia34

That looks tempting. Didn't realise it was down near Basingstoke - only 30 odd miles from me. I still haven't got round to doing the Silent Pool tour which is just up the road from me as well.

Might have a look at booking at some point

Iain42

       
That's the gin menu from our holiday hotel in Mallorca recently.  Managed to work our way through quite a few.  Hendricks with cucumber and black pepper, and Fever Tree tonic was a favourite, as was Gin Mare which would be served with either 1724 or Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic.

The barman was brilliant, took a real pride in every gin being accompanied by the correct tonic and garnish. What he said was garnish in first, followed by the gin.  Then swill around so the garnish infuses.  Then add the ice, and finally tonic, poured in over a teaspoon so that the bubbles stay in the tonic.  Very refreshing after a hard day by the pool .

KyleS1

I'm not surprised he took pride with those prices!

Smurfin

Pretty standard prices tbh.  In places that know how to serve a G&T, you're generally talking £10-£12 for a double (which is the only way to have G&Ts!).

Which is also why I don't have an issue buying so much gin @ home.  When amazon were doing silly lightning deals, I was paying £20-£25 for a £30-£40 bottle of gin.  That's 2 drinks in a gin bar....

Smurfin

So does anyone else here actually collect gin?  I've been collecting it for about 2 years...and I love having a wide variety to pick from.  The bottles tend to go down alot slower too

I just need a proper drinks cabinet/shelf, as I'm currently using my garage to store it all in!

domtheone

I'm starting to.  Currently have 2 bottles  In one of those mesh racks bottle holder things inside one of my kitchen cupboards.

I'm assuming it lasts forever (ish) as it'll probably take me years to go through it if I start buying several bottles a year

Smurfin

Over a long period of time (i.e. many years) the alcohol will start to evaporate; but I'm still drinking bottles I bought and opened 2 years ago and they don't taste any different.