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Give Gin Mare a try chaps. With sprig of rosemary


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 6:43 pm
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Had a great trip around the Bombay Sapphire distillery the other day. It's near Whitchurch - just off the A34 in Hampshire. Really, really well set up - everyone gets a cocktail with their visit, drivers get an alcohol free cocktail and a miniature Bombay Sapphire and some Fever Tree tonic to take away.

Fantastic Thomas Heatherwick 'greenhouses', a couple of beautiful old copper condensers, fantastic old buildings which used to house Portals' paper mill and excellent staff: a great afternoon out. We'll be going back soon!


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 7:16 pm
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chilli & lime gin.

:O i missed that one, lucky escape by the sounds of it.

you must now open it and provide a report!

off to pop a tanqueray ten and fever tree...


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 7:31 pm
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How is Bombay London Gin? 1l for £15 at Sainsburys at the moe,nt or is there a reason for that?


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 7:36 pm
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Chase Seville orange gin is nice and their smoked vodka makes an excellent bloody Mary!

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Posted : 22/10/2014 7:53 pm
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They sell one in Newtons supermarket in Candolim, Goa that was 90 rupees 2 years ago (about £1.00 at today exchange rate) & you know what? It was/seemed no different to Morrisons cheap [s]shite[/s] stuff. & the only tonic you can get over there is Schweppes.
Plenty ice & ok after a Goan curry.
Wer'e going back in January. 🙂


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 7:59 pm
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Butlers or Jensens are my favourites.

For London based people head down to 214 in Bermondsey and try a gin flight with their own tonic water. Merchant House kind of between Bank and Smithfield know their stuff too.

Next best choice would be the Gin Mare from Brindisa.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 8:35 pm
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How is Bombay London Gin?

marketing, the drinks business has huge marketing budgets and have great success upscaling people to so called premium brands.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 8:37 pm
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Another vote for Botanist here, one of very few I actually enjoy neat with ice. Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Boe gin is a new favourite in our house.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 8:40 pm
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Sipsmiths, Tanq no 10 and Aldi London in that order. Love the stronger botanical flavour of the T 10 but it's not as drinkable as Sipsmiths if you want more than one.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 9:32 pm
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whoah missed this thread before.

Hendricks, Bombay Dry, Tanqueray, Fifty Pounds, Sapphire,Martin Miller most of the time, Citadelle and Monkey 47 when I fancy something a little different. I'm leaning back towards more "juniper first" gins and the Bombay dry and Hendricks tend to be what I reach for mid week most of the time, Sipsmith VSOJ my newest bottle. Good mixers make a difference but nothing too fancy as I like to taste the gin.Monkey 47 is nice neat to sip too


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 10:37 pm
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Mahon Gin from Menorca .

very fruity .


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 10:43 pm
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I'm just er, sampling the Bombay London Dry now, last bottle left at £17 at our Sainsburys. I like it.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 10:43 pm
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A couple of lads I was at college with now make this stuff:

http://www.warneredwards.com/index.php?route=common/home

People seem to like it, I've not tried it yet.

Any of the STW massive tried it? Thoughts?


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 10:46 pm
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A school friend of mine did part of his growing up in Malawi.

For a long time his folks had access supply of Malawi gin. Now that was something special.

Last bottle I bought was bombay sapphire. Never have it in the house these days as it takes me five years to get through a bottle.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 11:03 pm
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Surprised at how common my choices are

Hendricks and recently Aldi. The latter's bubbly is good too - much better than most overused prosecco


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 11:11 pm
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Sipsmith Sloe gin with bitter lemon is rather nice.


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 11:16 pm
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I find this combination is really rather splendid

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Posted : 22/10/2014 11:26 pm
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Hendricks


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 11:27 pm
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Mahon Gin from Menorca .

Oooh, I'd forgotten about this. Tried some last year and loved it, must pick up a bottle...


 
Posted : 22/10/2014 11:59 pm
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Sipsmith Sloe gin with [b]bitter lemon[/b] is rather nice.

Thank god, I was beginning to think it was just me. Not sure about with sloe gin tho.


 
Posted : 23/10/2014 12:03 am
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am I a filthy slut?
need more information 😆

An ex of mine and her friends used to have Gin night about once a month, it all started out quite innocently but the last one caused some drama 🙄 some women get really mean on Gin


 
Posted : 23/10/2014 8:11 am
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Williams Chase Gin (made from apples) and Haymans Reserve 1850 both worth a snort.


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 8:45 pm
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Still working my way through birthday bottles of Bathtub:

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and Whitley Neill:

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Both very nice in completely different ways.

Oh, and not forgetting the eight gin cocktails I'll be having at [url= http://www.tweatup.co.uk/ginstock-2014/ ]Ginstock[/url] with a couple of mates on Saturday.


 
Posted : 27/11/2014 8:54 pm
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I've been eyeing the up today when I was in Fenwick's was torn between a few but this one caught my eye so I'll be getting one of these is coming weeks. Another local one.

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