The Gin Appreciation Society

[NoMercy]

Gin nearly outsold fizz last Christmas and G&Ts are becoming ever more fashionable the world over.

I am currently sipping a William Chase and slimline tonic, I have a Tanqueray in the cabinet, but my all-time favourite is Opihr.

What's your favourite gin?

[Peter Pedant]

My mother ( WW2 and all that - and RAF pilots - near-owm gudda gudda gudda -sorry that is meant to be a strafing aeroplane)

swore by martini - gin and something
gin and It - gin and italian - Vermouth I think
and Gin and french - gin and noilly pratt

my god those were the days

[Islay]

My inlaw drinks gin and whisky

[-SharonA-]

Together???

[NoMercy]

Lord, no....?

[Islay]

Oh yes!!!

[NoMercy]

What a way to ruin gin... ;)

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Ummmm.

[Islay]

Lol don't worry it's not decent gin!

Its called a cocktail apparently!

[ladybirder]

So nobody else into Martin Miller's then. Getting the hump now.

[Tilly2]

Just how many gins are there?

[Baldric]

The one that is in front of me ;o)

[Togo]

Many moon ago an old man insisted to me that the only real G&T was made with Beefeater Gin and Hunt's tonic. I did enjoy asking for a Fockink Gin now and again as naughty "boy". :))

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fockink+gin&qpvt=fockink+gin&qpvt=fockink+gin&qpvt=fockink+gin&FORM=IGRE

[Zacs-Master]

NoM, yes I've tried the elderflower but find it at odds with the Gin.

[Togo]

HaHa Baldric. I would rather have a full bottle in front of me, than a full frontal lobotomy.

[EDDIE51]

This reminds me of when I worked behind a bar. There was one customer who always drank Gordon's gin and refused any other particularly Squires Gin. One day we had run out of Gordon's gin and had refilled the bottle with Squires without telling the customers of course. The 'Gordon's man' came in and ordered a large gin. ''Gordon's, don't give me that Squires rubbish''
The manager poured him a large 'Gordons', all us staff knew it was Squires! As the manager handed it over he said '' here's your Gordon's Squire'' and winked at us.
'Mr Gordon's', drank his gin and said '' It's a great drop of gin that Gordon's not like that Squires rubbish''
We never told him , but he got several more ''Gordon's'' that were really Squires until the bottle ran out.

[paddywak]

Don't mind a drop of sloe gin on occassion,but apart from that I'm not fond of the stuff.

[NoMercy]

Yes, LB, that's why I bought it for my mother. As per my earlier post. ;)

[237SJ]

Gin is becoming very popular and is being marketed as trendy just as vodka was. There are hundreds of artisan gins. I am supposed to be organising a visit to this place via a Facebook group when I can get around to it https://thelondonginclub.com/

[NoMercy]

Sipsmiths is nice too. Their sloe gin is rather palatable also.

[ummmm]

Eddie...we did that with Fosters and Carlsberg. Ran out of Fosters so connected it to the Carlsberg barrel. All those people who reckon they can tell the difference were talking rubbish....no one knew.