Do you like flavoured gins?

[Benjamin]

I ask as currently drinking a strawberry and black pepper gin with a pink soda. It’s a treat, and not too sweet.

Oh, made it to Tenerife btw. :dazzler:

[Livia]

Don't really like the taste or the smell of gin. I do like sloe gin and make it with sloes from the garden.

[Livia]

I ask as currently drinking a strawberry and black pepper gin with a pink soda. It’s a treat, and not too sweet.

Oh, made it to Tenerife btw. :dazzler:

100 % jealous. Of the location, not the gin.....

[Benjamin]

Don't really like the taste or the smell of gin. I do like sloe gin and make it with sloes from the garden.

Oooh a homemade sloe. That’s glorious. :lovedup:

[Benjamin]

100 % jealous. Of the location, not the gin.....

:laugh:

It’s a nice 26 degrees at the moment. Think today is just going to be a pool and cocktail kind of day.

[Glenn.]

Rhubarb and Ginger one is very refreshing. That’s my go to when I have gin.

[Benjamin]

Rhubarb and Ginger one is very refreshing. That’s my go to when I have gin.

We drink that with ginger ale. It’s goes down very well.

[Ammi]

….I do indeed and infuse it with fruits and spices myself ….its a skill I learned in Covid times…rhubarb and ginger is my favourite…

[Ammi]

Rhubarb and Ginger one is very refreshing. That’s my go to when I have gin.

….I do indeed and infuse it with fruits and spices myself ….its a skill I learned in Covid times…rhubarb and ginger is my favourite…

….haha…hello twinnie, I finally found you ….

[AnnieK]

Love all gins....

[Crimson Dynamo]

nope

bleugh

[Ammi]

Love all gins....

…:fan:…

[Glenn.]

….haha…hello twinnie, I finally found you ….


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[AnnieK]

Have a great holiday Ben :love:

[Niamh.]

Love pink Gin, the strawberry one, Beefeater is my favourite

[Ammi]

Love pink Gin, the strawberry one, Beefeater is my favourite

…I thought that Beefeater was a flavour there…I just had to Google it…Niamh’s drinking the carnivores…


….strawberry is a good gin flavour, though..it works really well to infuse…

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Niamh.]

…I thought that Beefeater was a flavour there…I just had to Google it…Niamh’s drinking the carnivores…





….strawberry is a good gin flavour, though..it works really well to infuse…Ew [emoji23] I just specified Beefeater because Gordon's Pink gin is a berry mix but I prefer just strawberry

[Ammi]

Ew [emoji23] I just specified Beefeater because Gordon's Pink gin is a berry mix but I prefer just strawberry

…yeah I realised when I googled it…:laugh:…I’m not really up on gin brands tbh and wasn’t familiar with that one…I don’t use the cheapest because my son’s partner said to me when I started my gin making days…don’t use cheap gin…!!!!!!…but I’ll look for anything on offer on the brands I know are reasonable gin….

[Niamh.]

…yeah I realised when I googled it…[emoji23]…I’m not really up on gin brands tbh and wasn’t familiar with that one…I don’t use the cheapest because my son’s partner said to me when I started my gin making days…don’t use cheap gin…!!!!!!…but I’ll look for anything on offer on the brands I know are reasonable gin….Oh you're making me want to sample an Ammi special gin now

[Ammi]

Oh you're making me want to sample an Ammi special gin now

…they are much more of a feel good than Ben’s chutneys, I have to say…:fan:…

[Niamh.]

…they are much more of a feel good than Ben’s chutneys, I have to say…:fan:…No doubt :hee:

[Cherie]

Pink Grapefruit is my favourite

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Benjamin]

…I thought that Beefeater was a flavour there…I just had to Google it…Niamh’s drinking the carnivores…


….strawberry is a good gin flavour, though..it works really well to infuse…

Ew [emoji23] I just specified Beefeater because Gordon's Pink gin is a berry mix but I prefer just strawberry

You should try the bacon and maple gin haha

[Niamh.]

You should try the bacon and maple gin hahaYuck [emoji2961]

[rusticgal]

:laugh:

It’s a nice 26 degrees at the moment. Think today is just going to be a pool and cocktail kind of day.


I'm on my way...

[rusticgal]

William Chase Apple gin....but I do enjoy Gordons Pink gin and Gordons Lemon gin too.

I don't drink much of it these days though.

[Jessica.]

I have never tried gin.

[Strictly Jake]

Love flavoured gins, had a very nice one from Asda recently, strawberry(might have been raspberry?) And yuzu(whatever yuzu is) safe to say I finished off nearly a whole bottle the night of Eurovision last Saturday....

[Ammi]

Love flavoured gins, had a very nice one from Asda recently, strawberry(might have been raspberry?) And yuzu(whatever yuzu is) safe to say I finished off nearly a whole bottle the night of Eurovision last Saturday....

…I think it’s a lemon type fruit, did it taste quite lemony…?…

[Strictly Jake]

…I think it’s a lemon type fruit, did it taste quite lemony…?…

I paired it with lemonade so it would be hard to tell. I added frozen strawberries and blackberries it was delicious

[Ammi]

I paired it with lemonade so it would be hard to tell. I added frozen strawberries and blackberries it was delicious

…fruit/flavoured gins are a very refreshing drink on a summer’s day …my girlies sometimes go home so refreshed they can barely walk…

[Redway]

I do.

[MTVN]

Very very rarely drink gin but wouldn't be a flavoured one if I did. I thought gin had had its day in a bit in the 2010s

[Crimson Dynamo]

Very very rarely drink gin but wouldn't be a flavoured one if I did. I thought gin had had its day in a bit in the 2010s

er the heyday of "mother's ruin" was 1751

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William Hogarth’s Gin Lane (1751)

In the 16th Century, the Dutch created a medicinal alcohol using Juniper as the main ingredient. The name “Genever” derives from the Latin for juniper. This medicine was given to troops as part of their daily rations.

During the 17th century, Dutch troops fought alongside the English to ward off the attack of Louis XIV. The Dutch troops drank Genever heavily before going into battle and were deemed to be excessively brave. The English troops then decided to also drink Genever before going into battle and noted they had imbibed the Dutch’s courage hence the term “Dutch Courage”.

During the time of the war, English troops would take their Genever rations home with them and share it amongst their peers. The juniper flavoured spirit soon became vastly popular, especially with the poor. This was because just a few sips of water could kill you and the only other available drink was the vastly overpriced beer. The name ‘Genever’ was too much of a mouthful for some and was eventually shorted to ‘Gin’.

The gin obsession was blamed for misery, rising crime, madness, higher death rates and falling birth rates. Gin joints allowed women to drink alongside men for the first time and it is thought this led many women neglecting their children and turning to prostitution, hence gin becoming known as ‘Mother’s Ruin’.

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Ben trying to recreate these times of misery is a very poor show

:oh:

[MTVN]

er the heyday of "mother's ruin" was 1751

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William Hogarth’s Gin Lane (1751)

In the 16th Century, the Dutch created a medicinal alcohol using Juniper as the main ingredient. The name “Genever” derives from the Latin for juniper. This medicine was given to troops as part of their daily rations.

During the 17th century, Dutch troops fought alongside the English to ward off the attack of Louis XIV. The Dutch troops drank Genever heavily before going into battle and were deemed to be excessively brave. The English troops then decided to also drink Genever before going into battle and noted they had imbibed the Dutch’s courage hence the term “Dutch Courage”.

During the time of the war, English troops would take their Genever rations home with them and share it amongst their peers. The juniper flavoured spirit soon became vastly popular, especially with the poor. This was because just a few sips of water could kill you and the only other available drink was the vastly overpriced beer. The name ‘Genever’ was too much of a mouthful for some and was eventually shorted to ‘Gin’.

The gin obsession was blamed for misery, rising crime, madness, higher death rates and falling birth rates. Gin joints allowed women to drink alongside men for the first time and it is thought this led many women neglecting their children and turning to prostitution, hence gin becoming known as ‘Mother’s Ruin’.

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Ben trying to recreate these times of misery is a very poor show

:oh:

Oh yeah I'm aware of that but gin also really exploded again in popularity in the 2010s which is when a lot of the flavoured stuff emerged and all these pop up gin vans and bars

[bots]

i was given a gin and orange in a bar in Majorca when i was 12. Never touched it since :laugh:

[Benjamin]

Oh yeah I'm aware of that but gin also really exploded again in popularity in the 2010s which is when a lot of the flavoured stuff emerged and all these pop up gin vans and bars

Gin is still the most popular spirit in the uk. :tongue:

[Dogeatdog]

I haven’t had a flavoured gin for ages. I’m sure the last time I had some was around lockdown and I’m actually getting flashbacks of the hangovers I had going into work whilst my friends were all furloughed :laugh:

I like Gordon’s pink gin and I like the lemon one too.

[Redway]

I haven’t had a flavoured gin for ages. I’m sure the last time I had some was around lockdown and I’m actually getting flashbacks of the hangovers I had going into work whilst my friends were all furloughed :laugh:

I like Gordon’s pink gin and I like the lemon one too.

Those are the only two flavoured gins one of my locals does now.

[Dogeatdog]

You should try the bacon and maple gin haha

Honestly who are these people that think bacon and maple is a good flavour for gin?

[Benjamin]

Honestly who are these people that think bacon and maple is a good flavour for gin?

There’s a bacon and horseradish one too. You’d use them more for brunch cocktails rather than just a regular gin and tonic. I imagine if you drink things like a Bloody Mary they’d pair quite nicely in that (gin version is a Red Snapper).

https://www.htfw.com/whitley-neill-limited-edition-smoky-bacon-horseradish-gin

[Barry.]

I don’t drink alcohol but my mums friend likes a favoured gin

[Ammi]

There’s a bacon and horseradish one too. You’d use them more for brunch cocktails rather than just a regular gin and tonic. I imagine if you drink things like a Bloody Mary they’d pair quite nicely in that (gin version is a Red Snapper).

https://www.htfw.com/whitley-neill-limited-edition-smoky-bacon-horseradish-gin

…this thread topic just took a really dark turn…

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[Redway]

You should try the bacon and maple gin haha

Oh, God.

And … horseradish? You trippin.?

[Dogeatdog]

…this thread topic just took a really dark turn…

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My thoughts exactly :laugh: