[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

You should try the bacon and maple gin haha

Yuck

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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]

Originally Posted by 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....

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

[Strictly Jake]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…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]

Originally Posted by Strictly Jake

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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


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

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

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


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 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

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by MTVN

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.

[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

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

[Redway]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

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-l...orseradish-gin

[Barry.]

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

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

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-l...orseradish-gin

…this thread topic just took a really dark turn…

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

You should try the bacon and maple gin haha

Oh, God.

And … horseradish? You trippin.?

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…this thread topic just took a really dark turn…

My thoughts exactly