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Our ‘Top Ten’ of the gins we have reviewed to date:
- 6 O’Clock
- G Gin
- Chemist American
- Beast
- Black Dog
- Gutsy Monkey
- Roku
- Ten Tor Gin
- Twisted Nose
- Boë Scottish
‘Top Ten’ Gins for your hip flask
In June this year (2022) we tried a bottle of Jaffa cake Gin, which was really very good and give us the idea to start this page. I would immediately have put this tasty tipple into our ‘Top Ten’ of gins reviewed to date on our Home Page but would’ve had trouble deciding which to remove from the list.
Our rationale being that out of all the gin we’ve tried, gutsy tipples like Jaffa Cake and Whitley Neill’s Rhubarb & Ginger deserve their own space: warming gins that are as good, neat, as in a cocktail – to be enjoyed from a hp flask on a cold winter’s day on the sport’s field, on a boat in a Force 7, or beside a roaring fire after a wet walk with the dog. And it’s something a bit different …
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Featured Articles
Cannonball Edinburgh Gin Navy Strength Gin review
It’s always One O’clock somewhere in the world
Stealing a line from Gin Lover One, when she reviewed 6 O’clock gin after a train Journey...
Three Wrens Apple Crumble Edition Gin review
It’s good enough to eat!
As with the Jaffa Cake Gin we reviewed a short while back, Three Wrens Apple Crumble Edition utterly shocks you...
Sipsmith Chilli & Lime Gin review
A surprisingly subtle tipple …
Given the ingredients and its 41.9% strength, Sipsmith’s Chilli & Lime Gin lacks the fire of some similarly named spirits,...
Angels High Gin review
The Angel's Share ...
It’s rare that a glimpse of a label persuades me to buy a new gin, but the sight of the Lancaster...
Red Sails Brixham Gin review
A taste of the sea…
Winning a coveted ‘Silver’ in the Taste of the West awards in 2021, we had high hopes for Red Sails...
The Beast Gin review
Tracking down Dartmoor’s mysterious Beast -
Having finally got round to sampling the Dartmoor Distillery's Navy strength offering I have realized that the so called...
Gin Reviews
Brentingby Gin Black Edition Gin review
Melton Mowbray’s little black number …
Up until now I believe the only thing from Melton Mowbray I’ve consumed is their excellent pork pies, but...
Junimperium Gin Review
Junimperium “puts the wood in the hole”
Our roundabout route to tasting this distinctive craft gin goes all the way back to Northleach in the...
Jaffa Cake Gin review
“Contains: eggs and milk.”
As I mentioned a while back on a short story written for our Home Page, I was browsing the internet looking...
Pink 47 gin review
Putting PINK in perspective ...
Given this blog’s rather reluctant relationship with the salmon-shaded subsector of the juniper spirit, I was just a little bit...
Jawbox Gin Review
Jawbox – the spirit of Belfast (Sinks).
As one of our 100+ reviews confirms, we Brits were once very partial to a drop of Bathtub...
James Gin Review
James Gin – is it just the apostrophe that’s missing?
I’ve been a fan of James May (AKA Captain Slow) ever since he joined the...
Jinzu Gin review
“Distinctively crafted”
This tasty gin is exactly as quoted on the bottle and above – and is yet another find from our trusty Gin Scouts,...
Caorunn vs Boë conundrum
The Scottish dilemma …
Gin Lover Two wrote up his blog on Caorunn Gin back in January 2019, just a few months after we launched...
Boë Scottish Gin Review
Boë’s braw botanical mix bursting with flavour
This was very much an impulse purchase off Amazon - having finished reviewing the gins such as Altitude that...
Latest Posts
Cannonball Edinburgh Gin Navy Strength Gin review
It’s always One O’clock somewhere in the world
Stealing a line from Gin Lover One, when she reviewed 6 O’clock gin after a train Journey...
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