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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
- Obsession
- 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
Monkey 47 gin review
Botanical blast from the Black Forest
Our holidays this year by the Torridge and Fal estuaries led to us sampling Low Water Dick and Tarquin’s...
Greendale Gin Review
Farm shop smoothy offers seasonal flavours
A growing percentage of the gins we come across have been created by established distilleries on behalf of various...
Tanqueray London Dry Gin review
A stalwart classic of the Gin World
When looking to add a link to a classic London Dry while uploading our recent Blowing Stones blog...
The Blowing Stones Crabapple & Royal Ginger Gin Review
Blowing Hot and Windy
We returned to the Beetle and Wedge on the Thames near Wallingford for the first time in nearly seven years for...
Greyson’s Mediterranean Orange Gin review
Unashamedly zingy and zesty!
Running short of gin recently, we decided to go and see what Aldi had on offer and, having really enjoyed its...
Low Water Dick Gin Review
A toast to the coast
With a recent short break being our second stay in Appledore, it wouldn’t be surprising to those in the know...
Gin Reviews
Audemus Pink Pepper Gin review
Oh la, la!
Audemus means “We Dare” – and rightly so, in the case of this gin from the beautiful Cognac region in France, an...
Tarquin’s SeaDog Navy Gin review
Tarquin’s Navy Strength Gin fires a broadside
My first sip of Tarquin’s SeaDog Navy Strength gin was very nearly as bracing as the wind on...
Haysmith’s Rhubarb & Ginger Gin review
“BUY ME!!!
Another very good gin we purchased recently in Aldi is Haysmith’s Rhubarb & Ginger; picking it perhaps due to some very clever marketing,...
Falmouth Black Rock Gin review
“Spice the mainbrace”
With apologies to aficionados of our ‘Senior Service’ I have to report that the strongest characteristic of Falmouth Black Rock gin is...
Loveday Falmouth Dry Gin review
“Yeghes da!” from beautiful Cornwall
Created by the Falmouth Distilling Company, Loveday Falmouth Dry Gin is, as its makers state, “bright, breezy and deliciously rounded.” ...
Ludlow Dry Gin Review
Wardington’s Original Ludlow Dry Gin – one of the “Loveliest gins in England”
Located in the midst of the Welsh Marches and steeped in history,...
Haysmith’s Oriental Spiced Gin review
Full on fireside flavours and warmth
Although Aldi introduced Haysmith’s Oriental Spiced Gin just before Christmas in 2021, I hadn’t noticed it in the store...
Obsession gin review
The Magnificent Eleven – just the tonic for gin obsessives
Our followers may remember us hanging a trio of Spanish gin reviews on a tenuous...
Graveney London Dry gin review
Now you taste it … now you don’t …
Now, don’t get me wrong – this is a very acceptable London Dry which, on trying...
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Monkey 47 gin review
Botanical blast from the Black Forest
Our holidays this year by the Torridge and Fal estuaries led to us sampling Low Water Dick and Tarquin’s...
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