Any gin drinkers?

I enjoy a gin based drink know and again. Id start with Tanquray and Tonic aka Tn'Ts. I do enjoy the fresh taste of a cold gin based drink during the summer months. If you enjoy Tanquray, then by all means explore but remember not every gin is the same. Some aren't heavy with predominately juniper flavors, some will have a more citrus forefront, and some will be very herbal and complex. It all depends on how its made and what other components are distilled with the juniper such as flowers, roots, herbs, citrus peel, and etc. Unfortunately I don't have a wide experience with micro distilled artisan gins, which produce an even wider array of subtle and not so subtle flavors.

And I just reread the message you had, "you didn't want to buy Tanqueray" My bad bud, but the rest of the earlier mentioned info is solid.

@GotOak91 ah no worries. Seeing as I'm the newbie, maybe I should just take the advice of starting simple. I was just thinking of erring on the side of flavorful rather than boring, hoping that the flavor is one I like!

Gins to try include: Bombay Sapphire (A very popular gin to start with), G'vine (Juniper and grapes distilled together to produce a very unorthodox gin. A unique twist to usual recipe.), and Plymouth (A historical and traditional London Dry. It is said Plymouth Gin is documented in the first written gin martini recipe.) I had to rewrite this because I accidently submitted it on the front page.

Recently I've been enjoying #3 London Dry Gin by Berry Bros. and Rudd. Quite tasty.

As a bit of a Gin and tonic fan. I would also recommend tanquaray and bombay sapphire as good drops.. I will also add hendricks which is a rather interesting one!

as my wife likes G&T a lot we have tried lot´s of them; I woukld recommend the following ones: 1. Hendricks: more on the sweet side with cucumber influence 2. Junipero (Anchor Distilling) some ginger, oily and a strong one 3. G´Vine Nouaison: very floral and elegant 4. No.3 London Dry Gin: great one 5. Monkey 47 Gin: from germany - maybe difficult to get 6. botanist: nice gin and from is lay...

These would be my recommendations - they range between €35 and 50 and the difference to standard supermarket stuff is really big.

Which gin to choose depends on what you're going to do with it:

Tanqueray/Plymouth - solid all-rounder. No.3/Tanqueray 10 - drink on their own or in drinks where their strong flavours might work G'Vine - martinis Bombay Sapphire - places where you might use vodka (it's very lightly flavoured) etc etc

I normally have a look and see what David at Summer Fruit Cup thinks - he is fairly in depth on new gins... summerfruitcup.wordpress.com/tag/…

Citadelle is a great beautiful, reasonably priced French gin to add to the list. Dramlette and I like Tanqueray, Tanqueray No. 10 (richer, more intense than standard Tanqueray), Citadelle, Hendricks, and Beefeater. I think that the Anchor Junipero nose is the best I have smelled, but I don't care for the Junipero palate. (Bombay Sapphire and Plymouth are not for me)

Nobody is mentioning the "Old Tom" style gin, ie the other old-time sweetened gin style? Also fun, interesting and much sweeter than London Dry Gin, exemplified by Hayden's Old Tom Gin, and others. It is something different to explore.

Thanks for the help everyone! I appreciate it. I might give No. 3 London a try - seems like a favorite, and not too expensive. I want something that can drink on it's own so I don't have to keep tonic around.

It's worth looking into some of the US craft gins that are appearing - they are generally slightly crazy on the flavour front, so might work on their own.

I'm a big fan of FEW - they use their white whiskey as the base for the gin, so the spirit has flavour even before the botanicals go in.

@valuewhisky, erratum: that is Hayman's Old Tom Gin to which I was referring.

a Gin specialist told me that Monkey 47 is the way to go. He even dislikes Tanqueray 10, which I like a lot. I never drink gin without Tonic and fresh lime or out of a cocktail though

The best Gin we have ever had was / is Plymouth Dry Gin 'Navy Strength' - My wife hid the bottle which was a bit unsporting of her; said that I have all that Whisky and she has a half bot. of Gin. 'Hard to argue with the truth!

I'm not hugely experienced in gin. However, Plymouth is my favourite thus far, of what's commonly available.

Tanqueray & tonic...Haven't had one since last summer.

whisky all the way but i am partial to an odd gin from time to time