Bombay Sapphire is also nice.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:33, 4 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Yeah
I've got an excellent lighty-up thing for the bottom of BS gin. The bottle glows blue. I am aware this is sad but I like it
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:34, Reply)

I drank a half pint of that neat, once.
I found it to be overrated.
( Kroney, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Anything other than breathing must have felt overrated after that.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:35, Reply)

The vomit was spectacular.

( Kroney, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:36, Reply)

I've told this story before
but when younger I woke up early in the morning after a heavy night's drinking and blearily reached for the pint of water on the beside table. Sadly for me it was neat gin
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:41, Reply)

Oof! FUCK!
A wake up call and a half
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:42, Reply)

OUCH

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Yes
an excellent start to the morning. It's this incident that goes some way to convince me that it's not that I have a miraculous anti-hangover power, but that I am perpetually drunk
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I think it was Frank Skinner who got to the point of having to drink a litre of sherry before he could get out of bed in the morning.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Eugh. Sherry?
Nothing against in small quantities at appropriate times, but in the morning?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)

as opposed to a pint of gin? ;)

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:53, Reply)

That was when I was young and reckless ;)

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:54, Reply)

It's nice to meet another neat gin enthusiast

( Kroney, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:55, Reply)

Gin is best of all the drinks
and that's an expert opinion
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 16:01, Reply)

I don't drink it anymore.
It has a particular effect on an aspect of my personality that the various assembled boyfriends did not appreciate.
( Kroney, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 16:02, Reply)

It can have a depressive impact.
I have seen a grown man weep about very minor matters after a night on the gin.

I have the occasional one as an aperitif but that's it - partly as gin hangovers are amongst the worst.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 16:05, Reply)

I fucking wish it had a depressing effect.
Much less embarrassing.
( Kroney, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 16:06, Reply)

For the price differentiation between Bombay and Gordons
I'd either get the Gordons or go one better
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:35, Reply)

I find it too much - they've gone for too many botanicals
Tanqueray, Plymouth or Blackwoods for a day-to-day gin. Caorunn, Tanqueray 10 or Sipsmith for the more serious drinks.

But then I'm apparently the only person in the world that doesn't like Hendricks, either. So I'm probably wrong. Except, of course, I'm me, so I'm not.

And, anyway, as I've said four hundred times before - it's less about the gin and more about the tonic. If you're going to use schweppes of any kind or (god forbid) slimline tonic you might just as well start with meths.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:42, Reply)

I quite liked Sipsmiths
And I keep meaning to buy Fever Tree Ginger Ale so I can tuck into my bottle of Hendricks properly. No point using Canada Dry...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 15:57, Reply)

Oddly
I like Schepppes slimline but only as a drink on its own I wouldnt ruin good booze with it.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 31 Oct 2011, 16:12, Reply)