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I think I went to that distillery.

It's on Menorca in the Balearic islands right?

I don't remember what it tastes like but their lobby was a self-serve bar with bottles of gin, shot glasses and a vending machine

>drinking a pine tree

>mfw hipsters drink their overpriced meme gins


stop trying to redefine gin and bow to your master you fucking cucks

>mfw hipsters drink their overpriced meme gins


stop trying to redefine gin and bow to your master you fucking cucks

>>9684116
>le pine tree taste meme XDXDXD AD.

I'm sorry that you have INFERIOR TASTES but thatnks for letting us know. Maybe in a few years you can join the rest of us at the grownup table.

>>9684189
It's pine tree

British people already have irl Victory Gin

Tastes like jet fuel to me, gross.

>>9684487
How do you know what jet fuel tastes like?

>>9684182
This.

Beefeater and tonic with a slice of orange is all you need in life.

>>9684182
>overpriced
>just 2 eurodiroos more expensive than pic related
>way better
>calls it hipster
>it's older than his grampa's balls

seriously, kys

>>9684086
If you go to mahon and yell WHAT'S GOOD, NYUKA? they will recommend you cheese, not gin

woop

>he doesn't drink Uncle's secret happy juice

>>9684182
Sorry, kiddo. You've been beat. You had a good run, but it's time to sit down.

Gimlet is a nice drink.

>>9684182
This.
Although, I'm spending $70 a week drinking the Beef. If anyone can suggest a better gin at a lower price I'm listening.

>>9684066
GIN POWER RANKINGS:

1. Hendrick's
2. Black Fox Cucumber
3. Ungava
4. Glendalough
5. Strathcona Spirits
6. Uncle Val's
7. Caorunn
8. Steinhart
9. Silvius
10. The London No. 1
11. Prarie
11. Tanqueray
12. Beefeater
13. Gabriel Boudier Saffron
14. Sperling Silver Earl Grey

Just fucking dump it out: Bombay Sapphire

>>9684066
Here in Burgerland, gin is dunk by blacks, hip-hop Mexicans, and white women born in the 1940's. What a vile liquor, I'd only drink that shit if I had a choice between drinking gin or going to the E.R. shortly before delirium tremens starts.

>t. 5-year daily major alcoholic who was denied Librium 2 years ago due to liver issues

>>9688223
is hendricks actually that good? no meme?

>>9688223
>>Just fucking dump it out: Bombay Sapphire
Whats everyones problem with Bombay Sapphire

>>9688291
Well it is honestly still my favorite after everything else I have tried. Not like my opinions are true objective facts, but there is certainly a pattern to the opinions people have.

I am by no means an expert but i have a handful i like. I got gifted a bottle of what i think was called Nautical, i liked it but with bad tonic it tasted very bad. One of my absolute favorites however was called Mayfair, a highly recommend it, a very different finish.

>>9684116
Try botanical gin. Less pine and more floral/citrus. Or dry gin for something more neutral. Really only terrior gin is piney.

>>9688223
Have you tried St. George?

>>9688223
Try regular Bombay instead of sapphire.
And when I say try, don’t buy a whole bottle, just buy an airplane bottle and don’t mix it with anything

>>9688291
you can drink it straight

>>9690326
Nope, never seen it where I am.

>>9690348
I'll try it next time I get the chance.

>>9688303
It's too popular to be good.

>>9684182
Nah.

>>9684066
Superior gin coming through, fucking peasents.

>>9690423
>posts hipster seattle gin with label simulating someone writing the batch

>>9688016
>Hand Crafted

and into the trash it goes

>>9690409
>>9688303
It’s popular and decently priced, so of course every autist has to find a reason not to like it.
But try sapphire and then red label Bombay and you’ll see the original Bombay is one of the best Gins all around.
Sapphire is inferior yes, but it’s really not garbage, it’s just not excellent in any way and very milquetoast.
If you want to get the most out of your gin, put the bottle down in the liquor store and pick a plastic handle of Burnett’s vodka

Step aside children

>>9684182
>beefeater

Still too expensive.

>>9691461
too cheap, it's shit

>>9691461
Still too expensive

>>9684066
I drank a whole bunch of g&t's friday night and threw up the next day. I usually never get sick but I assume it was some real dumpster tier stuff.

That's the problem with gin. The good shit taste almost identical to the crappy stuff because it's so bitter and pine-y. You're really just paying for better QC.

Gonna try and not drink this week lol

Copperhead

This is the stuff boyos

>>9691632
The lack of a citrus tang in Tanqueray is disappointing, so I've bought a bottle of Rangpur to try it.

the best one

>>9691826
Good taste.
Hendricks is good too
Tann's and Esme are good bargains but only available at total wine

>>9691877
Where I live, Hendricks is more than double the price of Tanqueray/Bombay/Beefeater/etc. Is it really worth it?

I present to you the best value for money gin available in Finland without any competition.

>>9691567
why is it labelled like it's laboratory chemicals?

>>9692015
Extra fun when you make a G&T with turps and then do some cleaning with gin.

>>9691933
Go drink your Kilju you mongol

>>9692427
don't knock kilju, you can distill it into respectable spirits

>>9688266
No wonder you're this retarded.

>>9690441
>posting words that don't mean anything like hipster anytime you're scared of something new or different

>>9690412
Fucking good choice, my go to

>>9690694
I agree with you, but this ain't that kind of thread

>>9691567
I unironically buy this when I'm strapped for cash
Tastes shit unfortunately

>>9692734
Jenever should be more popular. It makes a hell of an Old Fashioned

>>9692640
But anon. Distilling illegal without a liquor license

>>9692782
i don't think there is any gin cocktail that wouldn't be improved by using jenever in its place

My gin of choice

If its not navy strength it is not worth drinking.

>>9684182
always go local

>>9684066

>>9684116
It's juniper, you un-clutured swine!

>>9684182
Queefeater is solid. Rogue is better.

>>9693160
Another Canuck? How do you deal with the high prices? Even mediocre liquors are 30 bucks a bottle.

Also, what grocery stores in US or Canada have good store brand tonic water?

>>9692949
I prefer a G&T with regular gin desu, but for everything else i prefer Jenever

>>9684182
Gin is literally the ginger son of the Dutch jenever. The original is always better.

>>9684182
Maybe we get a different thing labelled as Beefeater here in Australia but that shit is nasty.

>>9693160
>take perfectly good gin
>stick in a nasty wooden barrel

literally why

>>9688223

Elephant London Dry

There are several gins on your list I haven't tried so I can't say if it's better than all of them but it ranks clear above Hendricks.

(They also have a Sloe and one called "Elephant Strength." I cannot vouch for either, I haven't tried them)

>>9691504
>too cheap, it's shit

Eh.

I feel like we've kind of come to the point in history where very few things are actual shit. Like, if my choices are a Gordon's G&T or no G&T, I'll take a Gordon's please.

It's not a top tier gin, there are many I would rather have, but it's a solid average.

An opinion: You should try Gin Mare.

Now, you should not a crate and use for all your G&T needs because it is not actually the best gin - neither in sum, nor at the price.

But it is a very interesting gin that I recommend trying once.

>>9688303
I have no idea. Bombay Sapphire is a great gin and a good stepping stone. Star of Bombay is excellent.

Pic is what i'm currently drinking

Hey guys i dont go out much, and the other day i went to a bar and ordered a gin&tonic, and i got a strange look from the bartender...

Is it a girls drink or something?

>>9696086
Could be anything, you sound a little too autistic to pick up on social cues, so maybe you did something weird like snap your fingers at the bartender, or maybe you got up from your table at a restaurant with table service and ordered from the bar. Maybe it was a place that specialized in wine, or beer, or fancy cocktails, and your request was unusual since most customers ask for something else. Maybe it was before noon.

The "it's a fag's drink" is not completely out of the question but unless you live in some retarded inbred backwater, that kind of attitude is rare.

>>9696086
As it just so happens, Gin was considered for a long time to be a lady drink, alongside sherry.
These days though, not so much. Now it's just an old peoples drink.

>>9694152
Harris teeter seems to have alright stuff but I just buy fever tree unless they don't have it

>>9691826
Want to try this as if never heard of it but a local restaurant had a new cocktail using this stuff that was damned good. Can't find the shit for sale anywhere around here though. State run ABC stores are the fucking worst for selection.

>>9696086
No it's a man's drink.

Did you perchance look like a typical Soy boy / nu-male / virtue signaling cuck?

>>9696086
He opens beers for drunks for a living. Don't worry about what he thinks, man.

>>9696844
Why is it that whenever someone posts something like this I picture this guy in front of a computer, except dressed in milsurp camo and surrounded by empty wrappers of gas station beef jerky and monster energy drinks

>>9693013
I prefer this one from st george, get an actual tonic water and use it to make a g&t with this stuff with a splash of lime or lemon

Omg so fucking good

dutch courage Brit fags.
copy our booze we take your war fleet out of your harbor

I had a gin tonic (lime+ ginger) using this the other day. Not the best but really cool and dirt cheap. Thanks argie-bro!

>>9696853
True

>>9688291
its fantastic. great gift idea for someone too

>>9684066
It wasn't perfect, imho, but pretty close to it.

>>9698081
Had this one too! I first got the 3 pack with the Terrior, Botanical, and Dry gins.

I like the botanical best for drinking or g&t, but by a pretty small margin, the terrior is a really great one too. And definitely a better flask gin.

>>9696855
It only dawned on me the other day that I quasi-knew this chick on IRC before she transitioned.
She was pretty screwed up back then too, though. Eating disorder for starters (obviously)

>>9700194
it looks disgusting now

Best gin for gimlets?

>>9693160

Yep

>>9684066
that's my favorite gin actually

Blue Sapphire literally is the objectively perfect gin.

Whats the best under like 20-30

>>9693160
I’ve never seen a colored gin before
What’s the difference?

>>9705485
It's barrel-aged, like a lot of gins used to be way back in the day. Some still are, though they often use the old term genever or jenever.

>>9684189
some bottom shelf gin truly does taste like pine tree though, horrible but it exists

>>9688303
if something is popular it can NEVER be good anon... you haven't figured this out yet?

>>9705485
Either aging or different botanicals (see pic related)

>>9705691
Genever is a different spirit, it's much sweeter than gin.

Flavored vodak

>>9684066
Every gin is perfect in its own way, except the bad ones... apparently they exist, but I've never met one.

>>9688217
Beefeater's the cheapest gin readily available here.

Ungava Bay's been my treat lately - making layered blood orange/rosso martinis.

>>9684066
I bought a bottle for 12 euros and I don't want to defile it with tonic water, it's great

>>9707818
I do recommend a splash of water at least with most gins to help brighten up the botanicals, but if you like it neat, why fuck up a good thing?

>>9707904
I just need a proper tulip glass for gin

>>9691577
I personally like to add two dashes of Orange bitters to my G&Ts, desu. It makes up for using cheap tonic (by balancing the sweetness), and ups the citrus taste and spice from the gin. Then again, I also add lime juice, so it's debatable whether it even qualifies as a G&T, by modern standards at least.

>>9693454
I really like this one. It's like half the price of beefeater yet the taste is very pleasant and smooth. It's more citrusy and less bitter than many gins, so I think even people who dislike gin would like New Amsterdam.

I'm afraid they are going to start raising the price soon though, now that it seems to be getting more popular. I think they were just trying to undercut the competition to get market share, since it's really quite a bit tastier than anything else at the same price point (Gordon's I guess).

>>9691933
This. It's not great, but damn near unbeatable for the price here in Germany as well. Good enough for highball-type drinks, anyway.

>>9696086
He was probably waiting for you to say what gin you wanted. I always order G&T at bars and nobody ever thinks it's weird, it's a very boring and standard drink really. But if I can see what they have, I just ask for it by name to make it easier.

>>9707911
They're easy enough to get here.

I'd still say a layer or disc of ice frozen into that glass could make all the difference, but with something like that, execution is critical - don't want to be six glasses of gin in and lose a tooth to an ice cube.

>>9696086

I tend to agree with >>9707980, but it depends on the bar.

It's not a common drink around here. I get some looks when I order one, but the explanation of "Christmas is coming, and my apartment's too small for a tree," usually gets a chuckle.

>>9708001
can you recommend a brand? So far I just found BOLS brand with the fucking logo in big letters

>>9708031
For the glasses - I buy from kitchen/restaurant supply stores. Usually when they want more room for a product, the things that aren't moving go on sale... and nobody buys fluted glasses anymore.

>>9708094
This. Also thrift stores. It's where I get most of my glassware - if you aren't looking for terribly huge sets of identical glasses, you will find what you want with some patience, and for next to nothing. Especially nice if you're into the whole vintage thing,

>>9708167
>thrift stores
There's nothing like picking up a meat grinder for 5 dollars, actual silver silverware for 5 dollars, or pewter engraved shot glasses for 1 fucking dollar.

Buying from people who don't know what something is worth is wonderful.

>>9688223
>1.Hendrick's

I bet you put a slice of cucumber too dont you, you fucking degenerate.

>>9688266
I've literally never seen a non-white person drinking gin and I work at one of the biggest night clubs in the United States so that's saying something.

>>9708661
It's not really a "night club" drink. If you worked at a Jazz club, you'd probably sell almost as much gin as you did bourbon.

>>9688266
>my inbred village is America
Here is your (You)

>>9708661
Gin and tonic is literally the most generic non-beer beverage imaginable, night club drinkers are an extremely niche subculture, pic related

Go to any airport bar, hotel bar, or dive bar, and at least one person is drinking a G&T

Have you people ever left your bubbles? I could go to the lesbian bar down the block and they're all drinking assyrtiko except the one straight dude who walked in by accident and ordered a fat tire, and go "well, I guess there are no non-lesbians drinking assyrtiko at this bar, therefore it's known as a lesbian drink in burgerland", but that doesn't make it true

>>9692015
Because sometimes you want to make sure you have enough alcohol leftover from your experiments to drown out regret you have over choosing research as a career

>tfw you mix your g&t half and half with some lime and still don't get the alcohol burn
No wonder people got hooked and it got the name mothers ruin

>>9688291
Vodka with cucumber taste

>>9708712
Maybe after smoking a carton of Marlboros... You don't taste juniper in there at all?

>>9684182
It's priced the same as most of the local gin here, and I like one of the local ones quite a bit. English haven't been masters for well over a century. Learn to live with that.

>>9707904
I don't like London dry gins neat, but Old Tom tastes pretty good with nothing added.