It is an excellent gin. Made near where I grew up.
The refill packs are cheaper than the bottles and have a Freepost return label, so they are reused (with new stoppers.)
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My dad once drank so much gin he was sick and hungover for two days, then refused to ever drink gin again.
A few weeks ago I poured two fingers of Tanqueray Rangpur into a glass of cranberry juice and told him to try that. We are now going through about a bottle of it every week.
And then you're sitting around the dining room table playing a Deadlands TTRPG enjoying your second gin as your gunslinger character is making choices.
You decide to have a 3rd gin, because the 2nd one hasn't hit yet, and suddenly, the Gin Slinger™️ is born.
Never understood how gin has ANY goodness... It's what I imagine drinking Pine-Sol would be like.
Give me vodka, or give me beer!
Or.... something like that.
I'd argue "down to a point", but ... valid. Sometime challenging because novice distilleries that haven't quite worked quality control yet can make a gin.
(Western gins are better than London, IMHO. Aviation and Prairie have decent US national availability. Try 'em in bloodies and cosmos!)
There's definitely a sliding scale for gin, but the good ones are amazing. I know liquor laws are a patchwork of inconsistent regulations, but I highly recommend Aria Gin and Freeland Spirits if they're available.
They're both Portland micro distillers, and IMHO their stuff is better than Hendricks.
Several other suggestions:
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Special mention to Gray Whale (great dirty martini), Awayuki (it’s strawberries!!), Bayab (smells like pineapples!), St George Terroir (NorCal plants!), Sweet Gwendoline (just delish!), Diega Rosa (Mexican! Like Perfume!).
Coat the frozen martini glass with vermouth, pour the excess back into the bottle. Fill with Beefeaters syrup. Spear 2 huge olives & insert. Light cigar on the deck. Raise glass. Sigh. Summer afternoons.
If I can make a recommendation? Devil’s Bathub Gin is good, you can drink it neat. Tastes peppery. Comes from Honeoye Falls distillery in upstate NY. Changed how I thought about gin.
Just a bit. I mostly used them in Manhattans and Old Fashioneds, which I don't drink much of anymore. My all time favorite is Bittermens Elemakule Tiki Bitters.
Back on the gin track, another great gin cocktail is Audrey Saunders' Earl Grey MarTEAni.
