Tell us about the gin, ian. Enquiring minds need to know.
Scheibel Gin, finished in cherry brandy casks. I'm always been in mixed minds about barrel aged gins, but it is quite smooth and nommy. The some
Bavarka gin. Based on potato spirit so the goes milky with tonic. And finally, some
Bobby’s Schiedam Dry Gin, which I had in the ginvent calendar and rather liked.
Fearing being short of gin after a global societal collapse (you can stuff your canned goods, I'm not signing off with a spoonful of cold baked beans) I let the bloke in a Sevenoaks offy convince a rather me to buy some
Haswell Gin at the weekend. I resisted another local gin on the grounds it was £60 and I figured I could get it online cheaper and whilst I can discuss gin at length, owing to the fact we'd just trudged through an epic rainstorm I was standing in cold puddle of my own making (not literally) and really wanted to go home, but lordy can I remember the name now? No. It was sixty per cent boozeahol and created by some local chemists who had chucked in the rat race to distill hooch. So the knowledgable chap behind the counter explained. Further googling is required.
In bad news on the barrel-aging front, I've run out of both Pirate Noir and Bible Belt (well, it was a long weekend, and given that Bible Belt is based on Even More Jesus stout, I felt it would be what He wanted at Easter time, what better way to celebrate a painful crucifixion). And I can't find more!
