The Advice Thread

[WolfMan]

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Cheap gin and cheap tonic. Still tastes ace though.

Looks good to me mate.

 

[WolfMan]

Some great Gin and mixer recommendations, thanks all. It's going to take me a while to try all the ones mentioned.

 

[BillyDee]

Agreed about Fever Tree. Top notch mixers in all flavours.
Not cheap though

Bigger bottles than a 125ml Schweppes though. Bigger tonic bottles not necessarily a good thing though with gin...

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

One of the best nights of my life was spent drinking gin.
I was working in Lisbon,around Nov 2018, went to jrodrigues place to watch us lose to Cardiff, then headed down to Pink street where work had booked out a whole karaoke bar.
The gin and tonics were served in fish bowls and were free.
After that ended, about 20 of us headed down to LXfactory, an industrial area of the port that is full of restaurants, galleries and bars. Carried on drinking fish bowls of G&T and they only cost a fiver
Finished the night watching the sun come up on a roof top bar near the big Golden gate style bridge

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

If you are drinking at home, don't buy a big bottle of tonic. It may work out cheaper than several small bottles, but it also goes flat a lot quicker.

 

[BillyDee]

If you are drinking at home, don't buy a big bottle of tonic. It may work out cheaper than several small bottles, but it also goes flat a lot quicker.

And also because home measures should be all about the g and not so much of the t...

 

[WolfMan]

On my fourth large Bombay Sapphire and tonic of the evening. As suggested got the Fever Tree tonic, got it in the little cans of 8. 8 normal and 8 aromatic. It definitely is worth it IMO, the aromatic in particular is fantastic. Never would have even considered that to be honest so thanks.

 

[Wolf Hunting]

There are a shit load of gins available over here.
Some very nice ones too and most are reasonably priced.
So go online. Look for Irish gins.
I expect the UK is the same as NI, but in Ireland a bottle of whisky will cost you €22 and €35, for a litre.
Up north over the border (1 hour drive) I can get a litre of Grouse for £15!

 

[Wolf Hunting]

One of the best nights of my life was spent drinking gin.
I was working in Lisbon,around Nov 2018, went to jrodrigues place to watch us lose to Cardiff, then headed down to Pink street where work had booked out a whole karaoke bar.
The gin and tonics were served in fish bowls and were free.
After that ended, about 20 of us headed down to LXfactory, an industrial area of the port that is full of restaurants, galleries and bars. Carried on drinking fish bowls of G&T and they only cost a fiver
Finished the night watching the sun come up on a roof top bar near the big Golden gate style bridge

How long did it take you to realise you weren't in San Francisco? WAS the gin like that free shit they give you by the pool in Tenerife?

 

[leedswolf]

There are a shit load of gins available over here.
Some very nice ones too and most are reasonably priced.
So go online. Look for Irish gins.
I expect the UK is the same as NI, but in Ireland a bottle of whisky will cost you €22 and €35, for a litre.
Up north over the border (1 hour drive) I can get a litre of Grouse for £15!

I can get a litre of petrol for £1.30 which is preferable to Grouse.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

How long did it take you to realise you weren't in San Francisco? WAS the gin like that free shit they give you by the pool in Tenerife?

No,it was decent stuff. Tanqueray mostly

 

[jdrodrigues]

One of the best nights of my life was spent drinking gin.
I was working in Lisbon,around Nov 2018, went to jrodrigues place to watch us lose to Cardiff, then headed down to Pink street where work had booked out a whole karaoke bar.
The gin and tonics were served in fish bowls and were free.
After that ended, about 20 of us headed down to LXfactory, an industrial area of the port that is full of restaurants, galleries and bars. Carried on drinking fish bowls of G&T and they only cost a fiver
Finished the night watching the sun come up on a roof top bar near the big Golden gate style bridge

At least that night ended well for someone. Good god that match.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

At least that night ended well for someone. Good god that match.

The worst part was that the bar on Pink st was showing the replay of the bloody match!

 

[Wombat del combate]

I like gin. Gin does not like me however. More than two and I could start a fight in an empty room.

 

[Jack Regan]

I like gin. Gin does not like me however. More than two and I could start a fight in an empty room.

I fell asleep on the settee early hours of Sunday morning during a particularly boozy gin infused zoom chat with friends.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I can drink gin until it comes out of my ears. Give me a Scotch though and I turn into an absolute psychopath. I have to avoid that stuff like the plague.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

I sell liquor for a living, and was involved with bars for 25 years before moving to the US. Every day customers ask me what I drink.
Orange Juice.
Hate gin with a passion. Father (scotsman) drank scotch, and I am the only one in the family who doesn't like it. Can't tell red wine from white, and don't like either. British beer is awful. I used to drink a lot of vodka when I first worked in the bars at Wolverhampton Polytechnic Students Union (before it became a uni). One year we had a manager who was the biggest alcoholic I have ever met. Several DVCs (double vodka and coke) for breakfast, followed by a mixture of scotch, gin, brandy, vodka, light and dark rums, all day long until he would pass out on the floor behind the bar. That was enough for me to cut right back.

 

[sycophantia]

British beer is awful is quite a sweeping statement.....plenty of good ones and plenty of bad ones, plus of course its all down to individual taste

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Obviously very subjective. I just never liked Bitter, Mild, Guinness. Lager shandy was my limit.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Obviously very subjective. I just never liked Bitter, Mild, Guinness. Lager shandy was my limit.

So that left you with Porters, Pale Ales, IPAs, Brown Ales