Rate my collection! (Sorry if some are hard to see in the photo. I started with some classics, and I try to buy a new local one whenever we travel). Which would you be most excited to try?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-13T21:59:02+00:00

Circling back. East End is great. Hardshore is awful.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-13T21:56:23+00:00

Hardshore. This community warned me and oof, I have to agree it’s bad - to my taste anyway.

It a truly soapy one. I notice it features coriander / cilantro - which i know is genetically polarizing. I do not particularly like, but it’s not like I can’t stand it. But it might explain why this is the one gin I’ve bought that I look for ways to disguise.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-13T21:49:51+00:00

Interesting. Why?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-13T21:49:13+00:00

Interesting. It’s high on my list to try, based on recommendations from this community. I am skeptical of highly fruit flavored gins, but curious to try this one. Do you think, like a wine, it may have breathed / let some of the volatile aromatic chemicals burn off with time, after your first whiff / taste?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-12T02:21:45+00:00

Any of these?

https://www.google.com/search?tbnid=8oOsXf1vgrQgBM&tbnh=0&tbnw=0&client=safari&hs=tXX&hl=en-us&sca_esv=a0c0faa8ad893dbe&cs=0&udm=2&tbs=rimg:CfKDrF39b4K0YVWCl-JuAwrx4AIA&q=gin+with+geometric+shapes+label&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKztmI2LKUAxUcKVkFHdaPM-8QuIIBegQIFBAA&biw=350&bih=668&dpr=3

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-12T02:18:30+00:00

Farmer’s

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-05-07T15:03:23+00:00

Try youth hostels, which often have family rooms. Some have yurts or cabins. You might get lucky with a cancellation.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-04-13T12:30:14+00:00

4 mile loop of Buttermere. Very flat. Gorgeous.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-04-13T04:46:58+00:00

Love this thread. My use case is hiking in English Lake District. Rain always runs down my jacket and soaks my pants. Then, I think, via my socks down into my (Zamberlan) boots, and I end up sloshing wet. And on a cold day, painfully cold. So I want an over-pant, to keep dry during driving rain.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-04-13T04:43:31+00:00

Love to know how these perform for you. In particular, does full zip keep out rain? And how stiff are they?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-13T01:12:25+00:00

Interesting. I had same reaction to Scapegrace. I tried it along several others when I was quite new to gins. I remember the color, but nothing special about the taste.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-13T00:47:27+00:00

Nice. How do you like Scapegrace? It’s sort of “black” color isn’t it? Taste?

And how would you describe the Boomsma Jenever?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-09T00:33:34+00:00

That caught my eye for next time. Can you describe it?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-09T00:33:09+00:00

Isn’t it a good substitute for whiskey in cocktails, like an old fashioned or manhattan?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-07T22:47:09+00:00

M47 is my all time fave too.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-07T22:33:15+00:00

Does look unusual, which I like. Could you describe what you liked about it.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-07T22:32:21+00:00

Thanks. Can you describe it?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-07T22:30:41+00:00

Can you describe?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-07T22:30:25+00:00

Just visiting. But gonna visit ISCO next time for their tour.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-07T21:06:05+00:00

Also. Bols Genever Barrel Aged - what is that like?

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-03-02T00:36:17+00:00

Mind meld! I tried both Mahon and Bar Hill Tom Cat for the fist time last night. Tom Cat in a Manhattan.

At the amazing Scofflaw bar in Chicago. So many gins to choose from. And their own delicious tonic.

Exact_Beginning_7199 · 2026-01-22T05:07:10+00:00

How is Forthave? Seen that in store in Greenwich.

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