A glowing gin (Bombay Saphire Gin)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Bombay Saphire Gin
Date:	04/02/08 (191 review reads)
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Advantages: Smoother than other gins

Disadvantages: Bit of a price premium to pay

Bombay Sapphire gin is orty percentent by volume and it has a rather distinctive taste and is viewed as a premium gin compared with other mainstream brands as it uses a slow distillation process in the production process.

Personally I tend to go for vodka rather than gin but I do like to drink this especially on a hot summers afternoon in a nice tall glass full of ice and some tonic water although I prefer lime rather than a slice of lemon in my drink.

I find Bombay Sapphire to be a smoother drink than some other brads and it does not have the harshness to it that I find Gordons has. It comes in a distinctive blue bottle and costs £16.99 a bottle at my local supermarket.

With reagrds to taste there is a hint of lemon that combines with the slightly perfume aroma of the gin and wilst I would never drink it neat it goes really well with tonic water. If you want to sweeten it up then you can always drink it with lemonade however that does tend to mask the taste to much in my opinion.

Summary: Quality slow distilled gin.