Tanqueray Special Dry Gin

A friend of mine spent 2 years in Inida as a student and he delights in telling me this joke every time I drink gin (so this joke is getting a little old now!): "Ah, yes, I remember learning the two most important ingredients for a G&T from my india days. It's very simple: gin...and a glass" Gfaw, Gfaw. Anyway, moving swiftly on from my friend's limited sense of humour: gin is a great drink. It's light, slightly fruity and unusual. I love it. Being a student on a budget, I am often forced to drink supermarket own brands or dodgy, weird imports from strange places. However, in a recent effort to celebrate the handing in of our dissertations, ...  Read the complete review

Stronger than your average gin, Tanquery makes a fine G+T if a quality tonic is used. It’s got a good flavour, possibly a little bitter for some, but the higher alcohol content means that it retains a much better clarity and doesn’t suffer from that oily feeling that cheaper gins often have. The somewhat unique bottle design also means that this product stands above others in the market as a much better quality of gin, certainly far above supermarket’s own brands and (in my opinion) better that London Silk or Gordons’. Unfortunately is normally tends to be a bit more expensive than other gins in the same league, but if you buy it when ...  Read the complete review