As a whisky drinker on occasion, some of the older folks I know recommended I try some ginger wine with it. The 'whisky mac' is something to be experienced. Ginger wine is the same colour of whisky and smells just as bad if not worse. Imagine fermented raisins and you have the smell of this stuff. I figured that it must taste better than it smells so I poured a little and sure enough it was dreadful, it tasted like it smelt but burned slightly. Quite why I then mixed it with my whisky I will never know but I did. This is one of the nastiest drinks I have ever tasted. My friends looked on at me in horror as I took a sip of the dreaded golden brown ...  Read the complete review

I was introduced to this product by my dad a few years ago as he is an advocate of the winter cocktail "whisky mac" that is, whisky mixed with a proportion of this -ginger wine. Back in the day, I used to drink the main branded version by Stones. However, that has changed since Sainsburys launched their own version. Stones in itself was never really that expensive, always being around the £4 mark. However, at £2.96 for this own brand version it seemed positively scandalous to ignore it!! anud the texture itself is not too different from a normal spirit. When it hits your tongue you get this slight heat from it and a sweet gingery ...  Read the complete review