Tanqueray London Dry Gin

It's unbelievable to think this Gin was made in 1830 and its still one of the best in the world with all the new ones that have popped up. It has a distinctly juniper forward aroma that delivers in flavour and also has a lovely peppery lemony-ness. The best London Dry out there and for a decent price! Makes an amazing Gin and Tonic and perfect Gin for mixing. Truly a league of its own.

True to say this gin is nothing amazing but, it has a very nice balanced, sweet side flavour to it, the strength provides some push, and it's trump card I've found is that I've mixed it with all manor of tonic flavours and fruits and it always delivers something different {see 'A good cocktail bar staple' review}. I'ts versatility alone should keep it in most peoples gin selection.

Unlike myself this gin is bold and uncomplicated. A go-to staple.

A decent tasty gin, great for cocktails. I don’t often buy this one as it’s not my favourite dry gin however is a good bar staple.

Bold - fruity - linear - no bitter after taste.

No added gimmick ingredients.

classic taste

A nice, average-tasting gin, but it has a bit more alcohol burn than others.

An incredibly versatile gin and the best of the Tanqueray line up. this will give you a good G&T, Negroni and even Martini (although no.10 or beefeater would make a better martini) at a price that cannot be bested. Much, much better than the likes of Gordons and Bombay Sapphire and if you are new to gin worth comparing as a herby/spicy forward with the likes of beefeater (floral forward) and plymouth (citrus forward) to benchmark. Any one of these 3 gins will appeal to the majority of gin-drinkers palates (although not everyone as perhaps indicated below).

Tanqueray is overpriced garbage that appeal's to the 20 something frat boy who wants to get "wasted man" literally all I can taste is just the strength of it. It smells how it tastes which if have to say is like £1 cologne I have smelt better on Russian taxi drivers. I wouldn't even wash my bathtub with it wouldn't be fair on the plughole. I have no idea how this wins awards still to this day, but then again ASDA'S and Lidl's gin which mainly comprises of two main ingredients one of which being Juniper Berries and the other being Lighter Fluid seems to take gold medals that says it all. I have this suspicion if it wasn't for the higher alcohol content than most gins, this swill would not raved about near as much. Save your cash Bombay Sapphire, Gordon's and Beefeater are all cheaper and far better.

I have gins that are more complex and interesting, but for a day to day tipple, it can't be beaten. Rangpur to mix things up.