Williams Elegant 48 Gin

Was (Is ?) my wife’s favourite Gin, I thought this had gone off the market with Diagio’s takeover of Chase Gin & Vodka.

Still have some of the original pre takeover production, will be interesting to compare.

Note re Gin / Vodka argument. ALL Gin is flavoured Vodka. Vodka is ethyl alcohol, Gin is ditto plus flavourings.

William’s (Chase as was ) base spirit is distilled from Apples (does this render it Calvados ?) rather than grain, potatoes or sugar cane.

One famous spirit producer imports cane spirit, sieves out the spiders and sells it as White Rum, fine filters it and adds flavourings to sell it as Gin, charcoal filters the spirit and sells it as Vodka. All comes from the same imported bulk spirit. Made no secret of this when I was invited to their plant as a trade customer.

I Love drinking gin and this is one of the best if not the best gin I have tasted
put a double measure in a glass with ice and a couple of slices of root ginger add a can of schweppes tonic and sit back and relax

Tasty

Smells great and tastes even better. Definitely, the best gin I`ve ever tried.

My wife is the gin drinker in our house and she said it is one of the best gins she has had if not the best.
she has given it a 5 star rating

Brilliant

With fever tree tonic, or stirred with just a hint of Noilly Pratt vermouth

Absolutely delicious gin - almost too good to mix with tonic!! What a shame we can’t really-use the bottle. A refill plastic bottle would be a good idea?

Very delicious with tonic in a highball glass and a slice of citrus. It has a gentle botanic flavour and I would agree that it was elegant.

Quite outstanding

A truly wonderful gin in a beautiful bottle, what more could you want!