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Hello and welcome to The Drinker, I'm Pete Turner IWS, freelance writer, judge and drinks expert.
Here you'll find my weekly recommendations, articles and reviews with advice on making your eating and drinking more pleasurable.
DRINK OF THE WEEK
20th August 2018
Whitely Neil Dry Gin
Widely available around £26
Drinker Rating 92
The last Bank Holiday until Christmas. It's a long old schlep from now to December so how best to make the most of the August Bank Hol? Well getting yourself started off early with a G&T is my advice.
The problem with gin right now is there are far too many of them, they're all turned up to eleven on the aromatics and the quality is variable.
I like a good strong gin, big on juniper but with some flavour components to keep me interested and not dominate - I like Schweppes tonic, it tends to complement not fight with the gin and I like lemon and not lime - OLD SKOOL!
Whitely Neil has been around long enough for us to trust it and it ticks all my boxes, good on the juniper and a lovely floral note - apparently that's the Baobab fruit. The only gripe I have with it is that the opaque bottle prevents you from seeing how much is left!
Cheers!
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