Day 12 and 13 - Pinkster gin and Porter's Gin

I have a LOT of catching up to do. Not so much on the actual gin tasting, but writing my notes up into blogs! So tonight I'm just going to do the two I'm actually tasting.

Firstly: Pinkster Gin - distilled in Cambridge, and yes it is pink! For those of you who watched last week's episode of the The Apprentice (UK) with it's gin challenge, it's actually raspberry flavoured too. I'm giving up on finding a website that isn't ridiculous - and this one doesn't fail to fall into the overly flashy category ... I couldn't even find any tasting notes.

Having said that, this is a really pleasing gin to drink. Not neat - it's just ordinary when neat (which a heck of a smell of rose water). However, with some ice and a drop of tonic it's really pleasing! A real find - and at only £33 /70cl (£47/L) it's one of the less expensive gins in the box. I can really imagine enjoying this before a summer picnic, with the recommended mint and some additional raspberries floating around in it.  A real find!

Up next is Porters Gin - another one from home (well Scotland) which is distilled in Aberdeen. Slightly less arsey website than usual - and I even managed to find their botanicals!

The botanicals used to create our wonderful gin are: Juniper, angelica, almond, coriander, liquorice, lemon, orange, buddha’s hand, pink peppercorn, orris root, cassia bark and cinnamon. The resulting gin has a bold juniper body and unique citrus profile.

This one has such a small run I couldn't even get a price for it on their website - and it's out of stock on the whisky exchange. Did come up on amazon at £36.84/70cl (£52.63/L) - not that bad for such a small run.

Neat this one doesn't so much pack a punch as kick you out the house! However, with tonic that turns into quite a nice citrus peel bitterness (I can see why they recommend having this one with orange!). Not really my taste, but a really good gin.  Well worth it if you like that kinda flavour.