Margaret gave me a gin Advent calendar this year, and I’ve been posting what a more expert gin taster would call ‘tasting notes’ on Bluesky — but this is the sort of thing I should keep at hand here, with a new category of its own. I’ll add here the posts I’ve already written, doubling or tripling up in order to catch up. Here’s the first I wrote, more than two weeks ago.
Day One of the gin calendar is Silent Pool gin, of which the Gin Guild description is good. I noted the juniper right away, and thought I detected elderberry. Strong medicinals, clean and sharp straight-up gin. Strong approval.
In response to someone’s assent, I added: I was pleased — I thought it might favour a twist of lime in a G&T, or a bitter orange.