I'll keep it simple tonight and pour a glass of Hendrick's... oh.

I do love collecting the seasonal varieties of Hendrick's. I found the Neptune, whose label closely matches that of Orbium, to be o...

Newport Craft is local, and I've enjoyed the rest of their lineup, so it was time to give their gin its due. I poured a tester before reading the label, couldn't figure it out what I was tasting, and...

Gin Tasting Note: I've seen lots of indigo gins, and Empress Gin is one of the cooler ones. The gorgeous indigo color is from butterfly pea flowers, the trick of indigo gins and cocktails. Very soft a...

Hendrick's has at least 2 seasonal gins out right now. The Midsummer Solstice is amazing. It tastes like the original with extra magic and joy added; it's genius. The Orbium contains wormwood, quinine...

The requisite amount of time was spent suspiciously eyeing this gin on the shelf and examining its contents under strong lights to determine that indeed, this gin is blue. Fear not, this isn’t merely...

Today I sampled Gordon’s, one of the original grandfathers of London dry gin (since the late 1700s) and the dry martini, so much so that it featured prominently in many vintage martini ads (I’ve added...

We’re long overdue for a Gin Tasting Note, Vacation Week Edition, which allowed me to languidly stroll the city’s new liquor megastore & line up the latest contestants. Today we have Broker’s London D...

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Gin Tasting Note. Today I found this intriguing bottle of gin waiting for a review: Opihr Oriental London Dry Gin, hailing from England, of course. Its label ma...

The next in my ongoing gin tasting series is Spirit Hound Distillers Gin, produced just down the road in Lyons, and comes recommended to me by at least two people. It’s produced with locally grown “ju...

The label promises flavors of “natural poppy, dragon eye and hints of crisp citrus.” Mostly what I got out of it is: slightly sweet. So, if you like the light smoothness of New Amsterdam Gin and want...