Fords Gin

Smooth and a bit mellow.

Fords gin was made for mixing. The gin was created to be the one gin that bartenders reached for when mixing any number of gin cocktails. I will say after having it in quite a few of them, they aren't wrong. It has a nice ABV to hold up in nearly any cocktail you throw at it. As for drinking it neat, well I'm not sure it's as worthy, but it's still decent. On the nose I notice the juniper, but it's not overpowering. The palate has a nice balance of juniper and citrus, primarily orange peel. The spice hits you after a couple of seconds and it's a pretty pleasing sip overall. The finish is a touch short though and a little hot, but not terribly so. For a gin that is pretty affordable and does very well in cocktails (it makes an excellent negroni and martini), it's hard to complain about this gin. I still like the heavy hitters like Tanqueray, Tanqueray No 10, Beefeater, Beefeater 24, Sipsmith and Plymouth better, but it's pretty close all things considered. I may even concede it's better neat then a couple of those, but either way it's a solid gin that is well worth having on your shelf if you are into making cocktails.

Juniper forward, bright, light, dry

Rated 4. For its availability, price & experience Ford's is very good. Let's keep this just between us. Highly recommend. 5.0 - Near perfect, there is something truly special about this whisky. 4.5 - Amazing, will always try to keep a bottle of this in my collection (if feasible). 4.0 - Very Good, maybe only one minor nitpick about the whisky keeping it here. 3.5 - Good, quite enjoyable to drink. 3.0 - Solid, wouldn't go out of my way to get it. 2.5 - Meh, still drinkable.

Very solid, very durable in various cocktails. Lacking a bit in complexity but it’s bold out the gate which makes up for it at least in part. Made by bartenders for bartenders I’m told. Well i don’t know who these people are who told me that but I can’t confirm anything in this era of mis-dis-re-information. All i know is I trust even the most devilishly rascal career bartender before I would ever trust any of the disgusting low level filth masquerading as journalists these days. Now if only I could remember who told me what....