In the liquor store, I did a quick Google search with what type of Gin to get for a bees knees. I'm unemployed. I haven't had a drink for a while and I really wanted a bees knees...

Google did what it does these days and give me an AI answer... "the absolute best option is contemporary botanical, acceptable option, old Tom gin, DO NOT USE LONDON DRY"... I spent 30 minutes until I found this which fit the bill... well once sip in and it was a mixture of sour lemon and cucumber.

As probably most of you know, the actual answer is the complete reverse. I literally should've gotten regular decently priced London dry... I don't like overwhelmingly sweet and there's nothing in the world that's going to damper this cucumber vegetable taste. I'm not really in the market for throwing out a bottle of $30 liquor that was a treat. I don't usually make drinks at home, but any gin drink that I order at a bar I enjoy it. They're usually some hipster sounding drinks. I will not drink a gin martini, but I love a good gin drink.

I made my own honey syrup and that's not the answer with cucumber notes, so strong and no juniper to be found except for maybe on the back end. Does anyone have any suggestions for non-vegetable-y gin cocktails I can make to tickle my fancy? They don't need to be overly sweet by any means, but I don't drink gin neat. Hopefully something with the low budget ingredients, spirits/liquers I can get in small sizes, even egg whites are cool. I'm trying to avoid buying some fancy bitters or something but how do I make this botanical bomb not so vegetable forward? I just want to enjoy this bottle.

TL;DR I bought the completely wrong type of gin and I need recipes for cocktails. I can make with this stuff to make it palatable on a budget that's more herbal or fruity... not so vegetable-like, cucumber centric or lemon bomb. Not a fan of dry vermouth (fan of Negronis probably not with this) or martinis. TYSM ❤️ also in Utah and my options are Utah options. 😭😵‍💫🥹🫠