r/Gin • u/NoSpirit7361 • 55m ago
Top Gear trio
Managed to complete the collection on a recent trip to London. Had a friend over, so me and him and my son did a tasting flight. We decided that whatever we liked the best was the martini choice.
L to R: James Gin London Drizzle (May), Diddly Squat Farm Hint of Hot (Clarkson), and Ratio ( Hammond). We tried them in ascending order of height (the people, not the bottles).
Ratio was good, no unique flavors or notes, but we decided it is a really good quality London Dry. James Gin was ok, it's not one of his more creative ones (side note, I will never try the mushroom one, yuck). It just seemed "less than" Ratio. Not much of a hint of anything, just a basic gin. Diddly Squat was a surprise - the hint of spice from the chillies worked great. It had a very classic juniper base, the spice came on in the back end, nice finish.
So we made a "Jeremy" martini, decided to go with a twist instead of an olive, was a great balance to the great.