Originally Posted by FinalCallDXB

I recently received a bottle of Gin Mare from a Spanish colleague (furnished as evidence that not all spanish gin is as dull as Larios) and it's fabulous. It has a peculiar savoury note, which I believe is from olives, that works surprisingly well. Drinking it at the moment as a G&T but I can see it working really well in a martini also.

I also recently finished a bottle of Sipsmith VJOP (Very Junipery Over Proof), which made a great G&T but could've knocked out a horse as a martini or negroni.

I tend to have one nice gin and one house gin on the go. House gin for us is generally Beefeater, with the exception of when the Father in Law visits and insists upon Gordon's (he arrives with a couple of bottles and leaves what he doesn't finish so I can't complain).