I have an odd relationship with gin. I don't like it, but I have to buy a few bottles of it every year to appease the fiancee's cravings. Well, perhaps calling it an odd relationship is unfair. It's more adept to say that I periodically spend money on things I don't enjoy to make the woman I love happy. So...I have a typical relationship with gin, really.
I don't like gin, but in the spirit of scientific understanding everybody has had a shot of it here and there. Seagram's extra dry is on the bottom of our gin list currently, mostly because we stick to the same two or three companies. I'm sure there is much, much worse out there than this, so we tried to be fair with judging the drink.
Price: Very affordable at ~$10.
Warm: Juniper tastes like grass to me, which is why I don't like gin. When warm, this tastes like a nosedive into a fresh-mowed lawn.
Cold: Like a fresh-mowed lawn in winter, with the last drops of autumn rain still lingering on the clippings.
Mixed: The drink plays fairly well with fruit juices. Screwdrivers made with it are quite drinkable, and martinis are passable as well.
Rated: 5
Overall, we felt it deserved a mid-range rating. On its own merit, it is more drinkable than most bottom shelf brands making liquors I like, so there's that. I've had better gins, but I'm willing to believe that worse gins are hiding out amongst the shelves.
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