Suntory Sui Gin

My husband, who doesn't drink, accidentally talked me into buying this at the grocery store the other day. I wasn't really in the market for more alcohol, but he mentioned that this one is supposed to have the essence of yuzu somehow involved and I was sold. 

    It turns out that the three unique botanicals also include green tea and ginger. While I am no connoisseur of gin in specific, I thought I might give this a try. My first thoughts when sipping it straight were that it was very strong, as gin and all spirits should be, but the hint of those special ingredients was present. If I had more of a palate for these things, I would probably have appreciated it more.

It came with this little box which I assumed (incorrectly) would be a shot glass or something.


    It turns out the little box only contained a fancy tonic water they suggested using to make gin and tonic with the fancy gin. I did but found it a tad too dry for my taste and resolved to further diluting it with a sweeter soda for taste. 

    If you're really into gin, this is probably pretty neat. If you're not, it's not likely to mean as much but the gin is easily at least as drinkable as any gin I've had.