National Gin Day 2018: These are the 10 best gins in a tin
Ah, summer. It's finally upon us.
People are once again lounging on the grass in Hyde Park during their lunch break, the collective London-in-winter uniform of black is starting to see pops of colour and we're momentarily ditching our beloved red wine for our favourite summer tipple: gin.
Gin in tins are as iconic to British summertime as croquet, garden parties and rain in July.
But what is the best gin in a tin? To save you the hassle, we decided (at 9:35am on a work morning no less) to test out 10 of the best for you.
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With our expert palettes, we managed to use adjectives such as 'lemon-y' and 'gin-y' to describe the G&Ts - but it's our faces that really gave away what we were thinking.
We also scored the gin in tins out of 10 and the winner by a massive margin was Portobello Road's G&T can (£3, ginkiosk.com) which averaged a nine out of ten.
The others were ranked as follows:
- Portobello Road: 9/10
- Gordon's original: 8/10
- Copper House: 7/10
- Sainbury's Gin with Rose Lemonade: 7/10
- Gordon's Pink Gin: 6.5/10
- Sainbury's G&T: 6/10
- M&S No. 2: 6/10
- M&S No. 1: 6/10
- Old Hopking Regular: 6/10
- Old Hopking Diet: 5.5/10
Cheap, cheerful and easy to pack for a picnic - there's a reason we keep reaching for gin in tins and you can expect to see us holding a Portobello Road can this summer.