Gordon's Edge

Theediscerning once had a silly university tutor who kept saying we'd all be having Pimms on the lawn over the summer hols. Even though this was a horrible inner city polyversity as well. The point of mentioning this is to tell you all that theediscerning doesn't know anything about Pimms. He doesn't really know anything about the classic alcoholic mixes anyway - what is a martini cocktail, and why isn't just plain Martini used - or is it? Similarly, even some of the plainest spirits are alien to his taste-buds, so something like gin 'n' it hasn't really crossed his lips, to his memory. (His ... more

What goes into an alcopop? Manufacturers rarely disclose their ingredients on the label, so how do you know you're not drinking moonshine brewed by hillbillies in a rusty tin bath that will make you go blind after a couple of chugs? I exaggerate, of course, but it is reassuring to see the Gordon's logo on a bottle of Edge and know that whatever else may be lurking in the bottle, the gin is top quality. And what a fine bottle. Slightly squat with a wide body, angular shoulders and a hint of green in the glass, this is a bottle that says 'Hi there, I'm going to refresh you while simultaneously ... more

G & T is my tipple nothing better than getting in from a hard day at work and relaxing with a Gin and Tonic. So when I saw Gordons Edge I thought great I'll have some of that and threw it in my shopping trolly. It seemed the perfect answer. I prefer my tonic with a hint of lime,but cant always get it. I hate my tonic flat which happens when the bottle has been open for a couple of days. I also hate it warm and if you forget to but a bottle in the fridge your stuffed and stuck with a warm G & T This is the answer I thought, a freshly opened bottle every time it has lime, it wont be flat and I ... more

Gordon's Edge is a very novel idea from people who thought they'd seen a gap in the popular (and profitable) alchopop market. We have vodka based drinks, and rum based drinks, why not one based on gin made by the most famous gin company? The simple reason why is that the alchopop market is based at a age group which probably won't appreciate the taste of gin. It's not often you find groups of 18 - 23 year olds all drinking G+T in a pub or on a night out, and this is the major failing of this product. They have done everything right with the other aspects, it has a cool name, the packaging is ... more

I actually got quite excited when I saw these bottles appear on the adverts and headed straight to the pub! I'm a proper G&T drinker though most of my mates take the piss out of me for being posh etc. I'd even made suggestions to my mates that they wouldn't have a problem with it if it was in a bottle, coming from the proper alcopop generation and all (Oh why didn't I patent it?!) In lots of ways they're your average alcopop, at 5.5% abv and at a similar price (I paid about £3 in a trendy bar)to the other big brands, and so I expected a similar quality. So there I was, in the pub, and very ... more