Gordon's Edge

Advantages: Lush and so easy to drink
Disadvantages: So easy to drink too many!

...the ideal person to review Gordon's Edge, but he's having a go. So forgive him his efforts, because it might be worth your while, if you can get hold of the same product on the same offer... Gordon's gin is at least one of the brands of the juniper-derived spirit that theediscerning has heard of, at least. So for something so esteemed as that to make an alcopop you must be expecting something a bit posher than the average. This is borne out in ...
...a big swirling G, and Gordon's Edge is in dominant black on a silver block. Also the bottles have an edge - taller and straighter, with a nice angular shoulder. Again it's a dark, rich green. Which only goes to disguise the fact that the contents look just like slightly sparkling water on pouring. The great thing is, as well, the Edge goes down just as quickly and easily as water. This really is one of the smoothest, drinkable alcopops to be sampled ... Read review

Advantages: Tastes like gin and tonic
Disadvantages: ...so why not have a gin and tonic?

...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 making you look cool'. The label is a plain non-gimmicky black and white job, with a yellow flash at the neck and base ...
...prominent feature is that sweeping Gordon's signature. There's a growing desire among manufacturers to move alcopops away from the teenage market and towards a demographic that's older, wiser, more sophisticated...read 'richer'. They're targeting the twenty- and thirty-somethings and in particular they want to get more males in on the alcopop scene. Hence brightly-coloured labels and contents are out and we get products like Gordon's Edge. You know, ... Read review

Advantages: its ready to be drunk
Disadvantages: it tasts fowl

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 ...
...T This is the answer I thought, a freshly opened bottle every time it has lime, it wont be flat and I can keep a few in the fridge so they are always chilled. Then I tryed it. OK I know its an alcopop but this was sweet and sickly and left a nasty after taste and not a hint of gin, it doesnt even taste of lime and lemon. Even my teenage daughter who is into alcopops didnt like it. One swig and she handed it back. Although it did clean the sink ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, Unique in the market
Disadvantages: Specialised Taste, strong kick

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 ...
...have the desired effect, however gordon's seems to be trying to offer something the product cannot deliver. Right from the first time you open the bottle you know if you're going to like it or not. There is that familiar smell of gin and although not all that strong it seems unexpected after the packaging and so has added impact. The taste has been dulled by adding alot of citrus flavouring, however it is still definately there and the other major ... Read review

Advantages: more grown up than most alcopops
Disadvantages: doesn't come close to a good G&T

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 ...
...bar)to the other big brands, and so I expected a similar quality. So there I was, in the pub, and very disappointed. I tried the lemon one first, and it wasn't what I expected. I was hoping for a cool, refreshing but sharp tonic taste, but what I got was the flavour of cheap lemonade. It tasted like artificial sweetners but it didn't say whether it contained them or not. Next was the lime, an improvement. At least it's different from all the other ... Read review

Advantages: I don't know of any Gin based ready mixed drinks on the market
Disadvantages: A very strong taste of Ginger which is not mentioned on the bottle.

...Having become a G&T drinker just over a year ago, and finding it the best way to relax after putting the kids to bed, I was really excited when I saw advertised "Gordon's Edge" on television. A quick ready mixed Gin based drink. Something thats as easy to grab out of the fridge as a beer, during the ads, in the middle of a good film. Off I went to Thresher and unable to decide whether to buy the lemon or the lime I bought both. That evening having put the kids to bed, I poured my very chilled Lemon flavour Gordons Edge over ice, with a slice and settled down to relly enjoy it. Yuck, my first taste was GINGER, I serched the bottle for a list of ingredients, but found none. It was extremly sweet, with a very stronge ginger taste. Not a hint of Gin, more like a mixture of ginger ale and lemonade. On the bottle the discription say "Gordon... Read review

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Advantages: A sweet alternative to Gin and Tonic
Disadvantages: Tastes like lemonade, No pizzazz

...-board. How many times have you walked past these advertising stands and just ignored them? Well not me because they often display special offers and many new delights. On this night in July, the shop advertised the simply words: NEW: Gordon’s Edge £1:65 a bottle This seemed ideal for Mum and I. A new Alcopop made with the prized Gordon’s Gin – just what we need for the hottest weekend of the year. SO WHAT IS GORDON’S EDGE? This is a new Alco pop from the famous Gin maker; it comes in two varieties Gordon’s and Lime or Gordon’s and Lemon. Each drink is in a 275ml bottle and is 5.5%abv. The bottles carry the responsible logo that indicates that the alcoholic content is 1.5 units. This is the first time that I had come across the product and as advised above, the price is £1.65 a bottle. With regards to the bottles appeal - both drinks... Read review

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Advantages: I only wasted £1.98
Disadvantages: Where shall I start? Tastes of nothing, smells of nothing - arrggghhhh, just read the op!

...Gordon's gin. Conjures up visions of a sharp tasting, tangy drink which kicks at the back of your throat in a not entirely pleasant way. Delicious though and quickly produces the desired effect of being so drunk you'll get up on the kareoke stage and happily strip to Like A Virgin. No??? Must be just me then! The taste of a Gordon's gin is nothing less than sublime, I feel decadent when I order a Gordon's and I love the way the name just rolls of your tongue at the bar... 'A double Gordon's with a dash of lemonade please and be generous with the ice.' So I like Gordon's then? Yes, love it! So in Londis tonight when I spotted a small glass bottle labelled 'Gordon's Edge Lemon' I grabbed a couple of bottles. Then I realised they were on BOGOF (buy one get one free for all you non-shoppers out there!) so I grabbed a couple more... Read review

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