Common Man Gin Tasting, The Results

The Gin Tasting results, this is the conclusion of our ustream live tasting complete with scoring rank and all the goodies that go along with it. While there are many ranks of gin all compared in a blind tasting (so brand doesn’t impact our decision), each one of the judges (Curtis, Derrick and Jennifer) may have their own favorites. However, because each judges score plays into the role of the final results, a mid-ranking gin is still not necessarily a poor gin–it just didn’t rank well as an aggregate number.

There are many gins on here I love to utilize, such as G’Vine Floraison and Greenhook Ginsmiths even if they didn’t hit our top-5 results. Overall, we believe the tasting went well considering Derrick’s votes where high on many of his impressions of the gins while Curtis tended to be on the lower scale in his decisions and Jennifer fell right in the middle on her impression.

Gin Taste Rank With Brands (some brands tied and are on a single line):

1. Ethereal Gin
2. New Amsterdam Gin
3. Hendrick’s Gin tied with St. George Dry Rye
4. Martin Miller
5. Knockabout Gin
6. Blue Coat Gin tied with Old Raj tied with Greylock Gin
7. G’vine Nouason tied with No. 209
8. Cold River Gin
9. Wire Works Gin
10. Greenhook Ginsmiths tied with Blade Gin
11. Square One Botanical (Liqueur – not a gin) tied with Tanqueray tied with Beefeater
12. Biercee Gin
13. Oxley Gin tied with Bulldog Gin
14. Bombay Gin tied with Roundhouse Gin
15. Gin Mare
16. Standing Guard Gin tied with Plymouth Gin
17. G’Vine Floraison