Gin-the most depressing alcoholic drink?

Gin makes me cry, tequila makes me a party animal, whiskey makes me punch people

All a myth OP

Alcohol is a CNS depressant, which doesn't mean what many confuse it as meaning - it slows down brain and spinal cord activity as opposed to necessarily depressing mood. Depressed mood can arise as a result of alcohol, but alcohol isn't inherently a "mood lowering agent" which is what many interpret the "alcohol is a depressant" thing as meaning.

Regarding gin, I don't know the constituents or the science of any of them, but it's easily possible that one or more of the additives used to flavour it, or something inherent to juniper berries, does indeed have an effect on mood which other spirits don't have. It could also be (and in my view is possibly more likely) that it's something in the tonic which does this - quinine has a large array of listed adverse effects when used medically, and although mood isn't one of them, things such as headaches, nausea, and altering one's blood cell profile are, which could very much result in one's mood taking a nosedive.

OP you reminded me I haven't had a gin in ages - Now I wouldn't really go for the new craze in gin and botanicals (big glasses, blueberries etc etc) but a couple of gin & tonics with ice and lemon are lovely on a summers evening. I don't find they make me sad although any drink could do that depending on the level of hangover.

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world… I walk into this thread.

Loved gin from when I first had it at 16 �� I would not pay a tenner for a glass of it though. Can’t beat an ice cold gin & tonic with a fat wedge of lime.

Sambuca, no.... I’m still not talking to her after I ended up missing Millennium Eve after a few too many shots.

LimeFruitGum wrote: »

Sambuca, no.... I’m still not talking to her after I ended up missing Millennium Eve after a few too many shots.

Sure you can always enjoy the next one.

Its a bullshyte myth. All alcohol is a depressive. The higher concentration you drink of it at a low ebb of the day or without food etc, the more depressed you will get.

Gin is just vodka (grain spirits) with added infusions of natural botanicals. Obviously juniper is the dominant flavour, but theres nothing in that or any of the other common infusions in gin that worsen its depressive effect over other strong grain spirits.

The bad name gin has (mothers ruin) goes back to when it was first invented. Cheap, home made, unrefined and unregulated grain spirits in the lower impoverished classes used to decimate people. Gin began as an exercise to make these spirits at least taste better, but if those people could have afforded good scotch or wine then those drinks would have ruined just as many families.

And so like all grog, gin is enjoyable up to a point.

L1011 wrote: »

Under 13 quid in Lidl and still better than Cork Dry.

Ah now if I was in Lidl I'd spend a little extra on the Wild Burrow Irish Gin...

Kalel Shaggy Creature wrote: »

Wetherspoons in Dun Laoghaire occasionally have a tea-flavoured gin

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Wetherspoons in Dun Laoghaire occasionally have a tea-flavoured gin

You can thank the hipsterisation of everything for that. Fcuking beardies.