Gin-the most depressing alcoholic drink?

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.

When ever I think of Gin I think of Audrey.

Gin + san pellegrino, Happy times.

Much prefer a 72% Swiss La Bleue absinthe with iced spring water from a fountain or a brouiller packed with ice too, there ain't nothing quite like it.

No, think it's a lovely heart warming drink.

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.

topper75 wrote: »

I find it cheeky that any UK people ever consider Irish to be drunks.

They don't know their own history, esp the London gin epidemic as characterised in Hogarth's famous engraving Gin Lane:

To be fair that could just as easily be entitled "Dublin City Centre on St.Patrick's Day"

castletownman wrote: »

To be fair that could just as easily be entitled "Dublin City Centre on St.Patrick's Day"

That particular scene portrayed in the pic, perhaps; the overall problem and its scale, no not so. By 1743, England was drinking 2.2 gallons (10 litres) of gin per person per year.

But eh... drunken paddies innit.

I'm partial to a Martini.

Definitely not with vodka and certainly never shaken.

Fcuk you James Bond.

Any time I've drank gin, I turn into a weeping, 45 year old divorcee, mother of 5. Sobbing into a glass, filling it with my tears as quickly as I can drink it.

Rum makes me blank out, but it's tasty as. Morgan's not so much, that fake vanilla makes me heave.

Tequila is party time, but that's because I'm knocking back strong alcohol, usually in a party atmosphere.

It's mostly due to the pace of consumption, and the underlying mood though.

Bull****,

I dont really have a drink that makes me get angry or sad, if there was to be one it might, just might be whiskey

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Any time I've drank gin, I turn into a weeping, 45 year old divorcee, mother of 5. Sobbing into a glass, filling it with my tears as quickly as I can drink it.

Your not supposed to drink the whole bottle in one sitting.

I never found one particular type of drink more or less mood altering in either direction. If you go out in an aggressive, pissy, somber, upbeat or even euphoric mood, alcohol can seem to increase the levels of those emotions.

Can be different for everyone. Like my circle of friends on a heavyish night out. Nobody ever aggressive or troublesome but some become more animated, more schoolboyish, more funny..some nights that’s pints, weekends can be a couple of chasers..whisky, jagers, cocktails... whatever,