re: Best commonly available gin?

Go to is Beefeater. $18 a bottle locally and tastes great.

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prefer the Irish Gunpowder gin

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This is my second choice. Great stuff.

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I tend to drink gin and Fresca with a lime twist. It’s a refreshing drink, especially in summertime, with just a hint of bitterness from the grapefruit flavor of the Fresca.

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I love a Salty Dog with gin. Gin, grapefruit juice, salted rim

This is really good for the price.

I really like the Gunpowder gin but the staple in my bar is Bombay Sapphire and Bombay Sapphire East. I have a running "argument" with a friend of mine over Bombay Sapphire vs Hendricks, there's really no wrong answer here I just prefer Sapphire.

recently tried a bottle of Kirklands London Dry gin and ended up pouring the remainder out about half way through

Nowhere near the best but a good, affordable gin?
Oodles and oodles of Boodles

Haven’t tried Damrak, but I’ll give it a shot

Another vote for Hendricks. Blondie(sorry, no pics) loves my French 75…

A few years back a waiter at Clancey's in NOLA suggested I try Boodles in a martini. It's been my go-to ever since... not sold everywhere but common enough.

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low level stuff like gin & Sprite

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for the gin and soda pop drinkers (sprite, 7up, fresca, etc) a tiny bit of additional effort will result in a much better cocktail

to your 1.5oz gin
1 part citrus juice (lemon, lime, grapefruit etc)
citrus peel (same)
splash of simple syrup
1 to 1.5 part club soda

just a suggestion…

I like the classic London dry gin so any of the common bottles will do me just fine. In most cases I find gin instead of vodka makes a better drink