Post #588512 by swizzle on Mon, May 9, 2011 9:00 PM

South Gin and Seven Tiki Rum are made by the same people, but their original spirit was/is 42BELOW vodka. Seven Tiki never saw the light of day here in Aus. as already mentioned, Bacardi saw it as a threat and didn't want a white rum on the market competing with their own product and bought the rights to the brand/name. The South Gin came out later and although the distibutor of Bacardi is sure to have a gin in their stable, i'm not sure why South was released if they bought the rights. It must have only been for the rum only as the vodka and gin are readily available.

Now i'm personally a gin drinker (and rum of course :D) and drink gin on the rocks when i'm out at a bar and not drinking cocktails. The New Zealand botanicals are certianly noticable and make South stand out as a different gin to what else is on the market. It definitely is not as strong flavoured as say Bombay Sapphire- which I will drink but is not my first choice- but it is a very good gin in my opinion well worth trying if you like gin itself.

I can't recommend any cocktails with it as such but would say it would work fine in place of any other brand in a mixed drink. Only one way to find out. :P

[ Edited by: swizzle 2011-05-09 21:04 ]