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Whenever a group of Hellchimps get together they like nothing more than sampling and rating the finest gins that they can get their hot little paws on. Well, apart from those strange chimps that turn their nose up, or claim gin is fit only for cleaning paint brushes.

Strange, misguided fools.

You may possibly find their own blogs featuring their grubby little interests elsewhere on this site. If they can be bothered. They are not motivated by gin you see.

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Silent Pool Rare Citrus Gin

TechChimp · May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Chimps have been locked down so long they are not sure they can tell the difference between gin and hand sanitizer. The main differences we can see are : The Silent Pool Rare Citrus Gin is 48% alcohol The hand sanitizer is 68% alcohol The Silent Pool Rare Citrus Gin is £££ from Waitrose The …

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Alnwick Gin

TechChimp · August 21, 2020August 24, 2020

In recent times, much effort has been expended on a search for treatments for and vaccines against COVID-19, the so called Coronavirus. Pharmaceutical companies and research labs around the world are racing to be the first to find effective medicines. The chimps can exclusively reveal that the team behind Alnwick Gin have discovered something medicinal. …

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Lyme Bay Dry Gin

TechChimp · August 18, 2020August 24, 2020

Chimps have been quarantined for too long. Matted fur, grumpy, and that was the first weekend. However, we are now getting our bananas for half price due to Rishi, and we are waving to each other on Zoom. And now to gin. We are starting with Lyme Bay dry gin. With a promise of citrus, …

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Cleveland Way Gin

TechChimp · February 17, 2020February 17, 2020

Keen readers will know that the gin chimps have a fondness for sherbet. We especially like Sherbet Lemons, and today we stumbled upon the Aldi Sugar-Free variety. Every few months we are allowed to Aldi without supervision, albeit on strict instructions not to buy anything from the middle isle. Whilst queuing at the checkout with …

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Whittaker’s Summer Solstice

TechChimp · February 16, 2020

What’s your favourite season? The chimps should really be hibernating now. OK, yes some pedants out there will say that chimps don’t hibernate. We do like a nice long nap, tho. Seasons do tend to pass us by in an alcoholic haze, so it it is fitting we are reviewing a gin called Summer Solstice …

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Holy Island Gin – Sea Pink

TechChimp · February 16, 2020

Greying chimps look back at the 1970s with fondness. Anyone else remember Horror Bags? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9ISi9g_AQ Anyway, we remember the junk food and confectionery we were fed as baby chimps with great fondness, and we are happy to see that some of it is back – in the form of Holy Island Sea Pink gin. There …

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Pavlov’s chimps now have a bell

TechChimp · February 16, 2020February 16, 2020

The chimps have been sulking. SOME people say that they have been drinking gin and not blogging about it. SOME people might be right. chiz. However, as any fule kno, there is nothing that spurs a chimp into action than well-founded criticism of their frankly woeful work ethic. To try and remedy the situation, we …

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Lakeland Moon Gin

TechChimp · October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

When the chimps were young, Kendal meant Kenneth. Serious news read in a serious manner; Mary, Mungo and Midge; and for those chimps with a long memory for dreadful children’s tv, Teddy Edward! Ahh happy young chimps. Oh sorry – it’s spelt Kendall. Ahh and that was Richard Baker… As you were. Pennington’s Lakeside Moon …

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Isfjord Arctic Gin

TechChimp · August 26, 2019

Trust the chimps…. We don’t do it deliberately you know. We pick a gin to taste at random from our extensive gin cellar, and it turns out it’s from Greenland! As soon as we open it that bloody orangutan was round wanting to buy it off us. No. Go away. Even though you claim your …

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Tanqueray Sevilla

TechChimp · August 19, 2019

The observant chimps amongst you may notice that the image above this text is slightly at an angle. “Skewiff” if you will. The chimp that took that picture is also typing this review. After drinking that gin. Hic. We have a code of conduct at Chimp Towers that employees should not work under the influence …