However, bear with me. This is a really special drink, and if you’re looking for something completely luxurious and unique for that person who has everything, and you can afford it, then this is for you. Calling it ‘smooth’ doesn’t go far enough. This is like a sliver of silk gliding down your throat, coating your whole insides with lashings of warmth. I felt like Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger as I drank this, as if I was being coated in gold (she didn’t die during the filming of the infamous gold paint scene, by the way).

Chalkstream Gold Gin 70cl by River Test Distillery (40% ABV

When I was given a bottle of 24-Carat Gold Gin to try, as a gin fan I was naturally intrigued and excited in equal measures. To describe this as tasting like liquid gold feels like a cop-out – of course it does, it’s quite literally distilled with gold. But that’s the best way to explain how wonderful a glass of this really is.