Gins in tins – the Yummy Mummy’s ruin

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Flora Watkins has narrated this article for you to listen to.

I’m writing this in my car, laptop on knees and a delicious can of Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin and tonic in the drinks holder, while my sons are at cricket practice. It’s an inclement evening, but were it a sunny summer’s day, the Yummy Mummies would be sprawled around the boundary in their Veja trainers and prairie dresses, pastel-coloured tins in hand, cackling and catching up like some Gen X version of Hogarth’s ‘Gin Lane’.

Gins in tins are the acceptable form of ‘mother’s ruin’. First came Gordon’s G&T in a tin, followed by its pink gin, and now the chiller aisle contains more temptation than the Haribo shelves do for my children.

Bombay Sapphire, Tanqueray, Sipsmith and multiple artisan brands have got in on the act. They’re usually on offer at your preferred supermarket, with three for the price of four.