The fact that it's got a bite to it, probably. Ironic, really, when it's the one spirit that, as long as you have Juniper in it, any spices will do.
Or the previous girlfriends didn't like it, so she couldn't - but the childish palate seems more likely to account for it.
I made an amazing dessert by freezing tinned peach slices, then blending them up, adding raspberries from the garden, couple of cherries and a diced strawberry per glass, yoghurt, edible flowers, baby mint leaves and a splash of good gin when still at the stage of impressing Mr D with my culinary skills
Just looking at the food delivery confirmation email right now. No red cabbage and the Gammon joint has been replaced by two gammon steaks. Never mind, we were hardly going to starve.