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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Les from Hull Date: 14 May 09 - 08:32 AM Gin and Ginger Beer, equal amounts, very cold. Slice of lime. Proper Ginger Beer, mind, such as Fentiman's - avoid any that has ginger 'flavour' rather than real ginger. Avoid ice cubes by mixing it, putting it in a metal flask and then into the freezer, along with a glass. Wait for a sunny day! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 14 May 09 - 08:20 AM Sapphire is ok but the slightly rarer Bombay Dry flavoured with herb of paradise seeds, mixed with just a hint of bitters and enough tonic is absolute heaven. For absolute perfection in a collins, mix in a measure of good cassis and shake over crushed ice. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Smedley Date: 14 May 09 - 06:57 AM My favourite gin is Xoriguer - made on the island of Menorca & available all over Spain. In the UK, some branches of Waitrose sell it. The Menorcans also sell a wonderful drink called Pomada, which is that gin mixed with a very dry lemonade. A slice of lemon is best with Xoriguer, but I prefer lime with Bombay Sapphire (my British gin of choice is no X is available). Somewhere I have a recipe for tomato, beetroot & gin soup. Mmmmmmmmm. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Dead Horse Date: 14 May 09 - 06:51 AM Drunk "neat"? Is that when you are found in the gutter wearing a tux? Been there. Done that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 14 May 09 - 06:40 AM Mr. Bridge you need a course in liquor - the is for the youngsters to mix with juice etc - jonge geneve is for those who require a seance for an introduction to the world of spirits.
No - NOT Alt!
Difficult to obtain in the US .... "Old Genever" - Oude Genever (Very Old (Zeer Oude) Genever) is aged in oak a couple years and refers to the older recipe formulation which has more herbs and is yellow in color. Gin is believed to have originated in Holland and then become debased by the Brits with their London Dry not appearing until the 1930's.
Drunk "neat" - you would no more mix Oude Genever - than you would any good whisky. If you have anything on the side it would be a dried herring.
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Sincerely,
It is obvious that some are not familiar with the finer spirits of life and prefer the mass market swill produced by the commoner's column still the more traditional pot still approach. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Bryn Pugh Date: 14 May 09 - 06:30 AM In the days when I drank gin, the "ginniest" gin for me was Booths. Is it still available ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: bubblyrat Date: 14 May 09 - 05:55 AM Or should that be "afficionado " with an "o" ?? Drat ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: bubblyrat Date: 14 May 09 - 05:53 AM Not a great Gin-drinker myself,although my dear Grandmother,Cook and Housekeeper to the late Sir Osbert Lancaster,was a serious afficianado to the point of dipsomania,bless her.I was once given a whole case of Plymouth Gin,whilst working at the Royal Motor Yacht Club in Poole,but didn't really enjoy it.Several years before the mast,Jim lad,so to speak,has engendered a definite preference for other,more robust,libations ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Catherine Jayne Date: 14 May 09 - 05:06 AM I like Tanqueray too, Hendericks has to be my favourite, Juniper Green is good too |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Richard Bridge Date: 14 May 09 - 04:44 AM Surely that's yonge genever, not alte genever in the brown Bols bottle? What's with all this rabbit stuff? I tried gin and orange (juice) the other night and it is not for me. The Schweppes bitter lemon is still available here in the UK. Should we club together and send food parcels? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Barry Finn Date: 14 May 09 - 03:56 AM I'd sooner rub rubbing alcohol on running rabbits than have gin close so to my nose as to ruin the air I sneeze. Barry |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 May 09 - 01:44 AM Gin Rummy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Benjamin Date: 14 May 09 - 12:09 AM It's funny because the thread tittle also made me think of Dead Horse. Thanks for the memories Dead Horse! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 13 May 09 - 10:07 PM Ahhh - Old Genever
BOLS in the brown crock - from The Netherlands
Sincerely,
A gracious gratuity rendered that spoiled my taste for all British approximations upon the spirit. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: CarolC Date: 13 May 09 - 09:39 PM Gin (Gordon's for me) and tonic is the best, but I also like gin and grapefruit juice. Here in this neighborhood they really like what they call "gin and juice", which is gin and any kind of orange juice or orange drink available. I like gin and juice if it's real orange juice, but gin and "orange drink" is just disturbing. The people around me seem to prefer mild gin without much juniper taste, but I want to be able to really taste and smell the juniper. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: robomatic Date: 13 May 09 - 08:48 PM Whatever happened to Schweppes "Bitter Lemon" they phased it out across the States and I haven't seen it in years! Damn I miss it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Emma B Date: 13 May 09 - 08:44 PM not Ogden Nash but, from a son of Ogden, Utah "The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived." Bernard De Voto |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Joe_F Date: 13 May 09 - 08:35 PM There is something about a martini, A tingle remarkably pleasant, A yellow, a mellow martini -- I wish that I had one at present. There is something about a martini When the dining and dancing begin, And to tell you the truth, It is not the vermouth: I rather suspect it's the gin. -- Ogden Nash In view of its being yellow, I suppose that that is the 19th-century-style martini, containing sweet & dry vermouth and orange bitters, such as I had before dinner this evening (no dancing, tho -- I was not born to inhabit a human body). In that company, IMO, the brand of gin scarcely matters. When I lived in a commune in Virginia (1972-1981), I could not afford commercial gin, but there were plenty of junipers on the place, and their berries, crushed & infused in Everclear 180-proof vodka, produced a tincture a few drops of which would produce a ginlike flavor in any drink. One might also (obSongs) recall Tom Lehrer: One morning, in a fit of pique, She drowned her father in the creek. The water tasted bad for a week, And we had to make do with gin. By & large, I would say, the brand is irrelevant. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Dead Horse Date: 13 May 09 - 08:25 PM ..................................Gin! (for Sorcha) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Emma B Date: 13 May 09 - 08:00 PM catspaw, I really would like to introduce you to the pleasures of the liquid perfection of sloe gin as a late night accompaniment to some rousing singing. Sloes are completely inedible, gin? - well....... maybe an 'aquired taste' after running the bunnies down But, put them together - nectar :) And you can make a great choc truffle with the leftover sloes - ask the guests at Crane Driver's birthday :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: gnu Date: 13 May 09 - 07:52 PM I play gin very well. Can't drink it worth shit. Rather run rabbits. Tastes like lighter fluid to me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 May 09 - 07:37 PM Keep the sherry and send it to me. I like good dry sherry too. Not sure about the mixture. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 13 May 09 - 07:32 PM Travis McGee Cocktail Glass of shaved ice Fill with good dry sherry Dump sherry Pour Bombay gin over the ice Sip and enjoy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Sorcha Date: 13 May 09 - 07:05 PM Haven't seen Dead Horse around for a long time |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: catspaw49 Date: 13 May 09 - 06:59 PM Anyone who drinks gin would eat shit and run rabbits. Sorry......just the way it is.......... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Gin From: Emma B Date: 13 May 09 - 06:53 PM add sloes or damsons :) |
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Subject: BS: Gin From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 May 09 - 06:51 PM I think I have decided I like Tanqueray better than Bombay Sapphire, but alas it is so long since I have had any of the yellow label export-only Gordons that I cannot say whether I would like that better still, and of course the stone-bottled Bols yonge genever is great too. I have decided I prefer a slice of lime to lemon, and the tonic just has to be Schweppes. I keep the gin in the freezer and the tonic on the fridge (on the verge of freezing, it's a cold fridge) and two ice cubes cold enough to stick to the fingers... In a tumbler, half gin, half tonic. What do others do? |
