BS: Gin

13 May 09 - 06:51 PM (#2631186)
Subject: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

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?

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13 May 09 - 06:53 PM (#2631188)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Emma B

add sloes or damsons :)

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13 May 09 - 06:59 PM (#2631191)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

Anyone who drinks gin would eat shit and run rabbits. Sorry......just the way it is..........

Spaw

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13 May 09 - 07:05 PM (#2631194)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Sorcha

Haven't seen Dead Horse around for a long time

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13 May 09 - 07:32 PM (#2631208)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

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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13 May 09 - 07:37 PM (#2631214)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

Keep the sherry and send it to me. I like good dry sherry too. Not sure about the mixture.

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13 May 09 - 07:52 PM (#2631221)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: gnu

I play gin very well. Can't drink it worth shit. Rather run rabbits.

Tastes like lighter fluid to me.

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13 May 09 - 08:00 PM (#2631223)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Emma B

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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13 May 09 - 08:25 PM (#2631237)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Dead Horse

..................................Gin!
(for Sorcha)

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13 May 09 - 08:35 PM (#2631242)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Joe_F

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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13 May 09 - 08:44 PM (#2631248)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Emma B

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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13 May 09 - 08:48 PM (#2631251)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: robomatic

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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13 May 09 - 09:39 PM (#2631272)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: CarolC

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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14 May 09 - 12:09 AM (#2631340)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Benjamin

It's funny because the thread tittle also made me think of Dead Horse. Thanks for the memories Dead Horse!

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14 May 09 - 01:44 AM (#2631354)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Stilly River Sage

Gin Rummy.

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14 May 09 - 03:56 AM (#2631388)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Barry Finn

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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14 May 09 - 04:44 AM (#2631425)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

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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14 May 09 - 05:06 AM (#2631439)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Catherine Jayne

I like Tanqueray too, Hendericks has to be my favourite, Juniper Green is good too

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14 May 09 - 05:53 AM (#2631452)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: bubblyrat

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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14 May 09 - 05:55 AM (#2631453)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: bubblyrat

Or should that be "afficionado " with an "o" ?? Drat !

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14 May 09 - 06:30 AM (#2631473)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Bryn Pugh

In the days when I drank gin, the "ginniest" gin for me was Booths. Is it still available ?

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14 May 09 - 06:51 AM (#2631487)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Dead Horse

Drunk "neat"?
Is that when you are found in the gutter wearing a tux?
Been there. Done that.

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14 May 09 - 06:57 AM (#2631494)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Smedley

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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14 May 09 - 08:20 AM (#2631554)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: A Wandering Minstrel

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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14 May 09 - 08:32 AM (#2631562)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Les from Hull

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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14 May 09 - 08:36 AM (#2631564)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Emma B

It sounds delicious Les - especially the Fentimans - but I'm not sure I could wait THAT long :)

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14 May 09 - 08:37 AM (#2631568)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Mr Happy

Too much & you get http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhfhgbmZe9s!!

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14 May 09 - 08:49 AM (#2631578)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

Well, I see the manure pile is depleting and the rabbits are worried.........

Spaw

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14 May 09 - 09:35 AM (#2631604)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: RangerSteve

I'll go with Tanqueray, although Bombay is good, too. But not the blue stuff. I never drink anything that's the same color as Windex. It's just a rule that I have. Canada Dry still makes a bitter lemon available in the states. I prefer tonic and lime. Some people will say this is wrong, but I prefer bottled lime juice, because I like a lot of lime juice, the equivalent of squeezing about three limes.

And BOLS tastes strange to me.

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14 May 09 - 11:08 AM (#2631693)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Les in Chorlton

I had the great delight of being introduced to an exotic cocktail by Chris Cole, of Gorton Morris Men, at Wythenshawe Labour Club during an extatic evening of music from Stockton's Wing.

A Dogs Nose: A measure of Gin poured in to the top of a pint of bitter, of which we had a number. On reflection a dry hoppy beer would have been best, but whatever it was it added to a great evening, as best I can remember.

Cheers

L in C

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14 May 09 - 11:23 AM (#2631703)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Becca72

Just can't abide the taste. Reminds me of a pine-scented air freshner.

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14 May 09 - 11:42 AM (#2631724)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Morticia

Plymouth is best IMO, dash of angostura, squeeze in a quarter of fresh lime, fill up to the top with ice, Schweppes to fill in the gaps.....hmmmmm. Is it Gin o'clock yet?

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14 May 09 - 11:56 AM (#2631738)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Ebbie

I haven't tried gin in years but I remember back when that I didn't care for the grainy feel on the tongue even if I'd been prepared to ignore the shrubby smell. In dry country - like on Oregon's east side - juniper is ubiquitous. Fine for tangy air, not so fine for ingestion.

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14 May 09 - 12:02 PM (#2631749)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: irishenglish

With summer coming, a G & T is one of my preferred arden spirits. Johnnie Johnson (Chuck Berry's late piano player) said it best for me, in terms of preference with- "I'm going around the corner, and have a drink of Tanqueray."

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14 May 09 - 12:12 PM (#2631758)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: john f weldon

I find Tanqueray too effete.

Take a jar of olives, pour into a larger jar (including the crud), and add Vermouth. Leave in fridge.

Gordons comes in a wholesome 1.75 liter plastic jug. Put it in the freezer till it flows like molasses. Pour out three-fourths of a tumbler. Add a soupspoon full of olives, which will now be soaked with Vermouth.

For maximum effect, sit in excessively hot sun while sipping.

Overall I prefer scotch - Talisker, Lagavulin, etc. But it costs 3 times as much.

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14 May 09 - 12:29 PM (#2631776)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Charmion

Morty mentioned Angostura and I'm surprised she was the first, considering the company we're keeping here.

Pink gin -- pass me my hankie so I can stuff it up my sleeve, please -- is a wonderful thing, God wot. Take Plymouth gin and several drops of Angostura, shake em up with ice and strain the mixture into a martini glass. Or you could just dump the gin on top of ice cubes in any old tooth mug and scatter drops of Angostura on top until it's about the right colour.

Anything with gin in it is improved by Angostura bitters. Try a few drops in your next G&T -- superior porch-climber.

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14 May 09 - 01:05 PM (#2631803)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

Good heavens this is taking me back! It must be 30 years since I had a pink gin. You lot are corrupting me!

On a hot sunny day, to go with a salade Nicoise eaten on a rug on the grass, Gin and Sin (gin and Cinzano bianco) goes down well, but it is moreish and dangerous.

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14 May 09 - 01:49 PM (#2631844)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

The air grew thick with the foul aroma of rabbit chasers........

Spaw

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14 May 09 - 02:46 PM (#2631890)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

What's with this rabbit business?

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14 May 09 - 03:32 PM (#2631930)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Phot

I don't drink the stuff myself, but Fionas favorite is Bombay Sapphire, however we're making do with Gordons at the moment!

Wassail!! Chris

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14 May 09 - 05:40 PM (#2632003)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Bill D

Tanqueray Martini-O
(Words & Music by Jon Campbell © Adapted for Maine by Charlie Ipcar - 1992 As Sung by Roll & Go)

As we set sail from Portland Town,
With a fleet of CrisCrafts all around,
From up on deck a call came down
Tanqueray Martini-o!

'Tis all the captains and the crew
Must have the drink you can look right through,
And 'tis really nothing else will do
Tanqueray Martini-o!

Chorus:

'Tis haul the sheets back with one hand,
Set your drink down if you can,
And we never sail out of sight of land
Tanqueray Martini-o!

At Bailey's Island we put in,
Being nearly out of gin,
To continue on would've been a sin
Tanqueray Martini-o!

The captain's laid out on the floor,
Being elected to get some more,
But he's broke his leg tryin' to get on shore
Tanqueray Martini-o!(CHO)

'Tis nine parts gin to one Vermouth,
'Tis a yachtsman's friend and that's the truth,
From Casco Bay to the Bay of Booth
Tanqueray Martini-o!

"All hands on deck!" comes the cry,
As gale force winds shred the sky,
But we stay dry 'cause we're so high
Tanqueray Martini-o!(CHO)

Them Camden girls sure look fine,
Rigged loose up front and snug behind,
With a quarterboard reading Calvin Klein
Tanqueray Martini-o!

Them Portland boys must be seen,
All decked out by L.L. Bean,
But with the first swell they turn quite green
Tanqueray Martini-o!(CHO)

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14 May 09 - 05:58 PM (#2632017)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Liz the Squeak

Another Tom Lehrer fan here... and another Bombay Sapphire hater.


Hearts full of youth,
Hearts full of truth,
Six parts gin to one part
Vermouth!

LTS

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14 May 09 - 07:22 PM (#2632071)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Q (Frank Staplin)

One I remember seeing somewhere-
Pour dry vermouth over ice in the mixer
Waft the open vermouth over the mixer, recork and put it away.
Swirl for 30 seconds
Pour into chilled glass

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14 May 09 - 10:08 PM (#2632186)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Joe_F

I too miss Schweppes bitter lemon. However, a couple of drops of lemon extract in the tonic will do the job. I also miss the mint bush that grew outside my door on Long Island 40 years ago; a leaf from it added a grace to a gin & tonic.

A further poetic appreciation:

Her father's euonymus shines as we walk,
And swing past the summer-house, buried in talk,
And cool the verandah that welcomes us in
To the six-o'clock news and a lime-juice and gin. -- John Betjeman

I used to have a gin & tonic buddy who by chance once brought some limes; I took the opportunity.

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14 May 09 - 10:55 PM (#2632205)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: TRUBRIT

I was taught to drink - yeah these many years ago - by a dear friend who was a priest....he took me out when I was about 17 (remember this was in the UK not here) and gave me a gin and dry ginger -- or 2 or 3. I learned to love gin then and still but with tonic ==== we track our financial status on whether we can afford rot gut or good gin ---- any Boodles lovers out there?...

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15 May 09 - 02:35 AM (#2632276)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Gurney

I never liked it myself, until one day I really needed a drink (I won't go into why) and there was nothing else.
Now I quite like it. Well, not as much as Whisky and Whiskey, but OK.

Now I need a very good excuse to need a drink when there is only Rum in the house. Never liked that.

Firefox thinks Whisky is an incorrect spelling. Didn't know it was an Irish browser.

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15 May 09 - 02:57 AM (#2632285)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Peace

And then . . . .

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15 May 09 - 03:46 AM (#2632298)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Les in Chorlton

A Dogs Nose is a lot less bother and surprisingly tasty, although bother might be part of the fun

L in C

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15 May 09 - 07:13 AM (#2632388)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

I'd suggest a Dogs Ass instead............

Why don't y'all try some good bourbon and give the bunnies a break?

Spaw

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15 May 09 - 08:56 AM (#2632488)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Allan C.

An old friend used to say, "If scotch were the only drink available in the world, I would never have become an alcoholic." I feel much the same way about gin, (except that I'm fortunate enough not to be an alcoholic - and God be with any who are.) Truth is, other than water, vodka is the only clear liquid that ever passes my lips. However, I'd much rather drink the browner stuff, such as good Irish whiskey.

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15 May 09 - 09:07 AM (#2632502)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

Thank you Allan. I've always liked you and once again you come through on an important topic.

The rabbits thank you as well.................

Spaw

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15 May 09 - 10:47 AM (#2632561)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Liz the Squeak

What is it with the rabbits?

On Portland (the original one, in Dorset, England and I do mean on, it's always been known as the isle...), you dursn't call 'em that, you must call 'em bunnies. Something to do with a superstition and the quarry there.

LTS

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21 May 09 - 03:05 PM (#2637827)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: maire-aine

My favorite summer drink is also gin & Schweppes bitter lemon, and my local slightly-upscale market (near Detroit MI) carries it, along with most of the other Schweppes products. But now that I'm trying to cut calories, I use Schweppes diet tonic water with some lemon juice.

Maryanne

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22 May 09 - 12:37 PM (#2638606)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: topical tom

I realize that it borders on the immoral but I prefer a vodka martini to a gin one.Recipe:

                   2 shots of vodka
                   dry vermouth
                   olives
Pour the vodka into a martini glass, put in 3 olives on a swizzle stick, uncork (or uncap) the dry vermouth and waft the cork (cap) over the vodka and olives, then recork (recap) the bottle. Stir with affection. Et voilà! Nirvana!

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22 May 09 - 02:58 PM (#2638706)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Maryrrf

When I was sixteen years old working at a soda fountain my boyfriend showed up with a bottle of gin. I had never had anything stronger than a small amount of beer or wine, and I had no idea about quantities, etc. I poured an indeterminate quantity into a grape soda, drank it, and proceeded to get very sick. I still remember my boyfriend stopping the car periodically and holding me by the back of my jeans while I leaned out of the car door and retched. I also remember sneaking up the stairs so my parents wouldn't realize anything was amiss, and the horrible sensation of lying in bed while the room spun around. To this day, I cannot stand gin. I can't even tolerate the smell. Ewwww......

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22 May 09 - 03:20 PM (#2638723)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

Probably didn't make you feel too kindly towards Grape Nehi either! But at least the rabbits could rest.

Spaw

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22 May 09 - 10:08 PM (#2638995)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Joe_F

Tom: These days, the *default* seems to be a vodka martini. A few years ago I naively ordered a martini in a bar (something I seldom do, as they are outrageously expensive), and the bartender asked me what flavor of vodka I wanted; I had to *tell* him to use gin! When I am making my own, I mostly favor, these days, the 19th-century style celebrated by Ogden Nash & H. L. Mencken, but occasionally, in sentimental remembrance of my undergraduate years, I move up to the 20th century (gin & a generous dollop of dry vermouth -- I make no pretense of sophistication). As for vodka, I have almost no use for it, but sometimes, when in the mood, I have a very small glass of very cold vodka with a dried cherry in it -- an invention of my mother's.

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23 May 09 - 12:39 AM (#2639050)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: dick greenhaus

Having once been involved with a professional tasting panel, I can say with some assurance that, after the first one, the different brands become indistinguishable.

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23 May 09 - 09:46 AM (#2639253)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: SPB-Cooperator

my personal preference:

Pour large gin into glass. Empty glass into kitchen sink. Wash glass. Refill glass with vintage port, and enjoy with water biscuits and a good cheese.

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23 May 09 - 02:19 PM (#2639410)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: GUEST,CLETUS HARDDINGER

I perty much like rabbits myself. They make fur sum fine eetin. But I cant seez how cookin them in gin would help at all. That stuff iz awful bad tastin.

CLETUS

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23 May 09 - 03:17 PM (#2639437)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

SPB - collect gin, put back in bottle, and send to me...

Cletus - I think cooking the rabbits in gin might taste divine - or maybe one cold make a rillette (coarse pate) like a pork pate. With Gin. But since cooking would boil off the alcohol (as a friend of mine used to tell his muslim boyfriend) while it would facilitate muslim consumption of the pate, I would think it a waste of the alcohol.

I wonder if gradually freezing to about -30C might produce a little slug of alcohol for me leaving the flavourings in the ice to melt to cook the rabbit.

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23 May 09 - 04:57 PM (#2639518)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: SPB-Cooperator

If we ever meet for real I'll buy you a gin, you buy me a port and we raise a toast to the demise of mutual adversaries. Deal?

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23 May 09 - 08:19 PM (#2639627)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

Where are you?

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23 May 09 - 09:02 PM (#2639646)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: SPB-Cooperator

london

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23 May 09 - 09:25 PM (#2639653)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Boho

This recipe for rabbit cooked with gin sounds quite good:

Rabbit with gin & Juniper

First, of course, you need to trap your rabbit...

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24 May 09 - 10:13 AM (#2639839)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Dead Horse

Shouldn't London be spelled with a capital ? :-)

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24 May 09 - 10:47 AM (#2639857)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: SPB-Cooperator

Not when I am typing in the early hours of the morning

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25 May 09 - 08:01 AM (#2640365)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: mkebenn

Q, I grew up on Travis, but it's been awhile. Didn't he favor Plymouth in the earlier books, and then switch to Boodles? Maybe my mind is going, everything else is. I drank Beefeaters for years, but I prefer Bombay Saphire now. Mostly I drink a Canadian blended whiskey, an inexpensive one, 'cause it's good and it's cheap. Mike

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27 May 09 - 11:41 PM (#2642431)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: TRUBRIT

I love Boodles. One has to be careful being here and being a Brit transplant -- some brands they sell here are NOT (gasp, horror) the same as the ones they sell in UK...since Boodles is really hard to find round here I have moved to Tanqueray which is I believe, British Gordon's. Bombay Sapphire is good and someone - I can't remember who - makes a brand called 10 which is good. However with the ups and downs in the economy we can only afford rot gut gin half the time so if you are offered gin from a green bottle at my house, then house sales are up.....

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28 May 09 - 12:59 AM (#2642452)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Joe Offer

My parents were not a good influence on me. They introduced me to the Glorious Gin Gibson - two shots of gin, a capful of dry vermouth, and three pickled onions, on the rocks.
I have it only when visiting my parents. Making a habit of them, could be dangerous.

-Joe-

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28 May 09 - 06:55 AM (#2642594)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: catspaw49

So after the Gibsons, I imagine y'all take off together after the rabbits huh?

Spaw

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28 May 09 - 07:06 AM (#2642601)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: manitas_at_work

Tanqueray make 10

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28 May 09 - 07:07 AM (#2642602)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: Richard Bridge

British Tanqueray is not the same as British Gordon's

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28 May 09 - 12:32 PM (#2642841)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: GUEST,Russ

Late to the party, as usual.

Richard,
I agree with your preferences.

Spaw,
I like gin
but I also like good bourbon,
and good scotch,
and good Irish whiskey.
A great big gin and tonic is a perfect accompaniment while relaxing in my comfy chair under the oak tree on a summer day.....
watching the rabbits.

Russ (Permanent GUEST and appreciator of many forms of alcohol)

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28 May 09 - 01:16 PM (#2642875)
Subject: RE: BS: Gin
From: olddude

My office was built in 1860 it was on the underground railroad and I recently discovered a bootlegger had it once also. I found a cache of about 200 empty (sadly empty) gin bottles in a secret storage place in the root cellar basement area. Had the old caps with the wire around them. Makes sense, right across the lake is canada so they must have been doing some rum running ... it was fun to find though

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