Gin Lovers Unite!

[rcinlv]

Interestingly, until Oscar signed and endorsement agreement with Bombay Sapphire (I believe it is around $150,00 a year, paid to the city) the only gin he would drink was Beefeaters.

Cheers,

RC

 

[K.D. Lightner]

Boodles is my favorite, also, a cheaper one but tasty for the kind of martini I like: Seagram's Extra Dry Lime Twisted Gin.

I agree Locktowndog. I have to specify gin for my martini or I will get vodka in almost any bar I am in. At least the waitress at a local restaurant was savy enough to ask me if I wanted vodka or gin when I once failed to specify. Thank goodness she asked.

I don't really consider a vodka martini to be a"real" martini, anymore than those apple and lemon concoctions they make nowadays. It's in a martini glass, that's all.

karol

 

[jgilbert]

In the summer, by the grill, there is nothing better than a Tanqueray and tonic.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Just last week, I asked for a Gimlet - actually asked, not ordered, because they didn't have it on the menu. The waiter wondered "Er, you mean a Vodka Gimlet?" First I was happy, because that seemed to indicate they had some Rose's lime juice somewhere, and I had spotted a bottle of Bombay Sapphire already. So, without starting a discussion, I replied "No, a gin gimlet," only to learn they didn't have any lime juice after all, but this - pointing to something on the menu - was very similar to a gimlet. "This" was some premixed alcopop consisting of sugar, bubbles, lemon flavour and vodka…

 

[The Reno Kid]

I like Bombay (regular, not Sapphire). For me, the perfect Martini cosists of 4 parts Bombay gin to 1 part Martini & Rossi dry vermouth, shaken and served with an olive (or two). Yummy!:icon_smil

 

[dostacos]

I usually don't drink when I am out and about, however at the Queen Mary I won't be driving so I might just try a martini cause. then back to either black and tans

 

[Fletch]

I don't really consider a vodka martini to be a"real" martini, anymore than those apple and lemon concoctions they make nowadays. It's in a martini glass, that's all.

Uh, 'scuse me ma'am, but I can't let such an analogy go unchallenged.

The fruity-sweety-goofy potations add extraneous flavorings and other components. The use of vodka in place of gin adds no such frippery. In fact it subtracts one thing: the juniper flavoring found in gin.

A simple vodkatini may not be purist, but it certainly is pure. Besides, I happen to find them quite refreshing in a minimalist, Nordic sort of way. Up with a twist, please.

 

[Feraud]

I keep forgetting to get to the liquor store and have been nursing a bottle of Bombay.
Try this gin lovers - 1.25 oz. gin, .25 grenadine, .75 lemon juice, 1 egg white. Shake with ice and strain into glass...Clover Club.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

all this gin talk is making me thirsty...


darn you all!


D....who might need to go make a G&T or a white lady or something now...

 

[Feraud]

I am currently searching the house for lemons...

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I am currently searching the house for lemons...

You tried under the sofa cushions? everything ends up there....

 

[Feraud]

You tried under the sofa cushions? everything ends up there....

..found some random cufflinks...

 

[Miss Neecerie]

..found some random cufflinks...

at least the bartender will now be well attired...

 

[Feraud]

at least the bartender will now be well attired...

For once!

 

[FedoraGent]

Gin Appreciation Round...

I had a thought gang, why not have a gin drink for all of us together at the QM? We can all think of a gin cocktail that we like and order it on the QM. I hope they have more than just well gin. That would be a greek tragedy.

FG.

 

[Smithy]

My grandparents were all English and so gin appreciation is big in my family.

I like the dry stuff and up until recently it was Tanqueray which got my vote, but recently I tried Cadenhead's Old Raj and this stuff is THE BEST gin I have ever tasted. Dry as the Sahara and beautiful tasting. Unusually it is not clear but has a slightly yellowish tinge due to a very small amount of saffron added.

It's strong too 50% alcohol (100 proof) and with a brilliant drawing of an old kohai on the bottle. I wouldn't buy any other gin now.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Ah, but it's been a gimlet-soaked summer!

I had been drinking Plymouth for a while, but lately I've been enjoying Broker's Gin. Nice botanicals, and I love their hat theme. What's not to like about a bottle of gin that admonishes "Don't forget your hat!"

Brad

 

[Fletch]

If I drink too much gin, my hat won't fit.

 

[dhermann1]

Can't say that I drink enough gin to be an expert, but when I want a Gin and Tonic it better be GIN. Likewise on those rare occasions when I make myself a martini, it has to be gin.
Little known gin fact: It's good for period cramps. It's true, ladies. It's the juniper. Works like a charm. I've seen it work. On a couple of occasions I mixed up a G&T for my wife and she swore by it.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

I've seen it work. On a couple of occasions I mixed up a G&T for my wife and she swore by it.

Well, I've seen men curse, too, when they had one too many.:eusa_doh: