The Campaign for decent gin!
Apr 11, 2013, 5:34 am
#62
Join Date: Sep 2010
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This is really tricky, and my choice of gin will depend from the season, my mood and the occasion. However I still got a list of favourite ones
Sacred
The Botanist
Rangpur
Number 3
Sipsmith
G'Vine
I also think that Tonic tend to spoil the Gin, but may have one from time to time with mainly Rangpur (perfect when spring is coming), G'Vine or Sacred (with a small addition of Sacred distillate, it seriously enhance the taste of it)
I tend to drink my gin meanly with a few drops of Vermouth (either Noilly Prat or Sacred spiced Vermouth)
So If we get a decent gin, can we also please get a decent vermouth ...
Sacred
The Botanist
Rangpur
Number 3
Sipsmith
G'Vine
I also think that Tonic tend to spoil the Gin, but may have one from time to time with mainly Rangpur (perfect when spring is coming), G'Vine or Sacred (with a small addition of Sacred distillate, it seriously enhance the taste of it)
I tend to drink my gin meanly with a few drops of Vermouth (either Noilly Prat or Sacred spiced Vermouth)
So If we get a decent gin, can we also please get a decent vermouth ...
Apr 11, 2013, 6:16 am
#64
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I agree that the tonic makes a big difference. I tend to keep Fever Tree naturally light in the fridge at home. It would be nice to see BA carry fever tree products instead of Schweppes.
It does annoy me when flying carriers other than BA how impossible it can be to get a slimline tonic. Availability of slimline even on BA shorthaul is no longer the certainty it once was, yet I do periodically forget to pick up an emergency supply when leaving the lounge.
It does annoy me when flying carriers other than BA how impossible it can be to get a slimline tonic. Availability of slimline even on BA shorthaul is no longer the certainty it once was, yet I do periodically forget to pick up an emergency supply when leaving the lounge.
Apr 11, 2013, 6:23 am
#65
Join Date: Jan 2005
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I am a Gordon's man but I can concur with the verdict on the Blackwood:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...taste-test-gin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...taste-test-gin
Apr 11, 2013, 6:35 am
#66
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 47
It does annoy me when flying carriers other than BA how impossible it can be to get a slimline tonic. Availability of slimline even on BA shorthaul is no longer the certainty it once was, yet I do periodically forget to pick up an emergency supply when leaving the lounge.
Apr 11, 2013, 6:44 am
#67
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bicester, UK
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Apr 11, 2013, 7:34 am
#69
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Romsey, UK
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.....On the day they were leaving I arrived home early and walked into the kitchen. They hadn't heard me and I stood and watched them pour Tesco own brand gin into an empty Sipsmith bottle.
The look on their face was priceless and they haven't set foot over our threshold since. If only I had presence of mind to whip out my iPhone and post the video on Facebook.
The look on their face was priceless and they haven't set foot over our threshold since. If only I had presence of mind to whip out my iPhone and post the video on Facebook.
Comedy gold. I wish you'd captured it on video.
Apr 11, 2013, 7:44 am
#70
Join Date: May 2010
Location: London
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Apr 11, 2013, 8:09 am
#71
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Apr 11, 2013, 8:14 am
#72
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Tosh! Utter stuff and nonsense. You're the sort that runs around in Kia and says that Golfs are not for real motorists. I have no doubt that the Tanquerary No 10 bottle is for show and you refill it with cheap Gordons to impress whatever friends you have left. (
) I love you to bits, Hunter of Swans, but since you were de-Moded you have become Flyertalk's greatest taste free zone. 
Whilst price is not always an indicator of quality, I can state that as HIDDY so vulgarly phrases it, plenty has gone down my throat (as if I was a Pelican) and I was a committed Gordons gin girl. Then one day a Man introduced me to Bombay Sapphire and I was ruined. It was my downfall. I thought that it has a beautiful almost sweetness to it. Second place went to Tanqeray and it was a close call. Gordons runs third.
I was thinking of inviting you to Palazzo Pucci for a dinner cooked at my hand - the one sought and kissed by Sultans and which has cleaned many a First Class lav as part of my glamour job.
So you - and your Sapphire Sucks pals can consider yourselves well and truly hairbrushed! Still there is worse American is using Beefeater which is the worst going. That I dare say is more to your taste. I know that it is your frequenting louche clubs and dives that has brought you to this - of how far the weak have fallen. XXX
) I love you to bits, Hunter of Swans, but since you were de-Moded you have become Flyertalk's greatest taste free zone. Whilst price is not always an indicator of quality, I can state that as HIDDY so vulgarly phrases it, plenty has gone down my throat (as if I was a Pelican) and I was a committed Gordons gin girl. Then one day a Man introduced me to Bombay Sapphire and I was ruined. It was my downfall. I thought that it has a beautiful almost sweetness to it. Second place went to Tanqeray and it was a close call. Gordons runs third.
I was thinking of inviting you to Palazzo Pucci for a dinner cooked at my hand - the one sought and kissed by Sultans and which has cleaned many a First Class lav as part of my glamour job.
So you - and your Sapphire Sucks pals can consider yourselves well and truly hairbrushed! Still there is worse American is using Beefeater which is the worst going. That I dare say is more to your taste. I know that it is your frequenting louche clubs and dives that has brought you to this - of how far the weak have fallen. XXX
I always knew you were a woman of impeccable taste.
Apr 11, 2013, 9:19 am
#74
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Brighton, UK
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73 posts and no-one has pointed out that Plymouth gin is a different drink to London gin, it is not just a different brand.
Most gin is of the London distilled variety (Gordon's, Beefeater etc). Plymouth gin is a different recipe all together and enjoys its own EU Protected Geographical Indications (even though there is now only one Plymouth maker left). Dutch gin (aka Jenvever) is equally different to London gin.
Bombay Sapphire and Hendricks by the way are just marketing creations of major corporations - Bombay Sapphire introduced by Bacardi in 1987 and Hendricks by Grants in 1999. Both are designed by committee/taste survey and marketed in old-fashioned packaging to give an appearance of heritage and prestige, even though they are really modern mass-produced products.
Still, if that's what you like, that's your choice.
Most gin is of the London distilled variety (Gordon's, Beefeater etc). Plymouth gin is a different recipe all together and enjoys its own EU Protected Geographical Indications (even though there is now only one Plymouth maker left). Dutch gin (aka Jenvever) is equally different to London gin.
Bombay Sapphire and Hendricks by the way are just marketing creations of major corporations - Bombay Sapphire introduced by Bacardi in 1987 and Hendricks by Grants in 1999. Both are designed by committee/taste survey and marketed in old-fashioned packaging to give an appearance of heritage and prestige, even though they are really modern mass-produced products.
Still, if that's what you like, that's your choice.
Apr 11, 2013, 9:41 am
#75
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Another one for Caorunn or The Botanist.
I always pick a bottle of Caorunn for the other half on my through T5 to save a few quid over the price in Sainsbury's.
I always pick a bottle of Caorunn for the other half on my through T5 to save a few quid over the price in Sainsbury's.