Originally Posted by
mberlew
I'm a Gordon's guy, best bang for the buck out there in my opinion at ~$15 for 1.75L in the US. I try not to let my palate advance for fear of damage to the pocketbook.
In my youthful drinking days, there was a time in the US, especially in NYC, when better saloons poured (Dewar's) White Label from the well for Scotch drinkers and stuck with Gordon's for Martinis. Vermouth? The market demanded "French", most often Noilly Pratt, as a cut above the Italians.