Originally Posted by
Thomas Hudson
Wait, who am I accusing of lying?
So you agree that UK Gordon's is the same as US Gordon's, save for alcohol content?
That is helpful, because then we can get down to whether people can discern differences between alcohol concentrations. I would recommend we break this down into a few tests:
1) "Neat" alcohol. Can you discern between a glass of 40% and 37.5% at the same temperature without ice or added ingredients. I might be able to buy this.
2) "On ice" alcohol. Can you discern between a glass of 40% and 37.5%, poured at the same temperature, with the same volume of ice, resting for the same time, and without other added ingredients. I suspect that the most a relatively accomplished taster could discern the difference, but that the time on ice would make that more difficult.
3) "Mixed" alcohol. Can you discern between, say, a G&T of 40% and 37.5%, same time, same temperature, same tonic, same volume of ice, same resting time, and without other added ingredients. I call BS for any but a master distiller.
Anything beyond #3 is pointless. You can't tell.