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33anda3rd
PostPosted: April 13 18, 11:40 am 
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A lot of people feel that way. More guests tell me they don't like gin than any other spirit category.

Second is probably tequila, and it's usually because they had a terrible experience or series of experiences with drinking too much tequila when they were young.
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Tequila is great until you wake up on the wrong side of a border with no clothes and no identification....still not allowed back in Canada.
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Sweet mother I just drank a gin drink with lemon and lime from this Aruban restaurant... INCREDIBLE

http://www.quintadelcarmen.com/main/

it was ony available this week.... i shoulda took a pic
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pop_haines wrote:
Sapphire man here.

Pour some vermouth in a glass, swirl it, and then pour the whole mess down the sink.

Shake some gin with some crushed ice, pour in glass. Bomb an olive.

voilà: perfect martini.

Put your vermouth in a spray bottle (same thing works with absinthe in a Sazerac etc) and you won't have to pour it down the sink.
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Just a fun note on Navy Strength, that means that the proof is high enough that if you spill it on gunpowder it will still ignite.
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33anda3rd wrote:
If you drink gin and tonics the biggest question isn’t the gin but the tonic. Those high fructose corn syrup ones are garbage and it’s crazy to put that stuff over a lovely distilled spirit. Get Fever Tree or
Fentiman’s. I have to run but will post some gin thoughts later.

Have you tried the tonic syrup from Pinckney Bend Distillery in New Haven? I'm a big fan.
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haltz wrote:
pop_haines wrote:
Sapphire man here.

Pour some vermouth in a glass, swirl it, and then pour the whole mess down the sink.

Shake some gin with some crushed ice, pour in glass. Bomb an olive.

voilà: perfect martini.

Put your vermouth in a spray bottle (same thing works with absinthe in a Sazerac etc) and you won't have to pour it down the sink.


I really like negronis thus i don’t hate vermouth like most, apparently.
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I like negronis too.

I now order gin wherever I go. Currently drinking some Hendricks now. In Aruba I found that Bombay is quite popular.
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haltz
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pop_haines wrote:
haltz wrote:
pop_haines wrote:
Sapphire man here.

Pour some vermouth in a glass, swirl it, and then pour the whole mess down the sink.

Shake some gin with some crushed ice, pour in glass. Bomb an olive.

voilà: perfect martini.

Put your vermouth in a spray bottle (same thing works with absinthe in a Sazerac etc) and you won't have to pour it down the sink.


Ah, very clever.

But it's vermouth, you'll have that original bottle for at least 10 years, I promise.

Save a little here and there and make yourself an Algonquin.

2 ounce rye whiskey
1 ounce dry vermouth
1 ounce pineapple juice

With the first two ingredients you'll be on your way to a Scofflaw and a Brooklyn cocktail as well.
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33anda3rd
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haltz wrote:
33anda3rd wrote:
If you drink gin and tonics the biggest question isn’t the gin but the tonic. Those high fructose corn syrup ones are garbage and it’s crazy to put that stuff over a lovely distilled spirit. Get Fever Tree or
Fentiman’s. I have to run but will post some gin thoughts later.

Have you tried the tonic syrup from Pinckney Bend Distillery in New Haven? I'm a big fan.


I don't think it's distributed here.
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