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The Best Gins
Nytimes ^ | 06/30/2024 | Lesley Stockton

Posted on 09/16/2024 6:05:17 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Whether you prefer a dry martini or a refreshing gin and tonic, your gin of choice defines the cocktail. If you love gin, you know how it can unfold like a story with each sip: Juniper is the main character, while spices, citrus, and other aromatics play the supporting roles.

We believe there’s a gin for almost any imbiber, even the folks who think they don’t like it. If you’re turned off by assertive, sprucy gins, we have a pick for you that’s smooth and bright. If you like old pine boxes in dusty attics and want to capture that sensory experience in a glass, we have a gin for you, too.

Food and drinks writer (and Wirecutter contributor) Tammie Teclemariam and I tasted 12 gins in all. To find the best ones to suit many tastes and budgets, we focused mainly on London Dry gins because they are the most widely available and the easiest to compare (thanks to a standardized distillation process). And we included a couple of bottles that we believe are true all-purpose gins, meaning they mix exceptionally well into three of the most common gin cocktails: a dry martini, a gin and tonic, and a Negroni.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Food; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: 2024; alcohol; alcoholbestgingins; best; booze; gin; gins; spirits
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If I was going to have a martini years ago I would have a Bombay Sapphire.
1 posted on 09/16/2024 6:05:17 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If I was going to have a martini years ago I would have a Bombay Sapphire.

Sapphire was too flowery for me. Gordon’s was my go to.


2 posted on 09/16/2024 6:11:23 PM PDT by dgbrown
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I can’t remember which one was grapefruit flavored


3 posted on 09/16/2024 6:12:35 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Beef eatets


4 posted on 09/16/2024 6:14:54 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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You’re a Martini person?


5 posted on 09/16/2024 6:16:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Gunpowder Irish Gin is nice if you like citrus.


6 posted on 09/16/2024 6:17:11 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: dgbrown

Bombay Sapphire was like drinking a shot of perfume.


7 posted on 09/16/2024 6:19:36 PM PDT by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict XVI never resigned & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The correct answer is: A free one

Just like it is with beer


8 posted on 09/16/2024 6:21:11 PM PDT by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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I’ll probably go with whichever one Hillary imbibes.


9 posted on 09/16/2024 6:30:02 PM PDT by A strike ("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
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Personally I think most gins taste like fuel oil, but Tanqueray is drinkable.


10 posted on 09/16/2024 6:33:13 PM PDT by pnut22
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I was into G&T a couple of years ago. Did a quick gin tasting and settled on Beefeater.
Then found that it was better to make my own with cheap vodka and juniper berries and some other things.


11 posted on 09/16/2024 6:34:46 PM PDT by Rio
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I was never really a gin person until recently, being more of a scotch and rye fan. My youngest daughter liked gin and tonics. She introduced me to a Japanese Gin called Roku. I was to say the least pleasantly suprised.


12 posted on 09/16/2024 6:36:09 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hard to beat gin and root beer with a twist of lemon.


13 posted on 09/16/2024 6:40:58 PM PDT by fso301
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To: ChicagoConservative27

None?, vial stuff.


14 posted on 09/16/2024 6:45:17 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: pnut22

Tanqueray


^^^ This, when I was a drinker over thirty years ago. T&Ts for me.


15 posted on 09/16/2024 6:50:07 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Will we ever get to rum? Just wondering.


16 posted on 09/16/2024 6:58:17 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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My old boatin’ buddy, Trav, swore by Boodles. :/


17 posted on 09/16/2024 6:59:05 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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I will post a rum article next


18 posted on 09/16/2024 7:00:15 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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For martinis I like Hendrick The cucumber and rose is really nice. I use Bombay Sapphire when u want to be cheap for martinis and gin & tonic. My preferred all purpose gin including sipping is Plymouth regular strength. St George has 3 nice gins as does Uncle Vals (like 2 of the 3. Pass on peppered).


19 posted on 09/16/2024 7:03:28 PM PDT by airedale ( )
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I was at a social function last fall. Three women in the bar line ahead of me. One ordered a Hendricks. One ordered a Bombay. One ordered a Beefeater. I ordered a Tanqueray and then criticized all of their choices to their faces.


20 posted on 09/16/2024 7:04:34 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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