Martini? Beefeater or Bombay Sapphire.
Posted on 09/16/2024 6:05:17 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Interesting article. I love gin, although gin does not always love me. Not a martini fan. I am a gin and tonic guy — preferably a no sugar/low sugar tonic. My favs in the US are Bombay and Beefeaters. In Scotland, there are so many local gins that a list of favorites is near impossible.
What I find mot interesting about G&T’s in the UK is that you order the gin and tonic separately, which allows to order a no/low sugar tonic,
If you mix it with a lot of vermouth, olive juice and the olive it is not of importance which Gin you use. Straight gin with an little bit of ice and New Amsterdam is perfect, add the olive and a tiny little bit of olive juice and you have the perfect dirty martini.
The concept of a vodka martini is simply an obscenity.
My dad felt the same way. Friends of mine who like gin martinis said he made really good ones.
I like gin but, to my dad’s disappointment, I wasn’t crazy about martinis. I did like an olive that had been soaking in one, so when I visited Dad or he visited me, he’d put an extra olive in his martini for me.
Beefeaters is kind of boring. There are more and more that are flavored with pepper, grapefruit, additional herbs, etc.
No reason to stick to one.
Yes. It was from a scene in the Beverly Hillbillies that for some reason stuck in my head since I was a kid. It had something to do with Mr. Drysdale's college fraternity.
Plymouth Navy Strength
The best gin?
There actually is such a thing?????.....
Martini? Beefeater or Bombay Sapphire.
I’ve been drinking gin for over 50 years, mostly because of the wide variety of botanicals contributing to flavors and my enjoyment.
For a long time, my GO-TO was Beefeater’s, with a splash of tonic water and a twist of lime.
A good many years ago, a bartender in Las Vegas brought me a Bombay Sapphire with Schweppes tonic and I have had that one on my shelf ever since.
But, I’ve also tasted a good slate of others, keeping some and tossing some. They are not all ‘good’, as subjective as that notion can be.
Right now, on the Gin Shelf, I have Bombay Sapphire, Bombay Sapphire East, Dumbshanbo Gun Powder Gin, Plymouth, Roku, Statehouse, Nolet’s, Empress 1908, Builder’s, Rabbit Hole Bespoke, The Botanist, Bowling & Burch, Hendrick’s, and Fifty-Pounds Gin. Several of these are included in my book, published earlier this year.
I find the variety of Tonics (Fever Tree preferred) can contribute to enjoying Gin, too, but I always sample the spirits neat on the first pass.
My wife only uses FT. I don’t drink alcohol. I buy top shelf for friends and family, but I hate the stuff, so I have to defer to her opinion on such things. When it comes to Bourbon I go to my nephew for advice, and he likes his Blanton’s. Gets a bottle from me every year for Christmas/birthday.
Yes. Actually told the beefeater gal that my father in law drank beefeater. Which he did, and called it libation. He also had a massive cassette collection of Rush Limbaugh’s shows. I’d go with him to my nephew’s (his grandson’s) baseball games and he would sit in the bleachers listening. Anyway Beefeater is pretty close in taste to Tanqueray imho. Hendricks is very dry. Bombay is just too pretentious.
I was going to order a vodka rocks but since they all wanted gin, and ordered different brands I had to show off a little bit 😂. I don’t get to flirt with women much these days. Gotta at least keep the rust off.
You mentioned a father in law and the ladies still talked with you? Or are you widowed?
Ha! All were married. I was just being flattering and cordial. Or “negging” as it were. Teasing them. If I were single or widowed, none of them would be on my list. They all know my wife. She’d kill me first and then gouge out their eyes.
LOL..got it. Good story!
Try “New Amsterdam” Gin. It is not top shelf but should be.
you will not be disappointed.
Hendricks for gin martinis
Florida de Cana 18, Ron Zacapa Solara 23, Hamilton 151,and the old standby Meyers for Cuba Libres. Hamilton is for Tiki drinks but it does taste good. The other 2 are for a snifter.
I’ll see if I can find it in some tv trivia sites sound beyond horrible
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