I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.
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A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

Bob

I'm still working on that huge, honking bottle of New Amsterdam gin that
son picked out for me (methinks he was lusting after the very cool
bottle for a future lamp??) and I'm just not sure I notice enough
difference myself? I'm just not a high brow drinker, I guess? LOL

I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
it comes in a "martini" glass.

On Jul 6, 7:47 pm, zxcvbob wrote:
I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

Bob

Get a decent bottle of white vermouth and go for the martinis.
Otherwise try looking up a pink gin. I had one once and it was
'interesting". Gin & Fresca is definately out. Too sweet. Stick with
the tonic .
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

NOOO! You cannot call it a martini if it is not in the correct glass!
Das ist verboten!!! You will be hauled off to the hoosegow and beaten
with cocktail sticks.

TammyM, channelling Bubba Vic

In article ,
says...
I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

Bob


I think that Sapphire is a bit precious for gin, which started out as a
cheap and rather rough drink for the masses. It's tasty, to be sure, but
it's not real gin IMO, being too delicate and "sissified." But try it
with water, equal parts, on ice with a big squeeze of lime.

--
Peter Aitken

zxcvbob wrote:

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin?

Bob

Ninja Turtle
Ingredients:

1 Shot Gin
0.5 Shot Blue Curaçao
Top up Orange Juice


Method:
Build ingredients in tall glass half filled with cubed ice – blue
curacao, then gin and top up with orange juice. Muddle ingredients
together and garnish with a slice of star fruit if desired.
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Hairspray recipe

3 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
2 oz Sprite soda
1 twist lemon

Use a clean highball glass, fill with ice cubes, add Bombay Sapphire
Gin, and top off with some Sprite. A twist of lemon or lime adds color.
For the advanced bartender, a curl of orange peel gives this drink a
final salon touch.
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Breakfast Martini recipe

1 1/2 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
1 tsp light marmalade

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a piece of a slice of toast.

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

Bob

Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
Sapphire and two olives.

Works with my wife every time.
--

modom

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In my opinion, Sapphire is pretty inferior for gin and tonics, but
is okay for a martini occasionally (although nowhere near the best).
Beefeaters makes a somewhat better traditional martini, a vastly better
G&T, and costs considerably less. A step up from Beefeaters is Boodles.

Then there is the category of "martini gins" designed to be used
without vermouth. A very good straight-ahead example is Junipero.
Some others are Hendricks, 209, Tanqueray 10, and the newly-introduced
Tanqueray Rangpur. All of these have too many botanical flavors
to be a really good choice for a G&T, but may have what you want
in a martini.

Steve

"zxcvbob" wrote in message
...
I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the moderately
cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my Seagram's, and is
about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or sometimes
gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did taste better
like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the higher alcohol
content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the wrong
shaped glass?)

Bob

You got yourself a dandy gin, so don't mess around with it. Schweppes tonic
water, a good-sized lime wedge, and a bunch of ice. That's it.

Felice

In article ,
"modom (palindrome guy)" moc.etoyok@modom wrote:

Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
Sapphire and two olives.

Works with my wife every time.
--

modom

Works *with* your wife or *on* your wife, Michael.
Inquiring Mind Do Want to Know.

We just bought me a bottle of Bombay cheaper-than-sapphire gin. Can I
have a G&T with my head held high?
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

In article ,
Goomba38 wrote:

I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
it comes in a "martini" glass.

I salute you!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Goomba38 wrote:

I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
it comes in a "martini" glass.

I salute you!

True enough, but I seem to be very picky about drinks being in the
proper glass. I have some Stuart (cut) crystal tumblers that are ideal
for Scotch and anything else just looks wrong in them. Other tumblers
which are etched with a few fine lines but otherwise plain (no idea
where they're from, but they're 50-ish years old) seem to be
perfect for vodka/rocks or a short highball (if that's not an
oxymoron).

It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.

Unless it's port, of course.

Steve

What do you mean " works with my wife every time"?

Information overload, tips, tricks, requested.

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I would also suggest Gordons as a great G&T gin

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"modom (palindrome guy)" moc.etoyok@modom wrote in message

Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
Sapphire and two olives.


Not liking olives all that much, I use onions, but the method is a good one.
Just a hint of vermouth; any more overpowers the gin and wastes the money
spent on the botanicals.