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> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:50:06 +1000, atec 77 <"atec >
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>> Miche wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know the difference between the top-selling gins, e.g., Beefeater,
>>>> Gilbey's, Gordon's, or Seagram's; maybe someone here can expound on the
>>>> qualities of those gins. I am familiar with Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire,
>>>> but neither of them strike me as something I need to seek out and consume on
>>>> a regular basis. I might just have to buy "airline" bottles of several
>>>> brands to take notes on how they differ. I'm particularly interested in the
>>>> Anchor gins (they make both a Dutch and English version), in the Rogue
>>>> Spirits' gins (both the spruce and the pink spruce), and in the Hendrick's
>>>> gins.
>>> If you can get it, try South Gin, made in New Zealand. I rather like
>>> it. It's my preferred choice for gin and tonic.
>>>
>>>
http://www.southgin.com
>>>
>>> Miche (no connection with the company other than as a happy consumer of
>>> the product!)
>>>

>> I prefer my own however it is drinkable

>
> Try Blackwoods, made in Shetland
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>

I seem to have tried it somewhere , but it's weak at only 50% or so by
volume and I prefer a stronger drop for economy of time