angry gin drinkers

But I know that a horde of angry gin drinkers were led by my great great grand uncle to burn down most of London, so there might be some truth to it...

I drink gin a lot when I'm out, but it isn't very good at getting me drunk. I think I may be immune.

i do so love them both. plus, g&t is extremely necessary for DC summer.

Otherwise, and it doesn't have to be on an English summer's evening, Enrique is quite right about the g & t's.

It was also what I drank when I met Madchen :)

Not quite the same stuff as modern 'London dry' style gin, it was the bane of early 18th century England.

Gin shops and their hawkers used to say, 'Drunk for a ha'penny, dead drunk for a penny.'

Actually, I love gin. I'm a happy drunk anyway, but a bottle of red followed by G&T for the rest of the night makes me a very, very happy drunk.

Bourbon followed by red wine turned me into a real assh*le once. Never again.

Red wine + tequila leads to most painful hangovers ever, btw, in my case, at least.

No alcohol 'makes me horny'. If I am horny, it merely reveals it.

Gin generally feels more docile than some other, tastier, more volatile boozles. Like I can drink G&Ts and just be content (in a party setting here), but rum or whisky and all of a sudden I am forcing people I just met into drinking and/or dancing contests. Gin also has the greatness of history behind it---the glamour of being tossed into a straw-filled basement of some enlightenment gin hovel, plus the decadence of bathtub gin.

Wasn't she drinking gin? Whole bunch of drinking stereotypes ahoy!

(I'm drinking red wine right now, and G&T will probably follow)

Nineteen botanicals!

http://www.drinkswap.com/images/bevfull/56804.jpg

Do you hear me? NINETEEN!

I am very happy this thread exists. Drunkology is an underappreciated science.

I got to really like hendricks and soda water on the rocks but that shit is too delicious and expensive

Ah, nice timing.

Does anyone know if it'd be possible to make jelly (jello for u mericans) shots out of gin and tonic? WOuld they set?

I am wondering if the fizz might mess with the setting properties of the gelatin.

...which I've just realised also isnt vegetarian. Bugger.

Can you not get vegetarian gelatin? (I realize like vegan cheese this is a not quite right concept)

I'm not sure what the carbonation would do to the setting but it would be interesting to find out.

I can't drink gin anymore, unfortunately.

I can.. a gin & t in the summertime is the best

Yeah thats right agar is vegetarian... but I dont have time to scour a healthfood store to find... its no biggie really.

I can.. a gin & t in the summertime is the best

I did love me a g&t back in the day but fortunately I've always thought summer was made for margaritas and beer.

Wait...making jello (jelly) out of alcoholic drinks? I mean...LOL that is a downright funny concept. It seems like even if that worked it would lose its alcoholic properties, kinda like hot toddies (toddys?) do.

Trayce, it would work fine, you might have to double the amount of agar or gelatin. I made a fantastic g&t sorbet a few years ago that was esp. perfect in the hot summer, but did have egg whites in it so also not vegan.

...you've never had a jellyshot before bimble!? (I cant bring myself to call it "jello" sorry)

Vodka jelly! It is awesome! And while you make jelly with boiling water, you then add the vodka after it's cooled off a little. It doesnt lose any of the alcohol believe me.

Jaq: cool! I didnt think of sorbet, what an awesome idea. Said friend is not vegan, I just try and avoid gelatin and rennet for obvious animally-bits reasons. Even tho I am not veggie myself I think it is good practice to try and aim for it in much of my host-cooking anyway :)

The recipe I used is halfway down this page: http://www.ginvodka.org/cocktail/ginrecipes.html I made it in an ice-cream maker though, not hand-whipped.

Awsome thanks! I might give that a try some time this summer :D

I have been thinking for some time I want the central woman from Gin Lane as a tattoo.

All this talk of Gin and Tonics - especially Hendricks, which is just a stellar, stellar booze - has put me in the mood to drink some. I HIGHLY recommend Hendricks and tonic with cucumber instead of lime. Truly a sublime drink.

This will have to happen tomorrow, though, as it gets too cool in the evenings to drink such a fine drink. I think that I will be passing out EARLAY tonight, and then getting my drank on tomorrow.

I don't know about the long-term effects of gin, as I only ever drink it acople times a year... but it always reminds me of xmas as a kid! i think it's that juniper-is-like-pine-to-my-uneducated-palate (sp?) factor. And from ages 0-10 we always had real xmas trees.

this water makes humanz smell funny

I have been thinking for some time I want the central woman from Gin Lane as a tattoo.

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Huh. I can't see the picture I posted last night here at work. Just in case no one else can either, that was Citadelle that has the 19 botanicals.

Lately I've been taking all my gin in extra-dry martini form: rinse the glass with vermouth, use a vegetable peeler to get a strand of lemon peel in the glass, take gin from freezer and shake vigorously, pour, yum.

God, Hendricks gin is heaven

so i'm alone in not liking hendrick's then? nice bottle though.

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I found this empty bottle when I was emptying out my late sister's house.

I did not empty it.

I HIGHLY recommend Hendricks and tonic with cucumber instead of lime. Truly a sublime drink.

Ha, totally without seeing this thread this is exactly what I am drinking this minute.

Actually, my second glass is just finished. DO I MAKE ANOTHER?

All this stuff about particular psychoactive properties of certain spirits is all just bollocks, though.

I don't know about that. I once got a decidedly druggy feel from tequila, after not having it for a long time.

I HIGHLY recommend Hendricks and tonic with cucumber instead of lime. Truly a sublime drink.

totally OTM. i have resisted buying Hendricks over here, as it's even more expensive, but i suspect i won't hold out much longer...

My wife got me a bottle of Hendricks recently, and I've enjoyed it a lot.

Unfortunately, Gin, like all alcohol for me, makes me happy for a very brief time and then I fall asleep.

'v_v'

thanks BevMo

gibsons underrated imo

no anger

I think this is all bullshit. alcohol is alcohol. abv is all that matters.

I don't thinkbthat there is anything in the chemical composition of the different spirits that lead to the perception of different effects, but that psychological associations withthe various flavor profiles might lead to different behavioral effects. I don't really know though. Just an idle thought. Whatdo they say about Robitussin drinkers. ;)

i still agree with the gin thing. i am a very happy/placid/unobtrusive drunk and gin really the only thing that has ever made me a pissed off drunk. but i have to drink a lot of it.

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Martin Miller is great if yr into really floral gin

In centuries past of course gin was swill for the lower classes, so that would account for early accounts. Was curious whether there was any mechanistic evidence for gin (in particular, the major flavor components that distinguish it from vodka) and aggression. So I visited my usual haunt:

β-pinene has antidepressant properties.
α-phellandrene reduces pain sensitivity (in mice).
β-caryophyllene reduces anxiety (in mice).
β-myrcene reduces pain sensitivity, but has few other neurological effects (in mice).

I can only conclude from my survey (of dozens of abstracts, mostly relating to insect behavior) that there's little published evidence for gin flavorant monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes causing aggressive behavior in animal models. The null hypothesis, that its just the ethanol, still stands.