In Praise of the Juniper Berry & Precious Botanicals: A GIN POLL

Send out for whisky, baby
Send out for gin
Me and room service, honey
Me and room service, babe
Me and room service, well
We're living a life of sin

I must say my go-to is always Bombay Saph, even though I know there are better gins to be had.

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tanqueray #10

i like a tanq 10
i really want to try old raj but it's like $60
hendrick's is all the rage these days with my alkie friends

I used to drink beefeater as a youngun :( No wonder gin made me hurl.

bombay w/tonic, bombay sapphire in martini

currently working a bottle of plymouth 1793, it's good, verrrry smooth

hendrick's is weird but good, almost like cucumber-flavored vodka

that sounds awesome.

No Blackwood's, no credibility.

What strength of Plymouth are we talking about here, regular or Navy Strength? Also, the Plymouth Gin Distillery has a very nice bar, even if the bistro isn't that hot.

i get tanqueray when i'm feeling ritzy. would love to try hendrick's. right now it's whatever's on tap.

uh well. if only gin were on tap

Also, what does "go to" mean in this context - the one you'll drink in a normal pub, the one you'll use as a bog-standard easy drinking gin, the one in a bar with a decent gin selection, the one when you fancy an unmixed gin, the one for cocktails...

tossup for me between tanqueray and hendrick's, this is all the "decent gin selection" you need

bombay sapphire is garbage, sorry

Hendrick's

bombay sapphire is garbage

This, I can get behind. I tried some again at the weekend, bleh.

I convinced my sis-in-law to buy the Rangpur Tanqueray and...it's kind of a disappointment. I felt bad but she had never had Tanqueray 'regular' and was into it.

Gin is SO. GOOD.

the end

No Smeets Hasseltje Oude Jenever, No credibility.

Went for Hendricks, of course.

For Martinis: Bombay

For G&Ts: Tanqueray, 209, Plymouth, Hendricks, whatever's available.

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Gordon's makes us very drunk.

Hendricks in a walk.

Gordon's Export is nice

Tell me why Bombay Sapphire is bad, and what I might like better. That's what I usually drink, but that's pretty much just habit and I am willing to branch out and try something new and different. My favorite gin drinks are martinis and gin rickies (gin, club soda, splash of lime juice).

hendricks is going to win anyway so I voted for rangpur, the only tanqueray that isn't shit

a gin rickey, that's what I've been drinking all this time! I had no idea, I just thought I was weird for hating tonic.

Tanqueray is gorgeous!!

hendricks is nice but overpriced for what it is. I mean it's fucking gin people, gin does not cost $40 for a 750.

Tracer you and I are going to have to agree to disagree on this subject, I like a sapphire martini and think that one of the ingredients in regular tanqueray is probably old men's piss

Bombay Sapphire is too 'hot' for me, Jenny.

CJ's right about the Gordon's Export, too.

tanqueray and tonic is sincerely one of the nastiest ways to get drunk I have ever subjected myself to (after tanqueray and milk)

Too much tonic - aim for around 2 parts gin to 3 parts tonic.

Tom that's called "organic filtration" now, get with the times

Bombay Sapphire has always seemed like a gimmick gin. Like the Grey Goose of gin. I bet it's not even made with real sapphires.

we should be able to add a bonus question for twist vs olives
personally I believe olives belong in vodka drinks bcz proper wadka tastes like the null set
a twist is all a good gin should require/tolerate

I could agree with that.

I do like a twist, Tom, but good cocktail onions in a gibson are delicious and the best is not even olives at all:

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Hate a twist, it makes the gin taste almost refreshing

bombay/bombay sapphire is bad and expensive, i don't understand the appeal

i'll go w. tanq & booths for drinking and gilbeys for mixing

seagrams isn't ass-terrible either.

i'm out of gin :(
whiskey to the rescue

gin is def. my drink of choice. i am partial to gin + home-made ginger/sugar syrup w. tonic.

hendricks is nice but overpriced for what it is. I mean it's fucking gin people, gin does not cost $40 for a 750.

It's $25 at Trader Joe's. I like it 'cause it's the least ginny of the few I've had (not a fan of the juniper berry).

trader joe's is a fucking godsend for lushes like me who want the topshelf stuff at semi-reasonable prices

I like Hendrick's, but it's definitely the non-gin drinker's gin of choice.

Plymouth is my go to for mixing, but I also use Beefeater, Bombay, Boodles and Bookers. For sipping on the rocks or neat I go with Junipero, Old Raj, or Hendricks.

Miller's Westbourne Strength makes the best martini I've ever had, but it's very hard to find retail around here.

Has anyone tried Bluecoat? It's a new gin out of Philly that I've heard nothing but raves about.

I picked up some really odd cask aged genevers in Amsterdam this summer, I'd never guess they were gin-related from a blind tasting.

i don't really like gin. perhaps i'll try this hendricks.

(xpost) whoops, I meant Brokers, not Bookers.

am i the only vote for plymouth? hm.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Best gin /
to soak /
golden raisins /
in?

Hendrick's

-- Dom Passantino, Thursday, 1 November 2007 11:15 (3 days ago) Link

FUCK YES

"I like Hendrick's, but it's definitely the non-gin drinker's gin of choice."

ha, you've never met my mother, who loves her Hendricks

Tanqueray. Oh yeah.

I am as unschooled in the ways of gin as most guys. I drink Sapphire when I drink it at all. A while back, I liked Tanqueray Malacca, which has apparently been discontinued.

I am working my way through a bottle of Blackwood's at the moment and it is truely the greatest gin I've ever had. In its absence, I go for Tanqueray.

Hendrick's

And I do like gin, for that matter

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

My uncle used to favor gin in a bottle that was a straight tube (not contoured) and fluted on the outside (like cardboard turned inside out). Can't remember what it was called but it was hard to get in Bergen Cty, NJ, apparently.

I am working my way through a bottle of Blackwood's at the moment and it is truely the greatest gin I've ever had. In its absence, I go for Tanqueray.

-- Madchen, Sunday, 4 November 2007 12:11 (Yesterday)

See, this is exactly how I feel about it too.

i bought some citadelle the other day cuz it was on sale. not bad for french(?) gin.

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oh man tanq 10 is just gorgeous, <3 when it's on sale

i gotta pick that up some time.

going to crack open some no. 3 gin this week--really anticipating it based on what i've heard so far.

had a martini made with this a couple months back - shit was n/l (haven't seen it in stores yet to pick up for home use)

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drinking some boodles atm

the answer to the poll is plymouth navy strength

Adnams gin is very nice. They have two gins - I actually prefer the one that wasn't declared the best gin in the world.