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graph posted:i, too, have never had good gin either oh go roll around in some more peanuts
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prefect posted:hendrick's gin is also good it's actually the only good gin
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Nov 8, 2017 19:17
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i like hendricks a lot i had a seaweed gin a while ago it tasted like salt, plant and piss
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Nov 8, 2017 19:18
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prefect posted:hendrick's gin is also good hell yeah
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Nov 8, 2017 20:10
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I want to get my dad some good vermouth for Christmas, he loves manhattans. Any yospinions re: decent or fancy vermouth?
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Nov 8, 2017 22:58
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i like hendrick's gin a lot too but for some weirdass reason it tastes salty to me. not like seawater or anything, but like the taste you get when a cocktail has a dash of salt. is there salt in it?
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Nov 8, 2017 23:06
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Sagebrush posted:i like hendrick's gin a lot too but for some weirdass reason it tastes salty to me. not like seawater or anything, but like the taste you get when a cocktail has a dash of salt. is there salt in it? let me Google that for you
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Nov 8, 2017 23:25
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well sure it says 0mg sodium but like i'm going to believe some manufacturer label. you know that they put nicotine in tim horton's coffee, right? that's why it's so addictive. and they sure don't mention that on the label. -- a thing many canadian people apparently believe and have told me
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Roosevelt posted:bombay sapphire FTW a bad gin for vodka drinkers try letherbee if it’s available near you, it is a good American gin!
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Nov 9, 2017 02:05
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myer farm makes a great gin that's pleasantly unusual: emphasizes coriander notes instead of juniper ones the other gin i like a lot right now is The Botanist but i assume englishmen arent allowed to buy it bc it comes from scotland
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the st george gins are 2/3 good. botanivore and terroir are great, but the dry rye is awful
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Nov 9, 2017 02:23
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minivanmegafun posted:a bad gin for vodka drinkers meh, Bombay is fine but nothing special. I prefer it over Tanqueray. the best value gin if it’s available is probably Ginebra San Miguel, it should be among the cheapest around as it’s for the Philippine domestic market. I’ve mentioned it before but not what others think of it. it’s funny how much hate this stuff gets, the Brits and gin connoisseurs almost universally pan it as trash, the worst (it -is- cheap even in the Philippines, and it doesn’t help that it’s made from cane). still, it is novel and has a lovely label by Fernando Amorsolo - not worth importing but if a shop has it (or you’re in the Philippines) try it, it costs next to nothing. alternatively it could be a good gift for a British person or booze snob you hate
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Nov 9, 2017 03:22
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Roosevelt posted:oh go roll around in some more peanuts hey i thought it was ok too until i went over to an old friend's house and they gave me a rundown tasting on the good poo poo saph aint even in the same league
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Nov 9, 2017 04:14
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bicycle posted:i like gin a lot lately Venus No. 1 and No. 2 probably not available in UK, possibly not even outside California, but good loving gin
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Nov 9, 2017 10:57
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those are some nice looking gins my friends thank you i figure for local availability im going to try get The Botanist (i think i can get that after work) but might grab a St Georges online.....some of the others mentioned look good but i can't get them for a decent price here
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Nov 9, 2017 13:38
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tanqueray: it's cheap!
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Nov 10, 2017 06:26
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prefect posted:on the subject of gin, is anybody familiar with "plymouth gin"? Plymouth gin is the original oddball gin, a forerunner to modern day Hendricks or T10. non-traditional flavors, doesn't work in all cocktails. still good in others experiment freely
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Nov 10, 2017 06:30
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Sagebrush posted:i like hendrick's gin a lot too but for some weirdass reason it tastes salty to me. not like seawater or anything, but like the taste you get when a cocktail has a dash of salt. is there salt in it? it's the cucumber notes doing this Hendricks is waaaaay off the reservation, gin-wise. it's a great spirit but it goes badly in a lot of classics. I almost hesitate to call it gin
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Nov 10, 2017 06:31
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anatoliy pltkrvkay posted:tanqueray: it's cheap! tanqueray is quite expensive, for gin. it was, for many years, the top shelf option. cheap is Seagrams, or Gordon's. Gilbey's and beefeater for your midrange options tanq and sapphire at the top the new super premium poo poo is weird gin is not supposed to be expensive. there is no aging. production is not complex. ingredients are not expensive. expensive gin is almost as weird as expensive vodka
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Nov 10, 2017 06:35
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learned that a cool half doz (what i might drink in an evening) of the beer i like is 900 cals so cant do that every day gently caress drinking the iconic (and poo poo) nz beer spieghts - the low carb summit epic ultra poo poo. its tasteless but low cal so its ok
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Nov 10, 2017 06:39
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otoh the lack of aging is why boutique gins are worth buying. since the flavor is all just from soaking aromatic things in neutral spirit, anyone can do it with little investment and quickly iterate through a bunch of ideas to get something good. contrast this to a trendy microbrewery where they haven't quite figured out the process yet so they load everything with hops to mask the skunky taste, or to a boutique whiskey distillery founded two years ago that somehow sells a 10-year bourbon lol
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Nov 10, 2017 06:40
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:tanqueray is quite expensive, for gin. it was, for many years, the top shelf option. tanqueray and chronic oh im hosed up now
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Nov 10, 2017 06:43
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oh ive got me some seagrams gin, everybodies got they cups but they aint chipped in
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Nov 10, 2017 06:44
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i bought a little 3 pack sampler of local gins because the bottles were cute and one was smooth and pleasant, one was exciting and unorthodox, and the last tasted like a pine-fresh-nr
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Nov 10, 2017 06:48
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echinopsis posted:oh ive got me some seagrams gin, everybodies got they cups but they aint chipped in seagrams is a surprisingly ok gin it is rough/crude in terms of the base spirit, but the botanic notes are well-considered and it mixes well into any classic cocktail you could want not a dry martini, though. too much alcohol burn from the crude base, won't play well against so little vermouth,
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Nov 10, 2017 07:16
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Sagebrush posted:otoh the lack of aging is why boutique gins are worth buying. since the flavor is all just from soaking aromatic things in neutral spirit, anyone can do it with little investment and quickly iterate through a bunch of ideas to get something good. everything about boutique gin is fun except the baffling prices
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snoop dogg is totally correct about gin and juice incidentally personally I like white grapefruit juice and Seagrams, 50/50 ratio, over ice. looks like vomit, tastes like love.
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Nov 10, 2017 07:19
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Sagebrush posted:i bought a little 3 pack sampler of local gins because the bottles were cute and one was smooth and pleasant, one was exciting and unorthodox, and the last tasted like a pine-fresh-nr this is most definitely the St George gin sampler get yourself bottles of Venus though, from Santa Cruz, one is great in a G&T and the other is a great sipping gin
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:snoop dogg is totally correct about gin and juice incidentally liquor companies love them some rap music /jstime
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Nov 10, 2017 08:07
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SO DEMANDING posted:I want to get my dad some good vermouth for Christmas, he loves manhattans. Any yospinions re: decent or fancy vermouth? carpano antica formula. not only is it fancy looking, it also makes for a really good manhattan
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This thread has taught me that apparently there actually are people who drink white liquors in ways other than mixed with tonic and brown liquors in ways other than neat. Other than Pernod, I mean, which is the aperitif of the gods.
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https://youtu.be/VwXeN2FsE7w
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i'm glad that it's finally starting to get colder, i'm ready for some fine seasonal porters and stouts
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gross warm weather owns cold is poo poo
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echinopsis posted:gross 
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cold weather sucks rear end. global warming ftw
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the problem with cold weather is that it makes me want to stay in bed all morning. i need to figure out some way to get my bedroom warmer without turning up the thermostat
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when i was really poor and didn't want to run the heater, i got a coffee machine with a timer that would make me a cuppa when i needed to wake up that + a warm bathrobe helped a lot to get me up and outta the bed every morning
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prefect posted:the problem with cold weather is that it makes me want to stay in bed all morning. i need to figure out some way to get my bedroom warmer without turning up the thermostat replace the thermostat with a digital thermostat with a wake/leave/arrive/sleep timer, they’re cheap and standardized and it should be fine even in an apartment as long as you don’t actually have, like, shared HVAC
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eschaton posted:replace the thermostat with a digital thermostat with a wake/leave/arrive/sleep timer, they’re cheap and standardized and it should be fine even in an apartment as long as you don’t actually have, like, shared HVAC it actually is a digital thermostat, and it seems to have some abilities in that direction. now i just need to find a manual
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