Unofficial Gin lovers thread

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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    81 wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    It's amazing how so many small distillers can do vodka pretty well, but f up gin!


    It's the same damn distilling process....with juniper and other botanicals.

    I don't get it.

    this is the first small batch that i have tried.....and last.

    it's like turpentine

    i think the issue is, they try to be fancy with the ingredients....to put their own little spin on it,....and ultimately fuck it up.

    i wish you could smell it.
    I've tried a number over the years and most are miserable.
    I can get a bad micro-bourbon and I'll keep it around for "end of night" or "I've got nothing else". Bad gin goes down the drain...there is no situation where that can make a comeback! :lol:
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    mca47 wrote:
    I've tried a number over the years and most are miserable.
    I can get a bad micro-bourbon and I'll keep it around for "end of night" or "I've got nothing else". Bad gin goes down the drain...there is no situation where that can make a comeback! :lol:

    it's either getting shipped to wisconin or it's being given away at wrigley......to sawyer
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    81 wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    I've tried a number over the years and most are miserable.
    I can get a bad micro-bourbon and I'll keep it around for "end of night" or "I've got nothing else". Bad gin goes down the drain...there is no situation where that can make a comeback! :lol:

    it's either getting shipped to wisconin or it's being given away at wrigley......to sawyer
    That guy still exists? :shock:

    :lol::lol:
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    mca47 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    I've tried a number over the years and most are miserable.
    I can get a bad micro-bourbon and I'll keep it around for "end of night" or "I've got nothing else". Bad gin goes down the drain...there is no situation where that can make a comeback! :lol:

    it's either getting shipped to wisconin or it's being given away at wrigley......to sawyer
    That guy still exists? :shock:

    :lol::lol:


    there is a reason comcast customer service sucks.........
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    made it half way thru the bottle. key is to not make the drinks so strong, that the gin over powers the OJ. it also helps to put the gin in first, and pour the oj over it, vs the other way around. get a better mix that way.

    still wouldn't buy it again.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    tangueray and tonic has been my go-to drink for years.


    gin > vodka. no doubt.
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  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    Mmmmmm.... gin! I'm on the wagon atm(no I'm not pregnant) so my Bombay Sapphire stash(get a bottle at least every time I, or someone I know travels) is torturing me. Drool.....
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Picked up a bottle of bombay
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  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    81 wrote:
    Picked up a bottle of bombay
    YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! \m/
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  • 81
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    morello wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Picked up a bottle of bombay
    YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! \m/
    First drink will be in your honor
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  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    81 wrote:
    morello wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Picked up a bottle of bombay
    YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! \m/
    First drink will be in your honor
    Well done. Excellent *rubshands*

    Hey, I forget, you going to Wrigley or not? If so, make sure you have a drink there for me too, if not, see you & have a drink with you here on the setlist thread.
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Bought a bottle of BlueCoat the other day. Pretty decent but overpriced imo
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  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    Bought a bottle of BlueCoat the other day. Pretty decent but overpriced imo
    I don't know that one but enjoy. :)
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    Got a "handle" of Bombay Sapphire yesterday for $26!
    I prefer Tang, but you can't beat that!!
    :thumbup:
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Bombay is acceptable

    What is a handle
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    81 wrote:
    Bombay is acceptable

    What is a handle

    1.75L
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    mca47 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Bombay is acceptable

    What is a handle

    1.75L

    that's a hell of a deal then....i paid 24 for a 750 :fp:

    normally i get a handle of tang for like 31 plus tax
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  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Hendricks is great - but expensive. My husband gets it for me for my birthday and Christmas. (And helps me drink it.)

    There's some awful stuff I got once - it's fruity? (Insert joke here.) Tasted like ass. Can't remember the name.
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    when people say something tastes like ass....i wonder....have they ever tasted it :lol:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    81 wrote:
    when people say something tastes like ass....i wonder....have they ever tasted it :lol:

    I...

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