The Gift of Booze: What's a good gin?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The Gift of Booze: What's a good gin?

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:27:28 AM EDT

Help me pick a nice, high-end gin for me to get my brother-in-law for Christmas.

I'd like to get him something other than Tanqueray.

“Cheap, potent, and available on nearly every street corner, gin was the original urban drug,”
- Jessica Warnerin, Craze: Gin and Debauchery in the Age of Reason.

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:30:06 AM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Help me pick a nice, high-end gin for me to get my brother-in-law for Christmas.

I'd like to get him something other than Tanqueray.
“Cheap, potent, and available on nearly every street corner, gin was the original urban drug,”
- Jessica Warnerin, Craze: Gin and Debauchery in the Age of Reason.

Dolomite,

Bombay Sapphire Gin is excellent.

Daisy

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:32:29 AM EDT

[#2]

Just got hooked on a small batch brand called Hendricks. Prefer it to Bombay.

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:36:34 AM EDT

[#3]

Boodles.

Never drank it, just think the name is funny.

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:37:10 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Help me pick a nice, high-end gin for me to get my brother-in-law for Christmas.

I'd like to get him something other than Tanqueray.
“Cheap, potent, and available on nearly every street corner, gin was the original urban drug,”
- Jessica Warnerin, Craze: Gin and Debauchery in the Age of Reason.

Dolomite,

Bombay Sapphire Gin is excellent.

Daisy

+ fricking 1!

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:40:15 AM EDT

[#5]

I know you said no Tanqueray but the Tanqueray Ten is decent drinking gin.

Created under the watchful eye and uncompromising senses of our Master Distiller, No.TEN by Tanqueray is the only gin in the world distilled with handpicked, whole-fruit fresh botanicals. And Tanqueray No.TEN is produced exclusively in a special small batch still aptly dubbed "Tiny Ten," which is specifically designed to provide for the exquisite depth and character of the resulting spirit.
Upon opening the bold, strikingly handsome, rich green bottle of No.TEN by Tanqueray gin, your senses will be drawn to a fresh, bracing aroma. Pouring a cocktail unwraps the essence of such bright citrus flavors as grapefruit, orange and lime, mixed harmoniously with juniper and accented by the slightest tease of soothing chamomile. You'll be rewarded with its smooth, crisp finish.

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:40:16 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Just got hooked on a small batch brand called Hendricks. Prefer it to Bombay.

Hell yeah on the Hendricks. Great stuff. Best Gin I've ever had.

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:52:08 AM EDT

[#7]

another vote for Bombay Sapphire. My preffered gin.

Posted: 12/22/2005 6:53:01 AM EDT

[#8]

Citadelle.

Tanqueray Malacca Gin is no longer made but can sometimes be found in the dusty corners of a country liquor store in ...say...Utah or Wyoming, maybe even Missouri. Can't find it on the net anymore or at any local places. Bought one for a friend in Hawaii ....$80...last Christmas.

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:00:20 AM EDT

[#9]

+ whatever it's up to now on the Bombay Sapphire

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:03:33 AM EDT

[#10]

Good, good stuff. Thanks!

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:08:38 AM EDT

[#11]

+1 on the B. Sapphire.

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:14:47 AM EDT

[#12]

Get him vodka.

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:15:07 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
+1 on the B. Sapphire.

webpages.charter.net/d3digital/reward.jpg

Not a Gin drinker, but when I drink Gin it's Bombay

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:17:36 AM EDT

[#14]

+Whatever on Bombay Sapphire
also + Whatever on Boodles!

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:18:52 AM EDT

[#15]

I havn't been able to drink gin inalmost 20 years. I got extremely drung on it in highschool and vomited violently for almost 24 hours. I still remember that horrible experience and can't stomach it since.

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:24:25 AM EDT

[#16]

Beefeater.

Kharn

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:24:52 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
I havn't been able to drink gin inalmost 20 years. I got extremely drung on it in highschool and vomited violently for almost 24 hours. I still remember that horrible experience and can't stomach it since.

So what brand are you recommmending pussy?

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:25:52 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
+ whatever it's up to now on the Bombay Sapphire

+1000

Posted: 12/22/2005 7:26:06 AM EDT

[#19]

Here is another vote for Bombay Sapphire.

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