All About Gin, Generally

[blue_dolphin]

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

I've been using Ford's (45%), which seems to be gaining favor among bartenders.  I have a little more "trouble" with Tanq 10 in a Martini.

 

I like Ford's.  And the labels peel off nicely so I can re-use them to bottle up limoncello or eggnog or whatever. 

Since Beefeater lowered the proof and (maybe just locally) increased their price, I've been using regular Tanqueray London Dry (47.3%) which has the advantage of being a couple bucks cheaper than Beefeater and still has that standard juniper-forward profile. 

[rotuts]

not being a cocktail or martini person :

 

where does Bombay Blue sapphire ( or the upscale version of the same )

 

stand in the pecking order ?

 

I like Q.Victoria , and the blueish bottle.

 

just saying.

[weinoo]

30 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

I like Ford's.  And the labels peel off nicely so I can re-use them to bottle up limoncello or eggnog or whatever. 

Since Beefeater lowered the proof and (maybe just locally) increased their price, I've been using regular Tanqueray London Dry (47.3%) which has the advantage of being a couple bucks cheaper than Beefeater and still has that standard juniper-forward profile. 

 

I still have any number of the OG proof Beefeater bottles stashed away, as I made it a priority to grab them whenever I saw them, usually in out-of-the-way liquor stores.  I don't mind the standard/classic Tanqueray, and I never knew which was going to be cheaper until walking into the liquor store.

[Katie Meadow]

3 hours ago, rotuts said:

not being a cocktail or martini person :

 

where does Bombay Blue sapphire ( or the upscale version of the same )

 

stand in the pecking order ?

 

I like Q.Victoria , and the blueish bottle.

 

just saying.

For a house gin we often use plain old Bombay. Sapphire is pricier and I don't actually like it as much. Bombay clocks in at 43%.   

[liuzhou]

Seems there's more than one cannabis gin from the Netherlands. Found this, this morning. Haven't bought it, though. Casamigos Green Phantom Gold gin.

 

 

 

[weinoo]

I don't understand what Casamigos has to do with that gin above?

 

https://cannabis-spirits.amsterdam/