Now that sounds like a manly drink!
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Gin, the civilized drink
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Try Fresca with Goslings Black Seal. You can thank me later
Fresca and grapefruit in general are underrated as mixers.
ACORN
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While on topic, can anyone recommend a good diet tonic water? I’m diabetic.
I’ve tried numerous but can’t find any I like.
I’ve tried numerous but can’t find any I like.
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The G&T serves as good preventive medicine. I have yet to contract Malaria or Scurvy.
charlie sherrill
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Somewhere around age 13 some friends and I were camping in the woods. We had "borrowed" a bucket of green plums from a neighbor and were eating them with salt. One of us (probably me) came up with the bright idea of acquiring some alcohol from somewhere. I remembered my Dad had a half gallon of gin stored in the back of a cabinet. Someone had given it to him many years ago and since he didn't drink gin it just sat there. I snuck in the house and got the bottle and took it back to our camp. We tried a few shots straight and realized we needed to mix it with something. All we had to mix it with was a large jar of hot grape Kool-Aid and so we did. It was long before we were crawling around hurling the contents of our stomachs all over the camp. A hot sun woke us the next morning. A couple of the guys were missing. We found one up a tree. He said something about being safe from mountain lions that don't even live around here. Another we found lying on his back in a water filled ditch, the water was about an inch from his nose. We were all still very sick. The remnants of chewed green plums, pork and beans, and Vienna sausage and a sick looking liquid covered the inside of our tent. Most of us had passed out in the mixture when we could heave no more. I haven't had gin since. I'll stick to bourbon and beer or an occasional glass of wine depending on the occasion.
Gotta an unopened gallon of lambanog in my freezer - a Christmas gift from some of the boys. Great with pineapple juice. 
I don’t drink much, but if I have gin, I usually go with Tanqueray.
I don’t drink much, but if I have gin, I usually go with Tanqueray.
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Sounds like fun....
Bombay(reg) and tonic w/lime. I discovered it in college.
Around here it is G&T and straw hats from Easter to Oct.
Sour Mash + branch water and felt hats from Halloween til Easter.
An ordered life.
Around here it is G&T and straw hats from Easter to Oct.
Sour Mash + branch water and felt hats from Halloween til Easter.
An ordered life.
Marshwheeling
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Gin and tonic with lime and a splash of bitters. For g&t, I don't think the gin matters much. I favored Booth’s in that application: cheap enough in 1.5 liter bottles, and drinkable in a martini. For a while, I stuck to Bombay gin for martinis, and for gimlets made with just gin and the juice of two limes, which requires a complaisant and trainable bartender.
Last week at a kind of upscale restaurant in Stillwater, I had one of the tastiest ever vodka-based martini-style cocktails, with Tito’s. Then I had another. I’m going to have to go back there, maybe skipping the restaurant and just hitting the bar. I was unable to duplicate it at home.
For brown liquor, Overholt is my go-to. When motorcyclists stert passing the bottle around the campfire, they usually go with bourbon, or Jack (cack!). Over the years, I have made a lot of converts to Overholt. One of my favorite ryes is Canadian Club 100% Rye, but I don’t see it very often. It surprised me, because I can’t stand the Canadian blended whiskies.
Last week at a kind of upscale restaurant in Stillwater, I had one of the tastiest ever vodka-based martini-style cocktails, with Tito’s. Then I had another. I’m going to have to go back there, maybe skipping the restaurant and just hitting the bar. I was unable to duplicate it at home.
For brown liquor, Overholt is my go-to. When motorcyclists stert passing the bottle around the campfire, they usually go with bourbon, or Jack (cack!). Over the years, I have made a lot of converts to Overholt. One of my favorite ryes is Canadian Club 100% Rye, but I don’t see it very often. It surprised me, because I can’t stand the Canadian blended whiskies.
I have been trying a number of different producers of gin. One I have really enjoyed was The Botanist. It is not a London dry gin, rather from the isle of Islay. Tanqueray is my standard, along with Boodles, and Hendricks.
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After my hitch in the Navy, I will agree the G&T is a great preventative. However, after 5 or 6 drinks, I start talking like a pirate. Aaargh!
I, too, can drink in tongues.
Oh, I wouldn't think of signing a contract with either of those young ladies
You reminded me of WC Fields' quip: "I always carry a small flask in case of smakebite. And furthermore always carry a small snake."
Re-reading this thread again just made me realize that what I need right now is a G&T. It's 3pm and "the sun is over the yard arm" - as fortunately it always is somewhere.
Clearly this forum is good for one's mental haelth and general well-being.
Soooo.... you're saying y'all had a near-death experience.
Glad you're still with us to remind me of my youthful follies.
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We shoulda seen that one coming
Okay, just to see what all this "gin" stuff is all about, I ordered a gin & tonic at the Tiki bar today. I will admit it was light and refreshing, but it's not about to replace my bourbon & Coke. Kind of like Sprite Lite.
Knew a girl like that once.
Stevens
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At the beach, I do like a Gin tonic with a dash of Campari.
Steve W
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