"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> The Ranger wrote:
>
>> * Tanquerey and Bombay Sapphire both taste and smell like kerosene to
>> me.
>>
>
>
> That's turpentine, not kerosene. (Gin is supposed to smell a little like
> turpentine.)
>
> I buy both Seagram's and Booth's for G&T's and to mix with grapefruit
> juice. Not sure if they are good enough for a martini, but that's OK
> because I'm not old enough to like martinis*
>
> Bob
>
> *Martini = gin + vermouth with a garnish. It's not a martini if you make
> it with vodka or leave out the vermouth. And certainly not all those
> silly drinks with the suffix -tini.
>

a good toony demands just a whisper of vermouth. two good spanish olives and
shaken not stirred.