Goomba wrote:
> koko wrote:
>
>> I agree whole heartedly with you Paul. I use Seagrams for G&T. I have
>> a bottle of Bombay Sapphire for martini's and sippin'. The G&T's just
>> aren't as good made from it.
>> koko
>
> My current bottle of Tanqueray makes very nice G&Ts

I usually don't mix liquor with soft drinks, with the exception of gin
and tonic, and I usually buy better quality liquors... but not top
quality. Around here, the difference in price between cheap gin and good
gin is only a buck or two a bottle, so it's hardly worth my while to buy
cheap gin for mixing and a better quality for drinking straight. Not
that you would ever catch me mixing rye with ginger ale, but I sure
wouldn't insisting on Crown Royal in a mixed drink. I used to like
Tanguary gin but switched to Bombay.



I have a sister in law who has notoriously bad taste. She seems to be
incapable of forming a preference on her own and usually relies on her
good friend because the friend has good taste <?>. My SiL disagree on a
lot of matters of taste when it comes to food, liquor and restaurants.
She likes gin and tonic and always used Tanguary. I gave her a G&T here
a few years ago and she didn't like the Bombay gin that I used. And yes,
for a person who has no taste of her own, she is outspoken enough to
say she didn't like it. However, about a year ago she was at a party
at her friend's house and her friend had bought Bombay gin. Even though
her friend does not drink and knows nothing about gin, and probably
bought it on the recommendation of someone who knows the stuff, my SiL
now used Bombay.