On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 13:35:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-08-04 11:45 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:33:47 -0300, wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 06:11:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 9:22:41 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>> Some time back I mentioned a local liquor store has a large selection of
> >>>> gins and my goal was to try them all. Today I picked up two more.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.newenglanddistilling.com/spirits/gin/
> >>>> http://www.stgeorgespirits.com/spiri...e-dry-rye-gin/
> >>>>
> >>>> The good news: I like them both
> >>>> The bad news: They are nearly identical in taste. I can't tell them apart.
> >>>>
> >>>> I like to have two or three gins to have a variation of taste but thsr
> >>>> seem to be twins, though very good ones.>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I just get Gordons.
> >>
> >> I rarely drink it but when I do, much prefer Bombay Sapphire.
> >
> > Sapphire is beginners gin.
>
>
> Well isn't that a cute but meaningless comment.
> >

It's a botanical. Botanicals are beginner's gin and you drink it when
you don't like the flavor of real gin. I went through the Sapphire
stage too, but I grew out of it.

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