On 7 Aug 2016 18:24:01 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2016-08-07, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 8/7/2016 11:16 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
>>> I dislike gin very much! I had a friend that always drank Beefeaters and
>>> the smell and taste were just terrible. Never found one I liked.
>
>> To be called gin, it must have juniper berries as part of the mix. The
>> other botanicals can vary wildly, but if you don't like the juniper you
>> will probably never find one you really like.
>
>Yep. If you don't like juniper, drink vodka.
>
>That's why I like Boodles Gin. Lotsa juniper to stand up to all that
>Vermouth, which I also very much enjoy. I like my martinis wet
>---even dirty.
>
>nb

lol, guess what I just poured - Bombay, Cinzano and masses of ice, it
was all this talk of gin that did it.