I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
difference was.

Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
wrong shaped glass?)

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:
> I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
> moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
> Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
> difference was.
<clip>
> A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
> wrong shaped glass?)
>
> Bob

I'm still working on that huge, honking bottle of New Amsterdam gin that
son picked out for me (methinks he was lusting after the very cool
bottle for a future lamp??) and I'm just not sure I notice enough
difference myself? I'm just not a high brow drinker, I guess? LOL

I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
it comes in a "martini" glass.

On Jul 6, 7:47 pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
> I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
> moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
> Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
> difference was.
>
> Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
> with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
> sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
> taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
> higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.
>
> A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
> wrong shaped glass?)
>
> Bob

Get a decent bottle of white vermouth and go for the martinis.
Otherwise try looking up a pink gin. I had one once and it was
'interesting". Gin & Fresca is definately out. Too sweet. Stick with
the tonic .
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
>moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
>Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
>difference was.
>
>Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
>with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
>sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
>taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
>higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.
>
>A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
>wrong shaped glass?)

NOOO! You cannot call it a martini if it is not in the correct glass!
Das ist verboten!!! You will be hauled off to the hoosegow and beaten
with cocktail sticks.

TammyM, channelling Bubba Vic

In article >,
says...
> I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
> moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
> Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
> difference was.
>
> Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
> with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
> sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
> taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
> higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.
>
> A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
> wrong shaped glass?)
>
> Bob
>

I think that Sapphire is a bit precious for gin, which started out as a
cheap and rather rough drink for the masses. It's tasty, to be sure, but
it's not real gin IMO, being too delicate and "sissified." But try it
with water, equal parts, on ice with a big squeeze of lime.

--
Peter Aitken

zxcvbob wrote:

> Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
> with cheaper gin?
>
> Bob

Ninja Turtle
Ingredients:

1 Shot Gin
0.5 Shot Blue Curaçao
Top up Orange Juice


Method:
Build ingredients in tall glass half filled with cubed ice – blue
curacao, then gin and top up with orange juice. Muddle ingredients
together and garnish with a slice of star fruit if desired.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Hairspray recipe

3 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
2 oz Sprite soda
1 twist lemon

Use a clean highball glass, fill with ice cubes, add Bombay Sapphire
Gin, and top off with some Sprite. A twist of lemon or lime adds color.
For the advanced bartender, a curl of orange peel gives this drink a
final salon touch.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Breakfast Martini recipe

1 1/2 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
1 tsp light marmalade

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Garnish with a piece of a slice of toast.

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
>moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
>Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
>difference was.
>
>Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
>with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
>sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
>taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
>higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.
>
>A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
>wrong shaped glass?)
>
>Bob

Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
Sapphire and two olives.

Works with my wife every time.
--

modom

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

In my opinion, Sapphire is pretty inferior for gin and tonics, but
is okay for a martini occasionally (although nowhere near the best).
Beefeaters makes a somewhat better traditional martini, a vastly better
G&T, and costs considerably less. A step up from Beefeaters is Boodles.

Then there is the category of "martini gins" designed to be used
without vermouth. A very good straight-ahead example is Junipero.
Some others are Hendricks, 209, Tanqueray 10, and the newly-introduced
Tanqueray Rangpur. All of these have too many botanical flavors
to be a really good choice for a G&T, but may have what you want
in a martini.

Steve

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
>I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the moderately
>cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my Seagram's, and is
>about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the difference was.
>
> Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
> with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or sometimes
> gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did taste better
> like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the higher alcohol
> content which numbs ones taste buds.
>
> A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the wrong
> shaped glass?)
>
> Bob

You got yourself a dandy gin, so don't mess around with it. Schweppes tonic
water, a good-sized lime wedge, and a bunch of ice. That's it.

Felice

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" <moc.etoyok@modom> wrote:

> Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
> glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
> out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
> Sapphire and two olives.
>
> Works with my wife every time.
> --
>
> modom

Works *with* your wife or *on* your wife, Michael.
Inquiring Mind Do Want to Know.

We just bought me a bottle of Bombay cheaper-than-sapphire gin. Can I
have a G&T with my head held high?
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:

> I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
> could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
> it comes in a "martini" glass.

I salute you!
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Goomba38 > wrote:

>> I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
>> could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
>> it comes in a "martini" glass.

>I salute you!

True enough, but I seem to be very picky about drinks being in the
proper glass. I have some Stuart (cut) crystal tumblers that are ideal
for Scotch and anything else just looks wrong in them. Other tumblers
which are etched with a few fine lines but otherwise plain (no idea
where they're from, but they're 50-ish years old) seem to be
perfect for vodka/rocks or a short highball (if that's not an
oxymoron).

It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.

Unless it's port, of course.

Steve

What do you mean " works with my wife every time"?

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"modom (palindrome guy)" <moc.etoyok@modom> wrote in message
>
> Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
> glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
> out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
> Sapphire and two olives.
>

Not liking olives all that much, I use onions, but the method is a good one.
Just a hint of vermouth; any more overpowers the gin and wastes the money
spent on the botanicals.

Steve Pope wrote:

> It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
> for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
> bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
> cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.

Ha. Almost every Italian family I know (or knew) drinks family red outta
small juice glasses, lol. Something that probably once came in a box of
laundry soap or dish soap box fifty years ago. The Murano glass is in
the dining room, sure...but the everyday stuff came outta a soap box. Or
perhaps a frozen shrimp cocktail from the grocery store many years ago. LOL

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "modom (palindrome guy)" <moc.etoyok@modom> wrote in message
>> Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
>> glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
>> out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
>> Sapphire and two olives.
>>
>
> Not liking olives all that much, I use onions, but the method is a good one.
> Just a hint of vermouth; any more overpowers the gin and wastes the money
> spent on the botanicals.
>
>
My father always liked his with a lemon twist. We always seemed to have
a poor slowly denuded lemon drying up in the fridge later to be tossed
down the disposal once all the peel was gone.

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:30:21 -0400, Goomba38 >
magnanimously proffered:

>Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
>> for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
>> bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
>> cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.
>
>Ha. Almost every Italian family I know (or knew) drinks family red outta
>small juice glasses, lol. Something that probably once came in a box of
>laundry soap or dish soap box fifty years ago. The Murano glass is in
>the dining room, sure...but the everyday stuff came outta a soap box. Or
>perhaps a frozen shrimp cocktail from the grocery store many years ago. LOL

Got tired of people spilling wine - especially red - and having to
hand wash tall, fragile & expensive wine glasses instead of being able
to use the dishwasher. So unless it's a really REALLY special occasion
that includes our adult children (who love drinking out of the
surviving family crystal), we serve wine in nice, big glasses with
heavy, weighted bottoms (like good whisky tumblers). Doesn't mean we
still don't have the occasional spill, but at least they're now few
and far between.


--

una cerveza mas por favor ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
Wax-up and drop-in of Surfing's Golden Years: <http://www.surfwriter.net>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

zxcvbob wrote:
>
> I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
> moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
> Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
> difference was.
>
> Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
> with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
> sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
> taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
> higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.
>
> A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
> wrong shaped glass?)
>
> Bob

Dunno, I like the Tanqueray Ten personally. I think it qualifies as
expensive, but since a bottle lasts me about five years the price is
pretty much irrelevant. It's nearly always used for gin and tonic.

Pete C.

zxcvbob > wrote:
>Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
>with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
>sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
>taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
>higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

Do it with your normal G&T setup. You'll notice the
difference and realize it's always worth the premium
price.

>A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
>wrong shaped glass?)

Yes. That's a cocktail glass. Martinis are properly
served in DOFs.

--Blair
"And stirred."

Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

>That's a cocktail glass. Martinis are properly
>served in DOFs.

Double Old-Fashioned glasses?

Why, or from when and where, was this proper for Martinis?

Steve

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob >
magnanimously proffered:

>I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
>moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
>Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
>difference was.
>
>Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
>with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
>sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
>taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
>higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.

I'm not a gin drinker. In fact, I dislike the taste. However, my wife
is a gin & tonic drinker and usually buys Seagram.

One of our houseguests brought her a bottle of Bombay Sapphire in a
royal blue velvet bag (which I inherited), and she used it for G&T's
for the two nights he was staying with us. But after he went, what was
left went into the back of the drinks cupboard until his next visit.

Since I don't drink gin I wasn't aware that, to a gin drinker, there
can be a lot of difference between the tastes of various brands ...
and my wife found the Bombay Sapphire a bit too sweet for her taste.

I suppose it's a bit like the differences between vodkas, only less
subtle. My favourite is vodka Abosult or ... if I'm flush ... 42 Below
(a New Zealand vodka). Wonderful in a martini, regardless of the glass
.... but even better straight out of the freezer or on its own over
crushed ice.

BTW - someone who had an office on the same floor of the building I
worked in years ago was partial to drinking gin straight or with a
little water. No tonic. No lemon or lime.

His office was right next to a well known restaurant and wine critic
who, like me, couldn't stand the taste of gin whatever it was or was
not mixed with. But when the gin drinker retired, we all shared a
drink of gin & water with him in his office on his final day (before
adjourning to the pub on the opposite corner for some serious
drinking).


--

una cerveza mas por favor ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
Wax-up and drop-in of Surfing's Golden Years: <http://www.surfwriter.net>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> I'm more approving of a real martini in the wrong glass than I ever
>> could be about the wrong ingredients being called a martini just because
>> it comes in a "martini" glass.
>
> I salute you!


I frosted an Old Fashioned glass -- a least I think that's what kind of
glass it is, a short glass tumbler with a thick heavy bottom. I put a
few tiny ice cubes in it, added 1/2 ounce of Stock white vermouth and 4
1/2 ounces of the 94 proof fancy-pants gin. Stirred it up real good
with my finger, scooped out the ice, and added 2 olives.

I've decided I don't like Martinis. I guess I'm not old enough yet.
Time for a beer.

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:

> I frosted an Old Fashioned glass -- a least I think that's what kind of
> glass it is, a short glass tumbler with a thick heavy bottom.

I always knew those as "lowball" glasses, but I've heard them referred
to as Old Fashioned glasses too.

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
>wrong shaped glass?)

Sapphire is perfect for a dry martini.
--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:30:21 -0400, Goomba38 >
wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
>> for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
>> bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
>> cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.
>
>Ha. Almost every Italian family I know (or knew) drinks family red outta
>small juice glasses, lol. Something that probably once came in a box of
>laundry soap or dish soap box fifty years ago. The Murano glass is in
>the dining room, sure...but the everyday stuff came outta a soap box. Or
>perhaps a frozen shrimp cocktail from the grocery store many years ago. LOL

Not a jelly glass?


--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

On 2007-07-07, bob > wrote:

> Got tired of people spilling wine - especially red - and having to
> hand wash tall, fragile & expensive wine glasses instead of being able
> to use the dishwasher.....

In prep for move, offed all glassware. Crystal decanters, martini glasses,
Reidel, etc. Keeping one set, four 8oz glasses from France. They are my
wine, cocktail, water, etc, glasses and I love 'em. Handy, practical, and
damned near bullet-proof, not to mention kinda classy looking. I recommend
them above all others:

http://www.le-tom.com/duralex-picardie-small

Places like Sur Hi Tab and W-S used to carry them.

nb

sf wrote:

>> Ha. Almost every Italian family I know (or knew) drinks family red outta
>> small juice glasses, lol. Something that probably once came in a box of
>> laundry soap or dish soap box fifty years ago. The Murano glass is in
>> the dining room, sure...but the everyday stuff came outta a soap box. Or
>> perhaps a frozen shrimp cocktail from the grocery store many years ago. LOL
>
> Not a jelly glass?
>
>
oh yeah.. jelly glasses too! they're actually just like a lot of those
old laundry soap depression glasses.

notbob wrote:

> In prep for move, offed all glassware. Crystal decanters, martini glasses,
> Reidel, etc. Keeping one set, four 8oz glasses from France.

Only four sort of makes a party hard to hold...?

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 01:43:07 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>In my opinion, Sapphire is pretty inferior for gin and tonics, but
>is okay for a martini occasionally (although nowhere near the best).
>Beefeaters makes a somewhat better traditional martini, a vastly better
>G&T, and costs considerably less. A step up from Beefeaters is Boodles.
>
>Then there is the category of "martini gins" designed to be used
>without vermouth. A very good straight-ahead example is Junipero.
>Some others are Hendricks, 209, Tanqueray 10, and the newly-introduced
>Tanqueray Rangpur. All of these have too many botanical flavors
>to be a really good choice for a G&T, but may have what you want
>in a martini.
>
Sapphire makes a great dry martini and Beefeaters is my top choice for
G & T. Tanqueray is good for G & T too, but not as good as
Beefeaters... I've never heard of Tanqueray 10 or Rangpur. They are
probably like the gin Chris D talks about.... Plymouth? You have to
search for where it's sold and bars don't serve it (I've asked).

--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:29:47 -0500, "modom (palindrome guy)"
<moc.etoyok@modom> wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:47:25 -0500, zxcvbob >
>wrote:
>
>>I bought a bottle of expensivish gin yesterday, instead of the
>>moderately cheap stuff I usually get. It cost twice as much than my
>>Seagram's, and is about 20% stronger. I just wanted to see what the
>>difference was.
>>
>>Is there anything I need to try with it that I normally wouldn't drink
>>with cheaper gin? I usually have gin & tonic in the summer, or
>>sometimes gin & Fresca. I had a shot last night, chilled and it did
>>taste better like that than Seagram's, but that could have just been the
>>higher alcohol content which numbs ones taste buds.
>>
>>A real Martini, maybe? (Can I still call it a Martini if I use the
>>wrong shaped glass?)
>>
>>Bob
>
>Martini is exactly what is called for. Regardless of the shape of the
>glass, freeze it, pour in a little dry vermouth, swish it around, pour
>out what's not frozen to the glass of any shape, add very cold Bombay
>Sapphire and two olives.
>
>Works with my wife every time.

I like the way you think!
--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins

On 2007-07-07, Steve Pope > wrote:
> In my opinion, Sapphire is pretty inferior for gin and tonics, but
> is okay for a martini occasionally (although nowhere near the best).
> Beefeaters makes a somewhat better traditional martini, a vastly better
> G&T, and costs considerably less. A step up from Beefeaters is Boodles.

A man who know his gin!

I'm a major Boodles fan. IMO, the best for martinis. But, I like my 'tinis
with Vermouth, so Boodles has the juniper profile to hold up against the
Vermouth. Only Martini and Rossi will do.

As for G&Ts, it's strictly Tanq and Schwepps. Sure others will do, but can
be only second rate. I've yet to try Rangpur.

nb



>
> Then there is the category of "martini gins" designed to be used
> without vermouth. A very good straight-ahead example is Junipero.
> Some others are Hendricks, 209, Tanqueray 10, and the newly-introduced
> Tanqueray Rangpur. All of these have too many botanical flavors
> to be a really good choice for a G&T, but may have what you want
> in a martini.
>
> Steve

On 2007-07-07, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Works *with* your wife or *on* your wife, Michael.
> Inquiring Mind Do Want to Know.

LOL!....

> We just bought me a bottle of Bombay cheaper-than-sapphire gin. Can I
> have a G&T with my head held high?

Oh Hell yes! Bombay London Dry gin is a great gin.

nb

On 2007-07-07, sf <sf> wrote:

> probably like the gin Chris D talks about.... Plymouth? You have to
> search for where it's sold and bars don't serve it (I've asked).

BevMo carries it.

Plymouth is one of the premium gins. Like high-end vodkas and tequilas,
it's on the side of the trend towards ultra-refined to the point of useless.
So smooth it has little bite or flavor. Put it in the freezer you could
feed it to dogs and babies. In short, why bother.

nb

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:09:52 -0500, notbob > wrote:

>On 2007-07-07, sf <sf> wrote:
>
>> probably like the gin Chris D talks about.... Plymouth? You have to
>> search for where it's sold and bars don't serve it (I've asked).
>
>BevMo carries it.
>
>Plymouth is one of the premium gins. Like high-end vodkas and tequilas,
>it's on the side of the trend towards ultra-refined to the point of useless.
>So smooth it has little bite or flavor. Put it in the freezer you could
>feed it to dogs and babies. In short, why bother.
>
>nb

Have you tried it?

Have you moved yet? I am back in NM now....getting ready for the NM
cook-in....

Christine

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2007-07-07, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > Works *with* your wife or *on* your wife, Michael.
> > Inquiring Mind Do Want to Know.
>
> LOL!....
>
> > We just bought me a bottle of Bombay cheaper-than-sapphire gin. Can I
> > have a G&T with my head held high?
>
> Oh Hell yes! Bombay London Dry gin is a great gin.
>
> nb

That be the one, darlin'. Thenkyew! Note the time stamp here. I'm
cleaning my kitchen floor. I do it maybe once a year whether it needs
it or not. "-) On my knees. One helluva lot of groaning getting down
and up. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Cleaning rags and rugs are in the
wash. Rob's got a birthday on Tuesday and on Sunday I've got family
coming over -- including my sister Mrs. Clean. I hate when they tsk tsk
and tut tut about me.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> I've decided I don't like Martinis. I guess I'm not old enough yet.
> Time for a beer.
> Bob

Once you get past the first swallow, gin's great! We picked up a couple
packs of Asahi and some Dos Equis. Diversity, doncha know.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com - story and
pics of Ronald McDonald House dinner posted 6-24-2007

sf wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:30:21 -0400, Goomba38 >
> wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>>
>>> It's always correct to drink a basic red wine out of a tumbler, but
>>> for that I have the thick Mexican ones made from melted-down coke
>>> bottles, with the blue-ish rims. And red wine in any sort of
>>> cut crystal is straight out unpleasant for me.
>>
>>Ha. Almost every Italian family I know (or knew) drinks family red outta
>>small juice glasses, lol. Something that probably once came in a box of
>>laundry soap or dish soap box fifty years ago. The Murano glass is in
>>the dining room, sure...but the everyday stuff came outta a soap box. Or
>>perhaps a frozen shrimp cocktail from the grocery store many years ago. LOL
>
> Not a jelly glass?
>
>

Grape wine in a mason jar
Homemade and brought to school
By a friend of mine and after class
Me and him and this other fool
Decided that well drink up what's left
Chug-a-lug, so helped ourselves
First time for everything
Umm, my ears still ring

- Roger Miller, "Chug-A-Lug"

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/roger+m..._20117762.html

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On 2007-07-07, Christine Dabney > wrote:

> Have you tried it?

Yep. Last straw before backpeddling to the more flavorful Boodles.
The next step on the too-smooth/costly ladder was Anchor. They make
good beer, but $50 per bottle for gin is just unacceptable.

nb

On 2007-07-07, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> That be the one, darlin'. Thenkyew! Note the time stamp here. I'm
> cleaning my kitchen floor.

Holy chrystonacrutch! ....yer scrubbing floors at 1:00 in the
morning? No wonder you're inquiring about gin. :|

nb