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Let’s talk about gin

YellowSnow
YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,891 Founders Club
edited June 2022 in Yellow Snow's Record Shoppe
Cause vodka is for fags and communists.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,148 Founders Club
    History Channel is doing the history of spirits. Smirnoff vodka was the first challenger to American whiskey

    James Bond and the lack of smell after a martini lunch
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,891 Founders Club
    RaceBannon said:

    History Channel is doing the history of spirits. Smirnoff vodka was the first challenger to American whiskey

    James Bond and the lack of smell after a martini lunch

    Perhaps the greatest product plug in the history of film. Vodka wasn’t really a thing in America pre Bond.

    I’ve tried vodka martinis on occasion and they are vapid concoction no doubt.
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,828 Founders Club
    Gin is exactly the same as bourbon, it’s just not made with corn, rye and barley…
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,828 Founders Club
    Actually, that isn’t true…. It all comes down to the distillation process. Here’s how it works:

    Mashing

    All good gins come from a good mash or cooking of the grains which will be used for the gin’s base. The base spirit can be derived by distilling a variety of agricultural products including rye, barley, wheat or corn. With that said, rye is most popularly used for gin spirits as it provides a strong blank canvas for all the great flavours that will be infused into it later.

    Popular flavor agents include orris root, chamomile, galangal, star anise, Angelica, cardamom, coriander, peppermint, lemon, juniper, honey, orange peel, almonds, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, chocolate and literally any spice, fruit, zest or flavoring agent you can think of except cigarette butts.

    I’m actually very interested in taking up the craft of making small barrel bourbon and gin and look forward to the fun of the creative process… wife Informs me that I will need a bomb proof location away from the house for the adventure however so some negotiation may be required.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,148 Founders Club
    PurpleBaze said:

    I do like gin, but I'm definitely not a connoisseur.

    I'm happy with Bombay Sapphire. I also like the stuff from Amalga Distillery in Juneau, AK, cleverly named Juneauper Gin.

    Big fan of Bombay Sapphire
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,828 Founders Club
    edited June 2022
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bMqU3PCENyo

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EKoLBVYqK0s
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,828 Founders Club
    As I mentioned in the bourbon thread, Benhams gin from sonoma is my favorite… love the stuff… going to have to tour their place since they are right down the road from us….
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,918 Standard Supporter
    Haven't bought gin in a long time. I was going with Dry Fly for quite awhile. Less pine, more floral.
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