Not only is it the oldest in England, making gin according to the original family recipe since 1793, but it is widely believed to be the gin that led to the invention of the martini.
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So vodka stuck, but in Mr. Palazzi's opinion, the best martinis are always made with gin, as it adds a little more complexity and flavor.
Plymouth, which is a classic, versatile gin, I grew bored of, since it lacks that punch of juniper I enjoy in a gin.
It is one of the only gin distilleries offering tours period, and since gin involves extra steps not seen in other distilled spirits, namely the introduction of botanicals, it is intrinsically a more interesting process.
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That prompted an angry response from prosecutors, who called it an attempt to gin up public support for a plea deal.
Whereas Scotch whisky, even at full strength right off the still, tastes distinctly of the malted barley from which it is made, gin is essentially made from pure alcohol.
Indeed, when reformers made it illegal to sell gin without a license, gin sellers responded with the "puss and mew, " a bit of mechanical fakery masquerading as an 18th-century vending machine.
It can also boast an impressive stable of other spirit brands ranging across Smirnoff Vodka and Gordon's Gin, alongside newer acquisitions that put it in a strong position, with local grain spirits from Vietnam to Turkey.
Reformists put forth an argument as simple as it was elitist: Take gin away and the poor would fall back into line.
Reformists from both camps put forth an argument as simple as it was elitist: Take gin away, and the poor would fall back into line.
It has 3 ingredients: Gin, Vermouth, and bitters (yes, bitters).
It was also loaded with gin and tonic.
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The laws attacked gin by raising the excise on it and by hiking the licensing fees for sellers.
As a sign at one bar puts it, " the perfect gin tonic does not exist", but trendy Spaniards are happy to keep on trying.
It is now common to substitute vodka for gin, which scandalizes some purists.
It produces Chivas Regal, Ballantine's Beefeater Gin, The Glenlivet, Royal Salute, Aberlour, Scapa, and 100 Pipers.
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Will it be allowed to own both Beefeater and Seagram's gin?
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Apple, by contrast, doesn't need to give OS X a radical mobile makeover or gin together an iPad-esque tablet -- hey, it's already got the iPad.
Gin's origins stretch back to the Middle Ages, when it was served as a remedy for various ailments.
She wanted gin, and luckily I still had a pint flask full of it in my fleece-lined jacket pocket.
It operates a dozen operating malt distilleries, a grain distillery, two gin distilleries and more than 300 bonded warehouses.
And second, unlike unaged spirits such as vodka and gin, whiskey needs to sit in a barrel for several years before it can be served.
The same goes for gin or aspirin, of course: but many voters reasonably wonder whether it would be right to add to the list of harmful substances that are legally available.
After earlier securing the go-ahead from the European Union, on condition the combined group sells its Dewar's and Ainslie scotch brands, this week the group won approval from the US authorities, though it too demanded concessions - the sale of Dewar's and of Bombay gin.
Part mea culpa, part rallying cry, Ford is trying to gin up empathy among customers and investors through a series of four-minute films it is producing and putting up on the Web.
It became an immediate hit with the upper classes in England, who came to like Dutch gin quite as much as they liked French brandy.
It was the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis who came up with his ingenious idea while sipping on a gin in a hotel in Cannes -- a very civilized approach to engineering.
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