Gin
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How to make the perfect Gin and Tonic:
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@r-l Explain a faux barbecue. Is there actual food involved, or just the intention of food?
I have been wondering that too.
Without being at all sexist, I wondered if the lack of men to set fire to things and "cook" large quantities of red meat may have dissuaded them from doing more than point at the BBQ, and then continued to drink.
Which is often a good plan anyway.
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Always got a gordons in the freezer but this is my go to
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Gin is relatively easy to make if the stuff my father concocts is anything to go by. Helps that he has been making base spirit for quite a while as a hobbyist even though the results as far as 'whisky' or 'brandy' leave a lot to be desired and are just flavoured spirit.
Thing is with gin is that all it really is is flavoured spirit and you can either infuse the botanicals in the mash,during distillation or after (bathtub gin). Or a combo of them all.
He tends to triple distil. First pass is making some alcohol. Second pass has some botanicals steeped in and third with some in the vapour.
Once you have done a few batches to get the balance and amount right it is a fairly easy process and the cost is quite attractive.
I am getting him to do me a batch of 6 bottles for $100 and it stands up alongside many $75 craft gins very easily. -
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While I like a sneaky G&T in the summer, I generally view it as 2 absolutely horrible things mixed together to somehow make something delicious.
But that's my heathen view on the whole thing...
For the Oz-based Ferners... the following is something a mate of mine threw together...
Gin Distillery Melbourne - Buy Australian Gin | Patient Wolf Gin
Explore Patient Wolf, an Australian gin distillery offering unique naturally infused flavoured Australian made gins and liqueur drinks.
So if you buy it, and like it, and buy more - let me know, and I'll try to extract some sales commission from the fluffybunny.
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me, I am partial to a negroni or three.
Prohibition gin is good, enjoy 4 pillars spices negroni gin as well and if a i have to have one with tonic then like @shark preferbably fever tree
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I really like Two Birds Gin, sure I've mentioned it on here before. They do vodkas etc too.
Man I could kill for a gin tonight.
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Four Pillars anyone?
dont drink a lot of Gin but happy to drink a few of theirs neat
their Wasabi one from a couple of years ago was great and their annual xmas pudding one (plus the pudding it was filtered through) have become a tradition
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@kiwiwomble said in Gin:
Four Pillars anyone?
dont drink a lot of Gin but happy to drink a few of theirs neat
their Wasabi one from a couple of years ago was great and their annual xmas pudding one (plus the pudding it was filtered through) have become a tradition
Defintely, I mentioned their spiced negroni one, but quite like the shiraz one too
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If you are down south this place in Arrowtown has a huge range of gin and does gin flight tastings. Good way to spend an hour.
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