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  2 0 Sonja, welcome to the wonderful world of gins! Styles and some brands I'd like to recommend are: London dry - Beefeater, Voyager (made in Woodinville by Pacific Distillery) Plymouth - Plymouth (unique case of the only brand in a recognized style) Old tom - Hayman's, Ransom Genever - Bols New Gin - Hendrick's, Dry Fly (also Washington produced) I taste gins the same way I taste any spirit, which is straight. I will usually pour enough for my taste that there's sufficient to add an ice chip for a second taste to see how water and temperature change it. My go to cocktails for gin tasting are the gin and tonic, the martini (4:1 gin:vermouth plus orange bitters) and the martinez (gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and orange bitters). I've found these three give me a good sense of how versatile a specific gin may be. Stevi Deter answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 Hendricks for special treat. Beefeater or Tanqueray for everyday. Cocktails: Gin & tonic (de rigueur) Gimlet Ramos Gin Fizz A royal drink - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, likes a Dubonnet and gin (30% gin, 70% Dubonnet with a slice of lemon under the ice). If you do a blind neat taste test, slip in a ringer: Grey Goose. The best tasting vodka. Ha ha. You can also mix, taste, and argue the merits of gin or vodka martinis (or both). BugMeNot answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Stevi gave some great options. To the northwest line up I also recommend: Aviation and Ransom (old tom style), both are produced in Oregon. Enjoy getting to know gin! - Kathy KathyCaseyLiquidKitchen answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Recipe for a good gin-tasting party: 1.) Print six, glass-sized circles on letter sized paper. Label each circle 1-6 2.) Place six glasses on the table. One on top of each circle. 3.) Pour a shallow glass (about 2-3 swallows) of each gin. I recommend in no particular order: Gordon's Hendrick's Old Tom Voyager (locally produced in Woodinville and AWESOME) Plymouth Dry Fly (Personally, I hate it. But others seem to like it.) Bombay Sapphire Tanqueray The trick is to include both cheap and expensive, well-known and obscure brands. Keep your guests guessing. 4.) One-by-one, work your way through the gins, sipping water between each glass. Also, keep a handful of coffee beans handy to refresh your sense of smell as gin can be quite odiferous. For each glass, have your guests make notes about what they taste. 5.) When it's all done and everyone's picked their favorite -- you'd be surprised what tastes good when you don't know how much it costs -- start mixing cocktails! When cocktail time arrives, I recommend having a few common mixers handy. Besides the traditional gin-and-tonic, I'd recommend: Aviation 2 shots gin ½ shot lemon juice ⅓ shot Maraschino ⅙ shot Crème de Violette (optional egg whites) If that doesn't satisfy your tastes, try the Cocktail Database! http://cocktaildb.com Ryan J. Salva answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 In addition to the ones listed by Stevi below, I recommend Tanqueray and Bombay in the "London dry" category. NOT Bombay Sapphire or Tanqueray 10 -- to me these supposedly "premium" offerings have lost track of what they're supposed to be. Regular ol' Tanqueray is it for me, personally. Boodles is pretty good, too. Fnarf answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 1 for a smooth gin i go for dry fly or hendrick's if i want a gin with more of a bitte i go for sapphire or tanqueray 10, and as for a dry gin beefeater or bombay dry is good and plymouth is a good go to as well. raphael nicas answered in Cocktail Q&A about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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