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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
-DeVoto, Bernard
In Harper's Magazine, Dec.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
-Epstein,JuliusJ
Humphrey Bogart as ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Two big events last month bring the Upside-Down martini (aka Reverse Martini) front and center these days.
First, the last month's release of the movie Julie and Julia showcases the cocktail's creator and advocate, Julia Child. I've always appreciated the fact that she attributed her longevity to "red meat and gin". ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
The leaves are falling and we're all thinking about spooky ghosts, picking apples and killing turkeys. Time again to consider gin, which can help you through these increasingly darker days. Avoid Pumpkin-tinis and other creepy sweet concoctions. Instead, try some of these stellar recommendations:
1. Stellar Apple
Speaking of Stellar, Stellar Gin recommends ...
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
The best known of David Embury's six basic drinks everyone should know (the others are the Jack Rose, the Manhattan, the Old-Fashioned, the Daiquiri, and the Sidecar), the martini is synonymous in the public imagination with cocktail culture. Neon signs depicting cocktail glasses and olives advertise cocktail lounges, and the ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Chemical & Engineering News reported that gin technology took a big step forward last month. In an article published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry last month, scientists concluded that distilling gin in a high vacuum, low temperature still resulted in a gin that tasters considered "less pungent" and ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Gin has a long-attested affinity for bitter flavors. The British introduced the gin and tonic for medicinal reasons, but it's remained one of the most popular and iconic drinks -- needing little accompaniment except perhaps a wedge of fresh lime or a wheel of orange -- because the coolness of ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
The recent revival of cocktail culture and the sudden American interest in new flavors -- viz: orange Kit Kats, purple Mountain Dew, chipotle Doritos, chicken on pizza -- are probably the two main factors in the wave of new gins on the market following the resurgence of gin's popularity to ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
In the simplest terms, gin is a neutral grain spirit, like vodka, which has been flavored with juniper berries. Nothing else is required or excluded by the definition. In practice, we can say a few other things about gin: it is nearly always unaged; it's usually redistilled after ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
The history of American cocktails after World War II is very much a tug of war between gin and vodka. As gin's popularity waned, and the ingredients used in gin cocktails became obscure, vodka soared on the strength of its marketing campaigns, its mixability, and the ease of hiding it ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
We're here because gin is underappreciated, if not insulted by the current vodka-centric cocktail generation.
Sure, gin is a neutral grain spirit, like vodka. But that's where the similarity ends. There's much more fun in gin. Unlike vodka, it's usually redistilled after being infused with its flavorings. In addition to the ...
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