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You must have been in Ravenclaw. Over in Gryffindor we took it with orange juice or lemonade - yum!
Drinking by itself? Are you crazy?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Finnish Gin?
Was that a bottle of vodka and a juniper berry?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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It was gin, and as usual the Finns didn't bother adding water to the product ...
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Usually Finns don't bother adding taste to the product.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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True - I remember a couple of Finns who just threw vodka on the sauna until they fainted ...
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You didn't warn them about the slice of lemon - oh woe, woe and thrice woe on the imbiber of the lemonless G&*T!
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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That is almost so true.
I enjoy a Whiskey with a little ice.
After seeing all the Gin fanaticism on CP, I purchased a bottle of Gordon's and a bottle of Beefeater.
Poured out a neat slug over a little ice and was somewhat dismayed and a little disappointed with the experience.
I needed an expert opinion.
I decided to ask Nagy Vilmos for the best way to drink Gin.
He obliged revealing the secret proportions of Gin with Tonic and ice and a slice of lemon.
"By the bottle old chap, by the bottle!
TBH, a nice G&T is hard to beat. Ice [if you like, I do], a slice [of lemon] and pour over the gin, then add tonic to taste [for me that's about the same quantity as the gin].
Simples."
The next night I mixed the secret potion and drank the refreshing liquor like a king or like Bradman before he went out to bat.
After the second one I looked at the Gordon's Bottle and noticed that it only had a third of it's contents remaining.
I had used my favourite wine glass, which has a 750 ml capacity, to enable the old snoze to sniff the bouquet of a lovely old bold Shiraz or one of your Pinot Grigio.
Nagy had failed to inform me about the importance and danger of the size of the glass.
Elephant it. I had another one because it was so refreshing.
The magical proportions of the two substances with the garnish and solid H2O did work their magic indeed.
I awoke early in the morning on the couch and by some weird Gin magic, I was already dressed for work.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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A lot of spirits have that result when first tried.
The best approach is to add the right amount of tonic or mix it in a Martini. For the Martini experiment with proportions starting at 4 parts gin to 1 part vermouth - this is a Dry Martini. 1:1 is called a "Perfect" or "Girly", 15:1 is a Monty. I like the Churchill, 5 parts gin and nod in the direction of France; though some find this too sweet.
speramus in juniperus
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After you gave me the magic proportions for Gin and Tonic, which I did appreciate, I moved to the Martini.
The Dirty Martini got me going.
(I quoted you in this thread in my response to DD's post on Hogwarts and Gin.)
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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You forgot to decorate your Christmas tree with tonic...
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MehGerbil wrote: I tried Gin.
It tastes like a liquefied Christmas tree.
It is shite and only drunks by women down here in Oz. Dark Rum and >50% alcohol and you're on the right track.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: Dark Rum and >50% alcohol and you're on the right track.
A nice drop of Woods[^], then. ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: A nice drop of Woods[^], then.
I've got my eye on a bottle of Stroh 80[^] from the bottle shop linked too. 25 days till the next birthday, I think some unsubtle hints might be in order.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Is that hint as in "Get us an elephant bottle or six of this elephant rum or I'll elephant the rest of the year for you elephants" subtle?.
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Is that hint as in "Get us an elephant bottle or six of this elephant rum or I'll elephant the rest of the year for you elephants" subtle?.
I'm a couple of decades of Subtlety practice away from being half as subtle as that.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Oh, come on. You have perfectly good rum down in Bundaberg.
Stroh is only used for Feuerzangenbowle[^] or cleaning your bathroom.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Oh, come on. You have perfectly good rum down in Bundaberg.
Bundy OP is my staple.
Jörgen Andersson wrote: Stroh is only used for Feuerzangenbowle[^] or cleaning your bathroom.
But it's 80%^ alcohol, I have to try it. Showed the Missus last time we were at the bottlo and she wanted to get it cause it's 80%.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: I have to try it.
That's a valid reason.
I should probably still tell you that Cillit Bang is cheaper and does the same job.
What you should try though is to get a "Feuerzange" and a sugar loaf. It gives mulled wine a completely new dimension to it, actually being drinkable being the most important dimension. Especially if you spill the Stroh properly.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Our women use it to clean the windows.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Forget mixing, it'll taste perfectly fine once you're beyond buzzed 
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MehGerbil wrote: It tastes like a liquefied Christmas tree.
You just didn't try long enough. 
Marc
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What did you expect ? Liquefied Christmas tree tastes like ... liquefied Christmas tree.
I hate the stuff. It as abominable as vermouth or Suze, but less than Martini ( well, gin + vermouth, how could it be worse ...)
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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of course it does. the word "gin" comes from juniper (Dutch "genever"), which is the little evergreen shrub that produces the berries which is gin's primary flavor.
and it's delicious!
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Ever tried harvesting those berries? Like gin, that plant[^] have certain sting ...
It's also great for smoking fish ...
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