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  Cocktail Fun - Cocktail Recipes | Cocktails | Gin
Dutch gin, known as jenever, is a distinctly different drink from English-style gin; it is distilled with barley and sometimes aged in wood, giving it a slight resemblance to whisky.
Gin became very popular in England after the government created a market for poor quality grain that was unfit to be used in brewing beer by allowing unlicensed gin production and at the same time imposing a heavy duty on all imported spirits.
Gin in the 18th century was produced in pot stills, and was somewhat sweeter than the London gin known today.
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 Alcohol - Main Page
G and J Greenalls Gin has an exquisitely smooth and distinctive taste and is a testament to the exacting standards set by their head distiller.
South Gin is flavoured with juniper berries, lemon, orange, coriander seeds, Angelica leaves, Orris, Gentian root, and two New Zealand natives, Kawakawa leaves and Manuka berries, The gin received the 'Grand Gold with Palm Leaves' for 2005 at the Monde Selection in Brussels rating it as the best gin in the world.
Tanqueray gin was initially distilled in 1830, by Charles Tanqueray who was descended from three generations of clergy from the village of Tingreth in Bedfordshire.
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 Gin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It should not be confused with sloe gin, a sweet liqueur traditionally made from sloes (the fruit of the flthorn) infused in gin.
Gin originated in the Netherlands in the 17th century.
In tropical English colonies, gin was used to mask the bitter flavour of quinine, a protection against malaria, which was diluted in tonic water.
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 Mountain Crest Fine Spirits
In Dutch, this word means juniper, and is used to describe Holland's gin because juniper is one of the principal ingredients with which it is flavoured.
Genever gin dates back to the mid 17th century and was invented for a specific purpose by a single individual--Dr. Franciscus de la Boe (1614-1672), also known as Dr. Sylvius.
Gin distillers competed with the pubs by selling their spirits in magnificent buildings, complete with marble facades.
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 Gin - cocktail.com
Gin is made by adding the flavor of various botanicals (herbs and spices) to a neutral spirit.
The second step of crafting gin is made by re-distilling the spirit with the botanicals, either with these ingredients in the still, or by passing the vapor through the agents during distillation.
The use and proportion of any of these botanicals in the gin formula is left to the producer, and the character and quality of the gin will depend to a great extent on the skill of the distiller in formulating his recipe.
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 DrinkStreet.com -> Gin Drinks
Although not everyone likes the taste of gin by itself, gin and vodka are the most mixable of spirits and many of the recipes which call for vodka may be enriched by instead using gin.
The most popular gin drink is undoubtedly the martini and its variations, followed by the beloved gin and tonic.
Gin is such a smooth alcohol that the quality of the ingredients used with it are often more important than the quality of the gin itself.
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 Gin, American style: Drink has strong tradition, with some new twists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gin is a drink both of the best of times and the worst of times.
Part of gin's refinement lies in the fact that it seems to be a very British drink, which also contributes to its split identity.
There's the gin and tonic, of course, which came out of trying to get British colonials to take their quinine -- the medicine for malaria -- and the gin martini, which was invented in the United States in the early 20th century.
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 Victoria Alcoholic Cocktails Recipes
The original ratio of gin to vermouth was 2:1, but contemporary tastes tend toward "drier" ratios of 3:1, 5:1, and even 7:1.
Pink Gin may be served straight up or with water or soda and ice.
Shake 2 oz, gin, the juice of ½ lemon, and 1 teaspoon powdered sugar; pour over ice cubes in a tall glass and top with soda water (made with vodka in place of gin, this is a Vodka Collins).
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 Summer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The rickey seems to be a cross between a Collins and a sour.
The general procedure is to squeeze half a lime into a rickey or small highball glass, drop the shell in, add gin or any preferred liquor along with some cracked ice, and fill the glass up with charged water.
Shake gin and vermouth with cracked ice and strain into rickey glass; add lump of ice and fill with ginger ale.
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 that's the SPIRIT! › Mixology
Gin is a clear spirit based on barley and rye to which a mix of selected herbs and spices are added.
The second type of gin is Holland's or Genever gin made in Holland.
Its process differs from the lighter "London Dry." In making Genever gin, equal portions of barley malt, corn or rye are mashed and fermented into beer that is then distilled in a pot still.
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 Gin Fizz or Tom Collins :: Art of Drink
Just for the record, Gin Rickey’s use lime in place of lemon and sugar is optional.
The Gin Fizz stems from the 19th century and is a “sour” based cocktail with the addition of soda water.
The Gin Fizz is a good drink when made properly, but personally I lean towards the Silver Fizz for it’s better texture.
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 Gin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Shake gin, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a highball glass over two ice cubes.
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar.
Stir gin, grenadine, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a highball glass over ice cubes.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Bombay London Dry Gin at Epinions.com
Gin is just plain more flavorful than vodka, so it makes for a more manly martini.
Your average London dry gin uses about half that, but the number of spices isn't really very important (except to advertising guys and people trying to impress on their dates that they know so much more than they really do).
Gin is a great spirit for just about any kind of citric flavor, and lemon marries to it especially well, although lime is the flavor of choice for several excellent classic gin drinks.
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 Gin Page
Combine juice of half a lime and gin in a highball glass with ice cubes.
Combine gin, lemon juice, orange juice, sugar, egg yolk and ice in a mixing glass and shake well.
The "traditional" ratio is said to be two parts gin to one part dry vermouth, though this is far from the favoured combinations.
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 Cocktail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until the 1970s, cocktails were made predominantly with gin, whiskey or rum, and less commonly vodka.
Many cocktails traditionally made with gin, such as the gimlet, or the martini, may now be served by default with vodka.
Carbonated beverages that are used nearly exclusively in cocktails include soda water, tonic water and seltzer.
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 Arts & Leisure: Barroom Call (Newcity Chicago . 08-02-99)
A Collins, with its liberal splash of lemon juice, is often thought to be a punch relative, but it is in actuality a tall sour.
Tom (made with gin) is the most popular Collins brother, although the expansive family includes John, Pepito, Pierre and others, covering virtually the entire world of liquor.
A Rickey is always made with a half lime, soda water and the liquor of your choice.
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 Drink Information (Printable Format)
As for those cousins: To make a Gin Fizz, shake the gin, sugar, and lemon juice well with cracked ice, pour into a chilled Collins glass--no ice--and fizz to the top.
To make a Gin Rickey, squeeze 1/2 a (well-washed) lime into a Collins glass full of ice, tip in 1 teaspoon bar sugar, stir, pour in 2 oz London dry gin, throw in the squeezed-out lime half, and top with bubbly water of choice.
The Collins treatment works well with other liquors: common are the Whiskey Collins or John Collins, which is self explanatory, and the Rum Collins (light rum) or Charlie Collins (Jamaican rum), which are usually made with lime juice instead of lemon, and to which a couple dashes of Angostura bitters are often added.
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 GIN (gan, ginned, ginning) :: AudioEnglish.net dictionary
sloe gin (gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the flthorn))
gin and it (a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth)
pink lady (a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice)
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 Gin Drink - theBar.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
If you'd like to know what's in your bar gin drink, maybe you should start with what's in the gin.
So now that you know the basic ingredient of your gin, we can start to figure out what else might be tasty in a gin drink.
That's just what a great gin drink does...it pulls you in, takes you for a ride and by the time you're done, the night's just not the same anymore.
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 Gin Rickey Recipe - Recipes To-Go
This Gin Rickey recipe is one of many in our Drink Category.
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One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.
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 Original Gin - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The apocryphal origins of this cocktail suggest that it was invented by a squadron of Allied soldiers who, during World War I, found themselves in a French chateau when they were overcome by a powerful thirst.
A medium-dry martini is approximately five parts gin to one part vermouth; a very dry martini is eight parts gin to one part vermouth.
Today's premium gins are a far cry from the old days.
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 Cooks.com - Recipes - Gin
Provides expert tasting notes on the best-known and highest-quality gin and vodka...
To serve: fill a glass half full with gin fizz and other half with 7UP.
Pour 8 ounces gin into a large Mason...
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 GIN DRINK RECIPES - Over 200 Gin Cocktail Recipes on the Gin Cheatsheet - Martinis, Gin and Tonic and more
Gin is the ingredient the the true Martini is made.
Before vodka, gin was the only ingredient (plus vermouth) that comprised the Martini.
GIN AND IT Each cheat sheet is designed to be spilled on, folded and hidden...in the case of the bartender that does not want to be seen looking through a bartending book for his customer's drink.
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 GIN - Słowniki - Szukaj - Wirtualna Polska
GIN - Słowniki - Szukaj - Wirtualna Polska
gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the flthorn)
See Gan., (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland.
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 gin- WordWeb dictionary definition
A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin
Part of: gin and it, gin and tonic, martini, pink lady
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 Gin Rickey Recipe - CHOW.com
The Gin Rickey was the first in a long line of Rickeys—long dry cocktails over ice, usually made without sweeteners.
After Rickey ordered seconds of a new gin drink at Shoemaker’s Restaurant, the bartender named the cocktail the Gin Rickey.
It may not be so coincidental, then, that Rickey became the first major U.S. importer of limes.
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With the help of promoting slavery, and a few Oracles telling him "my son, you are invincible!" Alex's cocky drunkenness drove him to establish a domination of the known world.
Named after "Old Tom" Gin, a sweetened version of the liquor created by slaves desiring the taste of juniper and sugar.
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 DrinkStreet.com -> Drink Recipe: Gin Rickey
For the best Gin Rickey use juice of half a lime.
If there's an open bar, and the regular stuff is over (beer, vodka, and rum, in that order)this is your safety drink.
The one you rely on when there's nothing else to drink, 'cause most people don't drink gin first on an open bar (usually the whiskey, beer, vodka and rum go first before anyone touches the gin).
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 Cooks.com - Recipes - Rickey
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Squeeze lime juice into highball glass and drop the rind in.
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