{"id":28283,"date":"2012-06-14T17:59:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T23:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=28283"},"modified":"2012-06-14T17:59:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T23:59:28","slug":"oh-its-gin-gin-gin-that-makes-you-want-to-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/14\/oh-its-gin-gin-gin-that-makes-you-want-to-sin.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, it’s gin, gin, gin, that makes you want to sin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am not a whiskey man.<\/p>\n

I know, a lot of people are shocked over that. \u00a0“But … but … a fine Scotch? \u00a0A lovely single-barrel Bourbon? \u00a0Some lovely Irish? \u00a0A bit of Canadian?<\/p>\n

Nope. Just don’t enjoy it. \u00a0I’ll tolerate Irish or Canadian, or a very, very pale Scotch. But just tolerate it. \u00a0And in the case of Scotch, it can actually disagree with me. Badly.<\/p>\n

Now I enjoy tropical drinks, so with mixers I enjoy rum (or cacha\u00e7a<\/em>) or even tequila drinks.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to ordering a cocktail at a bar, I tend to go with gin. Some folks can’t stand the taste, but I actually kind of like it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My standard “order a drink at the bar” is a gin martini, very dry, with a twist. \u00a0(Not a big fan of olives, either.) \u00a0When mixing, I go for what I call a “Tom Lehrer martini” — “six parts gin to one part vermouth<\/a>” — though in reality I tend to go even further (maybe more of a small splash, but more than an atomizer’s worth, because drinking gin alone is vulgar). \u00a0If asked, I’ll go for Bombay Sapphire, but I’m not overly picky on that part.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, if a martini seems a bit much, or I’m concerned over being over-vermouthed, or I don’t want a martini glass (one of the goofier inventions of all time), I’ll order a G&T. \u00a0It’s an idiosyncratic drink — the odd flavors of gin and of tonic water together. \u00a0But refreshing. But still a little odd.<\/p>\n

(A lot of gin drinks are refreshing. The Brits invented a lot of them, because they were in very non-British places and seriously needed something to counteract the climate. \u00a0The Brits love their gin, but it was invented by the Dutch as a more transportable alcoholic good than wine or beer.)<\/p>\n

So why bring this up now?<\/p>\n

In reading a book from the 40s or so, I ran across mentions of two drinks that intrigued me for future trying out. \u00a0(Interestingly, not invented by the Brits.) \u00a0And here they are, through the Wonders of the Internet.<\/p>\n

Gin Rickey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n