Comments on: Top ten gins, Hendrick’s and other tales http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/ The insiders' guide to food and drink in Melbourne. Since 2005. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: JayPea http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-44554 JayPea Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:00:24 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-44554 It's all about the alcohol content with gin. Anything under 40% proof isn't worth drinking. Therefore my brand of choice is Tanqueray No.10 and duty free, export strength Gordons or Beefeater (all 48% proof) when I travel or ask overseas visitors to bring some. Keep a look out for Tanqueray duty free/export too. My local bottle shop acquired a couple of cases (I didn't ask how) and it was half the price of No.10. Hendricks tastes like cough medicine, and the dreaded Bombay Sapphire takes like Toilet Duck. Oh and the only tonic water worth the name is reliable old regular Schweppes (not diet, shudder). It’s all about the alcohol content with gin. Anything under 40% proof isn’t worth drinking. Therefore my brand of choice is Tanqueray No.10 and duty free, export strength Gordons or Beefeater (all 48% proof) when I travel or ask overseas visitors to bring some. Keep a look out for Tanqueray duty free/export too. My local bottle shop acquired a couple of cases (I didn’t ask how) and it was half the price of No.10. Hendricks tastes like cough medicine, and the dreaded Bombay Sapphire takes like Toilet Duck. Oh and the only tonic water worth the name is reliable old regular Schweppes (not diet, shudder).

]]> By: Melbourne food tips for visiting blogger | Tomato http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-17340 Melbourne food tips for visiting blogger | Tomato Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:05:21 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-17340 [...] Club on Spring St is a must. Container 8 - a bar in a shipping container dumped on a carpark. Madame Brussels on Bourke St or hidden down alleys Mumur or The Croft [...] [...] Club on Spring St is a must. Container 8 – a bar in a shipping container dumped on a carpark. Madame Brussels on Bourke St or hidden down alleys Mumur or The Croft [...]

]]> By: Tomato - » Vote now on your favourite gin http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-6892 Tomato - » Vote now on your favourite gin Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:54:14 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-6892 [...] With the arrival of Hendrick’s a few months back it looks like there could be a gin resurgence coming, perhaps to rival vodka. A while ago my post on my top ten gins was popular so I thought it may be worth voting upon. I suspect people are much more passionate about gin rather than vodka because the taste is so complex. With vodka the choice is really about the purity you are prepared to pay for. [...] [...] With the arrival of Hendrick’s a few months back it looks like there could be a gin resurgence coming, perhaps to rival vodka. A while ago my post on my top ten gins was popular so I thought it may be worth voting upon. I suspect people are much more passionate about gin rather than vodka because the taste is so complex. With vodka the choice is really about the purity you are prepared to pay for. [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-3206 Dave Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:13:29 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-3206 Hendricks is bloody fantastic stuff, I have about half a bottle left. Good to hear its finally being imported (not by UK backpackers, really imported) If you find yourself in London, try and get a bottle of Jensens. Hendricks is bloody fantastic stuff, I have about half a bottle left. Good to hear its finally being imported (not by UK backpackers, really imported)

If you find yourself in London, try and get a bottle of Jensens.

]]> By: Ed http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Ed Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:50:35 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-2824 Mark, Thanks. I've never ben to New Gold and should try it for Hendrick's or whatever. I hear on the grapevine that it will be imported properly by May. Mark,
Thanks. I’ve never ben to New Gold and should try it for Hendrick’s or whatever. I hear on the grapevine that it will be imported properly by May.

]]> By: mark http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-2816 mark Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:25:01 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-2816 new gold mountain (above double happiness) has hendrick's gin. i know, as i was just there and saw it on the menu and the shelf! new gold mountain (above double happiness) has hendrick’s gin. i know, as i was just there and saw it on the menu and the shelf!

]]> By: Ed http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Ed Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:59:56 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-2716 Virginifer, it was my body double. Kylie, compared to the late John Candy. Let's not start a storm in a DD cup. Virginifer, it was my body double.
Kylie, compared to the late John Candy. Let’s not start a storm in a DD cup.

]]> By: Kylie http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 Kylie Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:04:50 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-2707 I'm intrigued by this rumour of a certain Englishman 'looking slim'... I’m intrigued by this rumour of a certain Englishman ‘looking slim’…

]]> By: Virginifer http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-2692 Virginifer Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:32:31 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-2692 It was a towering Englishman, who, though he looks slim, weighs approximately 105 kgs. It was a towering Englishman, who, though he looks slim, weighs approximately 105 kgs.

]]> By: Pussycat http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-2601 Pussycat Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:16:09 +0000 http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/top-ten-gins-hendricks-and-other-tales/#comment-2601 <i>the staff visit council estates and hand out tweed jackets to get the kids out of track suits.</i> Glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read that. The Hendrink's adverts in the New Yorker are fairly small but that squat bottle shape catches the eye. PS As for the KK visit, I was curious to taste them but once was sufficient. the staff visit council estates and hand out tweed jackets to get the kids out of track suits.

Glad I wasn’t drinking coffee when I read that. The Hendrink’s adverts in the New Yorker are fairly small but that squat bottle shape catches the eye.

PS As for the KK visit, I was curious to taste them but once was sufficient.

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