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Vote now on your favourite gin

Posted on 06 June 2007 by Ed

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The Guardian has a great article on gin:

“Gin, the drink that once seemed terminally unfashionable, is undergoing a revival and is once again the darling of cocktail aficionados.”

Dorothy Parker:

“I love to drink martinis,

Two at the very most

After three I’m under the table

After four I’m under my host”

With the arrival in Australia 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.

For the record I’m told that locally Hendrick’s is available from The Prince Winestore, The Wigs Cellar and from Dan Murphy’s and Vintage Cellars from this month.


Vote gin

What’s your favourite gin?

Tanqueray No Ten
Hendrick’s
Miller’s
Blackwood’s Nordic Dry
Bombay Sapphire
South (42 Below)
Juniper Green Organic
Gordon’s Distiller’s Cut
Beefeater
Old Raj


View Results

Popularity: 28% [?]

11 Comments For This Post

  1. kathryn Says:

    I’m trying to vote for Tanqueray 10 . . . but the poll seems to be having a hissy fit - keeps on telling me I haven’t voted . . .

  2. Ed Says:

    There’s something up with it. I’ll try and fix it. give me half an hour.

  3. Rick Says:

    Just as an FYI, Hendrick’s has been around since 2002 and won it’s first award in 2003. :)

    Also, it’s the best gin on this list (though I’d like to see Bluecoat and Bulldog on here as well).

  4. Ed Says:

    .although it has only been officially imported to Australia since this year…

  5. Ed Says:

    Fixed!

  6. Phil Says:

    Just a tip for globe-trotting Hendricks fans: Hendricks is now being stocked in the duty-free part of Kuala Lumpur International Airport for RM60 (about US$20) a bottle - possibly the cheapest place on the planet to get your booze on.

  7. kitchen hand Says:

    My mother in law drinks the Coles house brand, Old Lions.

    I call it Old Loins.

  8. Tom Says:

    i’d like to leave a vote for junipero gin (http://www.anchorbrewing.com/about_us/junipero.htm)

  9. Sticky fingers Says:

    “Calling Dr Bombay …Dr Bombay?!” The Bombay Sapphire bottle conjures up thoughts of Endora on Bewitched, all vivid eye makeup and lurid caftans, sucking down dry martini’s.

    I grew up on Tanqueray, but find myself calling for the good Dr these days.

  10. Mike Decantonoro Says:

    Bulldog is great. Very strong on the aroma, smooth on its finish. Gotta love the dragon eye (sexual stimulant from the orient!)

  11. Davy Says:

    Coincidentally Ed, we’re now stocking the Hendricks at Ye Olde Commoner…the missus told me the other night that she was extending the spirits list and I mentioned a gin that was made in Scotland but I couldn’t remember the name off the top of my head and she, thinking I was being overly patriotic as usual, said “Well, we’re getting Hendricks” and my response…”That’s it!” Very scientific eh?

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