rumblefish said:Beefeater martini, stirred. With some oysters.
SteveAS said:I went to a blind gin tasting last night. Of the six gins we tasted, my first choice was Junipero, which has long been one of my favorites, followed by North Shore No. 11, which I'd never had before. They're both heavy on juniper and delicious.
Ethan Bentley said:Welcome to the Lounge.
Ethan Bentley said:Sounds like a great little event was it a bar or something less formal?
What were the other Gins you had?
SteveAS said:It was an event at a bar, but it was in a private room, sponsored by a local liquor store. I didn't take good notes and I forget one of the gins, but off the top of my head, 6 of the 7 gins were:
Old Tom (quite good flavor-wise, but a bit sweet for my tastes)
Plymouth (good, but light and generally unremarkable, if I remember right)
Anchor's Junipero (full flavored and my overall favorite)
Anchor's Genever (also too sweet for my tastes)
Old World's Blade (I don't know whether it was the glass or the gin, but it had a fishy/ashy taste that completely put me off)
North Shore No. 11 (rich and full flavored; the only thing I didn't like was a pronounced grapefruit note on its long finish; my second favorite)
John in Covina said:I like the Junipero a lot and also Ten from Tanqueray.