As mentioned in the previous thread, I am off here tonight:
www.thejekyllandhyde.co.uk/ginll-fix-it_88_3.html

Then on Saturday morning I am taking my hangover here: countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk/country-parks/pooley-country-park/ for some outdoorsy sort of shenanigans with little tangle.

And on Sunday, theatre in the daytime then a Hallowe'en party for a load of 'orrible kids in the evening.

I'm knackered just typing all that.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 9:57, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

I don't get the whole Gin fetishism that goes on.
It's a drink, like loads of others, drinking "the right one" doesn't turn you into some victorian gent, it just gets you drunk.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:08, Reply)

I'm going in order to get drunk.
It is my friend's birthday and that is where she wanted to go.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:11, Reply)

it's like whisky
There's loads of different types and it's enormously pleasant to drink a good one.

Bad whisky actually makes me cross.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:11, Reply)

I think that's it,
it's like whisky, but whisky is about 2-3 times the price, so people pretend Gin is the way forward.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:14, Reply)

Whisky is only expensive because people are so pretentious about it.
There isn't actually any difference between different types of whisky, it's just another example of mass hysteria.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:15, Reply)

no, there are huge differences between them
And yes some of the price is for show.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:18, Reply)

No there aren't
people just pretend because they don't want to look stupid. It's the same with wine, the only difference is that some are red, some are white and some are in between.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:22, Reply)

yes there are.
There are different types of sweetness, some are really smoky, some are toffee sweet, sine are butterscotch sweet, some are fruity some are savoury.

Loads of variety. Next time you come up north I'll make the effort to come and meet you if you lime and I will buy you three shots of different whiskies.

Offer may be revoked at any time.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:27, Reply)

Rarity and pretentiousness has a lot to do with it.
My dad's into whisky, he has some worth over £1k a bottle, and even he says it tastes no better than stuff costing £60 or so, it's just artificially inflated by rarity and bullshit.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:23, Reply)

yes, a lot of the cost is BS
But bear in mind the delay between distillation and it being sold.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:28, Reply)

Which is nothing but a marketing gimmick

(Bazongaloid, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:49, Reply)

I don't believe there is any difference between different types of gin.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:11, Reply)

Oh god how COULD you use slim line tonic with Bombay Sapphire????
and LEMON, it's cucumber only, don't you know ANYTHING?!??!?
(PsychoChomp, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:13, Reply)

I like to apply the gin to a glass, slosh in a variable quantity of tonic water and then drink quickly
If I have them available I may add pieces of either lemon or lime.

I also like Pimms because it's made of gin.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:14, Reply)

I believe it, but that doesn't mean I can always taste it.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:13, Reply)

A shot of St Germain in a large gin is fantastic.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 26 Oct 2012, 10:15, Reply)