/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15401115
I pissed in a McDonald's cup and drank it last night.

>>15401130
based

>>15401130
based

>>15401130
based

>>15401115
My usual go to is Bombay Sapphire, but Beefeater is fine too. So is Tanqueray. Hendricks is really good, if a bit more expensive and while i've never tried them personally, Aviator and The Botanist are on a lot of top rated gin lists.

>>15401162
Was about to recommend Bombay sapphire, it was my intro to gin and came with a good story so it’s my pick

>>15401162
Yeah well I pissed in a cup. Not interested in what you have to say.

Fag lover.

>>15401115
I've always found Beefeater to be the gin archetype, especially with its high proof and how overwhelmingly citric it feels. Plymouth deserves a mention, too. I like Ford's Gin a lot, Simon Ford knows what he's doing.

>>15401171
That said, I would like to know if anyone has experience with Roku as well. I’ve been curious about it but don’t want to but it if it’s not good.

>>15401171
Please consider quaffing a large volume of the yummy vroom-vroom juice fuel stations dispense.

Roku is nice, but it's not a typical gin. I like to mix it with ginger beer. Ginger works nicely with the Japanese botanicals. Beefeater is a nice example of the London dry style. I think of it as a better Gordon's. Hendrick's is also a good choice for people just getting into gin, as long as you like cucumber.

>>15401115
>>15401198
I've had it. It's nice. It's more citrus notes than botanical so depending on your tastes. It's also quite light, literally in terms of proof and also in flavor. I enjoyed it with a bit of lemon or as a summer G&T. It's nice for contrast and I'd get more, but my tastes for gin tend to be more botanical and I go for Uncle Val's most often right now.

>>15401115
It's a slightly higher price point than Roku, but I would recommend trying The Botanist.

>>15401115
Roku and Bombay are fine low price alternatives.

But if you have the possibility of getting some British sloan Gin or som Oak barreled gin from Stockholms distilleri (bränneri) then you are good to go.

>>15401115
Roku is good for cocktails, when I feel fancy I prefer monkey 47

I dont know if this is sold in the US but its great. Serve with cranberries and rosemary.

>>15401466
botanist costs twice as much as roku in california. maybe different in bongland

Is it normal to make a drink with gin, tonic water and cucumber slices?
My brother introduced me to that last summer and holy shit it's the perfect summer drink. So fucking crisp

>>15402263
Thats how you serve Hendricks so yes, its normal.

gin mare + lurisia tonic

I like "Star - London Dry Gin"

>>15401115
I'm not a huge gin guy, but roku is the second best gin I've enjoyed, the tops being Botanist. The pull of roku is that it uses unusual spices, while most other gins are the same basic flavors no matter which brand you get. There's also a new small-batch Korean gin that uses peninsula spices, but I don't think you'll be able to find it overseas.

>>15401115
A gin and a game in the same month?
Has he finally lost his marbles bros?

>>15401501
>British sloan Gin
Do you mean Sloanes? Because that's not very expensive

>>15401115
I like to say that Gordon's isn't just gin, it's The Queen's Gin. They have a royal charter.
Gordon's and Gilbey's are two examples of perfectly-good (albeit, not luxurious) products for gin drinkers that somehow remain priced below their quality, likely for their old-fogey Literally My Grandma's Gin reputations.

Beefeater has been my gin ever since I saw a bottle decades ago in my grandparents house and couldnt get over how it was rectangular

>>15402263
Very, especially in fancier bars. Rosemary's a nice shout too.

I enjoy Brockmans

>>15403252
based based based
shit, I oughta stop talking like that. but. no joke, it's crazy good.

>>15401115
>Is Roku gin really that good?
It's OK, I guess, but it's nothing special. I'd either step up a bit and try some memey small batch heritage craft gins bullshit (some of them really ARE that good, some are just expensive, but it's a fun gamble) or step down and get some big brand standard. Personally I like Tanqueray.

>>15401115
I fell down that Gin rabbit hole too

>>15403004
agreed.

>>15403480
WTF, why am I suddenly attracted to a pink drink?
Did I catch the gay?

I’ve only ever tried Bombay Sapphire; to me, it tasted like someone infused vodka with pinecones.
Is Sapphire typical of gin or should I try others?

>>15403487
Nah.. You didn't.
This is a drink for Royalty.

>>15403302
Gin's pairs with anything botanical, anything citrusy, and anything quinine, and to an extent anything with certain roots (gin adores gentian). I kinda go all out with my gin and tonics at home to the point of sacrilege (Collins glass packed with large ice cubes, 2 oz pour of gin, 1 oz lime juice, long strip of cucumber wrapped around the ice, topped with good tonic water, and rosemary spring as garnish). It tastes fucking delicious.

>>15401115
I like it but it's the first gin I've had, so I don't have much to compare it to.

>>15401223
I used about half the bottle to infuse with some ginger on a suggestion I saw elsewhere. I'll have to try with ginger beer too.

>>15403168
or probably sloe gin

>>15403480
That is one overpriced gin. It sells itself just by its colour, but other than that its pretty shitty

Oh look another alcohol thread :/

>>15401501
>>15403721
gordon's does a really nice sloe gin, if you can find it, last year there were bottles of the stuff everywhere, this year nothing. i also make my own, get the sloes of ebay as the hedges are always picked clean before i can get to them

>>15403521
man, I'm hanging out with the wrong people.

>>15403271
Yup, pretty good taste and not too flowery

when drank gins my pick of choice was Grodon's 47%, exported version. but soon I realised that gim will make you an alkie faster than you say blueberry pie and now I only drink whisky

>>15401132
>>15401137
>>15401140
for those of you wondering
also jannies can eat my sloppy shit

>>15404081
>drinking firewater to not become an alcoholic
Ok chief

I pretty much always keep aviator, strange monkey, and Hendricks on hand personally. Standard shit like tanqueray, beefeater, and Bombay are good too. Without going super bottom shelf it's honestly pretty hard to go wrong with gin. There's a lot of decent to good stuff out there for relatively low price points

>>15404134
yeah honestly. to be honest even seagram's is more palatable than an 11 dollar bottle oughta be. as long as it's not Dmitri or Wolfschmidt's or something they're practically all fit to at least mix.

>>15404181
Of what I've tried I think seagrams is the floor I'm not willing to go below. Like I'd never in my life pay money for it, but if that's all that's available at a friend's house or whatever then fuck it I guess.

>>15404081
>I realised that [gin] will make you an alkie faster than you say blueberry pie and now I only drink whisky
This is true. It goes down so easily, and the second you finish your glass, you want to pour another.

>>15401115
>ive started drinking cheap vodka with flavouring and now i hage cumstains in my hair
FTFY

>>15404664
>when things taste like something, that's BAD!

>>15403521
I do the same anon. Long day in the field you mix up a perfect G&T and recline as the sun goes down. There's nothing better, i find other drinks real nice on a hot day, but nothing cuts into the end of a hot working day like G&T. Empire had to figure something out right I guess.

>>15403761
Since you don't seem to differentiate things into anything other than broad categories, I'd guess you get upset when there's more than one thread about meat, too.
>:/
Anyway, just go back.

>>15405057
They're just mad it's not another youtube or fast food thread.

>>15403197
Gordon's Gin also has a royal warrant. Pimm's contains gin and has a royal warrant too.

Pic related: it's the best pic of Gordon's royal warrant I could find without taking my own pic.

>>15404801
Im not going to eat shit souped in vanilla because it "tastes like something". There are much better spirits to drink. Hell, buy vodka for under $10 and add some artificial flavours for the Gin Experience without having to pay gin prices

>>15403197
What im taking away from this post is that gin is for gay british men

>>15401198
I've tried it. I didn't like it. Tasted like medicine to me. I'm not really a gin drinker though. I thought I'd give it a shot with roku but nah.

>>15401167
>it was my intro to gin and came with a good story so it’s my pick

Oh shit, I literally have the same experience. This and Beefeater were my first gins. Fuck they're so good. I once have a Cucumber gin martini and it was amazing, I need to learn how to make them.

>>15404088
widdle babby got his shitpost deleted boo hoo

What ratios do you guys use in your cocktails? I've been making my G&Ts 1:1 and martinis 4:1

>>15401162
>Bombay Sapphire gin
>no original Bombay gin
It's like you don't want your gin to taste like gin.

>>15405940
That sounds high to me. I'd rather just have two than have a half and half one I think.

>>15405139
Royal Warrants don't mean shit.
Companies get this Warrant in exchange for supplying the British royal family with freebies.
If you think that this means HRH Elizabeth II is happy with plain Gordon's gin, Twinings 'floor sweepings' tea etc. then you're nuts.
The products supplied in exchange for the Warrant are of a quality not available to the commoner. For instance, the Twinings tea is actually organically grown, handpicked whole leaf-tip stuff, not the processed c. sinensis powder that Twinings sells to the plebs.
t. used to bonk a member of the Royal Family's domestic staff

God tier gin coming through, for a GT, great tonic pairing would be Fever-Tree mediterranean

>>15401115
Roku gin is pretty good. It's easy to enjoy, very smooth. I would recommend.

>>15401115
Feel free to call me a faggot but Ive never had gin. Whats it taste like? Always been a bit interested but not assed to go out and buy me a bottle not knowing what to expect

>>15406965
The base flavor that is characteristic of gin comes from juniper berries, which are piney tasting. After that, different brands have different recipes. Some are are more citrusy (zest), some are more floral.

Get a bottle of Gordon's for $12 and keep it in the freezer.

gin is what british whores drank to cover the stench of their rotten teeth

>>15407083
Then slap my ass and call me Margaret.

>>15401162
Sapphire's an easy gin. I think it's perfect to start with.

for me, it's monkey 47

>>15405940
G&Ts I got 2:1 tonic-to-gin, Martinis it's 2:1 gin-to-vermouth, Gin sours are 2:1:0.5 gin-lime juice-rich simple, Gimlets are 2:1 gin-homemade lime cordial.

>>15402263
Hendrick's and tonic with a splash of elderflower liqueur and garnished with cucumber slices is probably my favorite G&T.

>>15407292
I thought Hendricks put out an especially floral version. I made French 75's with it and those were damn good.

>this entire thread
>no mention of Plymouth
It's literally the perfect gin

>>15403271
this is the gin that got me into gin. first restaraunt I worked at had a corpse reviver #2 on the menu using it. great in citrus flavored cocktails and still makes a nice, sweeter, gin and tonic. for a more traditional gin Hard Shore from Portland Maine is really nice, not sure how available it is outside of new england.

>>15404088
Based and checked.

>>15407061
So you're saying that if I dont like Gordons, I wont like any gin? Whats the difference between that and some of the more expensive gins?

>>15407641
Gordon's is just a low cost investment to try out what should be representative enough of gin in general. Gordon's is heavy on the juniper, whereas other gins may take that juniper and move it towards the back of the flavor profile and add other herbal notes.

>>15407690
Oh alright, gotcha. Thanks anon :)

>>15401115
Boodles is my preferred gin of choice.
The juniper is there, but the other botanicals come through nicely.

alternate between hendricks and roku
got monki 47 but have not tried yet

>>15402253
Maybe its your liquor store? At the mega liquor store here in Texas botanist is 38 and roku is 30. Botanist is super good though.

>>15409396
This botanical is excellent. The restorative is mild and neat with more citrus flavor. I've not tried the pepper, but if you like botanical gin you gotta try the green label.

>>15409624
thank you. I will keep my eye out. Don't think I've seen it in the gin shelf so not sure if it's more of a rarer specialty

>>15401115
Picrel is what I had as my first proper gin purchase outside of trying shit in bars. Basically a citrusy and more complex Beefeater with less piney tinge. Very nice.
Planning to buy the whole Drumshanbo/Irish gunpowder gin to follow the tea botanical vibe - any experiences?

>>15409631
Couldn't say. I think it's bottled in Oregon. I'm in CA and I see it at every chain liquor store and supermarket. It's possible it hasn't gone further than that. Same price point as Roku and Hendricks.

>>15407483

>>15401178

>>15401115
Get Napue

>>15401115
These are my bottles as of right now. I usually also have Tanqueray 10.

fuck you I liked it

>>15404088
My lungs hurt from laughing at your stupid ass post. Fuck you!

>>15403004
Based as fuck.

>>15403480
>>15403503
I love the color but the flavor was rather simple, which isn't always a bad thing. It's nicely balanced.

>>15408579
This is a very good gin, I should probably buy a bottle of it at some point, but I still want a Tanqueray 10 first.

>>15410393
I keep hearing good things about this, though that some people are put off since it's got a lot of heat to it, which I'm into. Is that correct?

>>15410344
This is me with my stuff btw. Sup boys.

>>15401162
Aviator was underwhelming to me, my first was Broker's which I guess has more pronounced botanical taste. I had a bottle of French saffron gin that was awesome too. Just got a bottle of Beefeater, and one of this

For me, it's sloe gin, don't even need to mix it

>>15401115
I can't get on the gin train. I have only tried one brand but I absolutely hated it. It was Aviation Gin. It had such an awful almost aspartame taste to it.

>>15410936
It's a pretty harsh gin for it's price point. I'd say try something else. Maybe something people here have noted for being milder and more citrus flavored.

>>15410852
Which one is the best of the 3 you've got there?

>>15411383
Depends on what I'm using it for. The Plymouth is a beautifully made classic gin with stronger flavors of juniper and other botanicals, but it's still quite balanced. The higher proof allows nice heat to come through, especially if had neat. I typically make gin & tonics and the gin holds up even if you want to go light on the gin and heavier on the tonic.

The Mayfair is well rounded and also in the botanical forward way, but it's more mild all together. The flavors will still come through in a g&t, I tend to blend it with Yuzuri, a yuzu liqueur to make either a yuzu g&t or yuzu gimlet.

The Few American gin I've only had neat, and only a little bit at that. I've never tried their breakfast gin. It's also a very well balanced gin with botanicals more forward, but rather nicely paired with citrus forward flavors as well. I tend to buy gins that are botanic and citrus forward, I especially love classic juniper and pine flavors. On the nose the Few gin brings out a lot of that alcohol heat. On the tongue that heat is more mellow and the citrus peel hits first, transforming into a bit of pine and juniper on the very back end.

I think that the Plymouth is my favorite out of the three, it's also closer to $50 where I live and isn't always available, so I tend to save it a bit.

Sorry for the unorthodox writing style for this website, but I do take my gin very seriously. Fuck you all that give me shit for it, and fuck your mothers too.

I've had a handful of really nice gins but I've always used them in gin and tonics because drinking them straight is too overwhelming for for me.

I love Islay scotches so I'm used to powerful scents and flavors in my booze but there's something about gin that hits me differently. I feel a little bad, makes me feel like I'm not really appreciating the drink

>>15406004
Original Bombay is best Bombay. I buy that shit in 1.75L. Good straight and in cocktails.

>>15407641
>Whats the difference between that and some of the more expensive gins?
Gin is defined as a neutral grain spirit with juniper. You can do whatever you want to it but as long as it started with a neutral grain spirit and has juniper it is classified a gin. The variety in gin flavors is fucking huge because the restrictsions are so small. distillers can take the flavor profile where ever they'd like

>>15410895
This is great. Tom Cat makes the best Negronis (but ya gotta use Boulevardier ratios).

Pic related is my favorite. Szechuan peppers, juniper, and lemon at 115 proof. Fucking smooth.

>>15411758
>The variety in gin flavors is fucking huge because the restrictsions are so small. distillers can take the flavor profile where ever they'd like
That's why I enjoy it. I have a bottle of my favorites always, but I also always pick up something new regularly just to explore new flavors. I think if I ever distil something myself I'd go for gin. It lets you play around the most without having to deal with ageing.

>>15406004
My man

I'm a big fan of Beefeater and Tanqueray, though I've heard good things about Roku. I generally like my gins more on the traditional end of things; Hendrick's doesn't really do it for me. Bombay Sapphire, imo, is overhyped, though the East variety is interesting with the addition of lemongrass and peppercorns. A good barrel-aged gin is also very nice; the best ones have a nice cedar/pinewood taste that blends wonderfully with other botanicals.

Colored traditionally clear booze generally is a warning flag for me, but this stuff is really good neat or with a touch of lemon. Grapefruit is a kino flavor for me and it blends perfectly with the bitter/citrus of gin. It's not as herbal as the more botanical gins I like for G&T but it's a nice way to mix it up. They also have a blood orange one, but I think that one reaches into that cough syrup flavor range that some things skirt.

>>15411630
Get it good and cold

>>15401115
Roku Gin fo da Koku Jin

>>15401115
Opinions on Seersucker?

Just picked this bad boy up because my bottle of Bombay Sapphire is almost dry. What am I in for?

>>15413519
Looks cool. Says Irish but comes across as Chinese

>>15413522
Made in Ireland by some weeb, it has "oriental botanicals." I'll post a review when I try it.

>>15401115
Gin is vodka flavoured with juniper to mask poor quality alcohol.

Don't get tricked by Diageo marketing it's always been a poor people trash drink.

>>15413540
Oh boy here comes the butt-blasted infused vodka autist. Go drink your rubbing alcohol, Ivan.

>>15413556
>vodka autist
Nah, vodka is poor quality alcohol too, I'm just saying that marketing created the 'gin' craze.
It's nothing but adulterated vodka designed to maximize profit with the poorest quality ingredients.

>>15410895
>barrelled gin

gross

>>15404088
Based screenshot taker
Also, checked

>>15410393

It just doesn't have a lot going on. Glad you enjoy it but there's so many better options

>>15401466
Botanist is awesome for a martini.

>>15413563
>Noooo you can't just like something except my epic manly scotch! You're all shills! Reddit said real men drink whiskey and black coffee!

>>15413476
It's a really cool (no pun inteded) fabric, but I think it's pretty hard to pull off without looking like a fedora weirdo.
But if done right, there's nothing better to wear on a mild summer evening while you lounge on your country clubs patio, having a G&T while you wait for your wife to finish her tennis match.
>>15413540
Yeah, a lot of cheap crap and overpriced crap on the market, riding the gin hype train where this applies too, but there's also a lot of good stuff out there. So what do you drink?
>Don't get tricked by Diageo marketing
Nope. Please do so! They really need to up their sales, because my shares in them suck currently. (as does Suntory. Would have really though people are drinking more in a pandemic. At least I do. Alcohol is a fucking disinfectant! CheerS!)

>>15401162
my dad drinks Bombay Sapphire

>>15401115
Roku is pretty good. It works really well with citrus cocktails. It has a nice taste on its own.

>>15413563
>I'm just saying that marketing created the 'gin' craze.
>I'm just saying that marketing created the 'X' craze.
Is a true statement for every popular thing in the modern age. It's how all "crazes" work. What point are you trying to make?

>>15416067
Looks aggressively gay

>>15401115
Roku is bland and unsatifying imo. beafeater is a fantastic classic london dry gin, cant really go wrong with that. if you want something a little different but in the same vein as gordons, you could try martin millers, sipsmith or bulldog.

>>15413519
its good, definitely pervasive tea taste, which is welcomed but doesn't work in every cocktail

>>15413519
This is my wife's favourite gin. I'm more of a Hendricks fan but this is a close second.

>>15417009
imagine marrying a ginwhore

>>15417081
gin whores are better than whiskey whores and infinitely better than beer/white claw whores

>>15405139
>gordon's
>heinz
>colman's
how can one royal family have such great taste??

>>15406103
Everyone knows the Gordon's gin just gets used to clean Her Majesty's jewelry

Anyone ever try monkey 47 gin?
Been interested in trying it because lol monkey.
Anyway I like beefeater because that’s what I first drank when I started drinking gin but tanqueray and Bombay are both good too. Didn’t really care for roku that much but it’s fine.

>>15419080
it's way too expensive for what it is, don't buy int the kraut hype

What the fuck is barrel aged gin? Isn't that just spiced whisky?

>>15419114
yeah

>>15419091
I mean it’s like 40 bucks. Only 15 or so more than tanqueray. Might be worth it just to try

>>15419080
Its a nice gin. I occasionally get it if I'm at a bar and they have juniper berries on hand.

>>15416216
It’s Canadian, so to be expected

>>15416067
>>15416216
>>15419942
ungava is good, was just about to post it myself
its flavour profile is fairly unique because it uses a bunch of arctic herbs instead of the usual fare

What do I do expect from a sloe gin and what do I do with it?

>>15413563
>adulterated vodka
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but all spirits begin very similarly, regardless of grain, fruit, cane, succulent, or beet origin. The ingredients are a sugar-rich fermentable, water, and yeast. Time on oak can cover up some less/more-than-optimal levels of fusels and esters (if you get a chance to try white scotch, don't. It needs time). White spirits don't have that luxury. For that reason, vodka's meant to be as close to straight ethanol as possible, with most of the "flavour" that isn't ethanol burn coming from the water. Gin can hide some distillation imperfections behind the botanical tincture, but there's only so much isoamyl that angelica will cover.

>>15420770
Gin with a bitter plum flavour... sometimes sweetened, sometimes closer to bathtub slivovice. You treat it like gin for the most part.

>>15420247
It's a bit rounder than some gins, but it's still definitely loaded with juniper.

Been exploring gin and scotch at roughly the same pace, so Botanist was a natural pick for me and is also my favorite so far.

The core 3 of Beefeater/Tanqueray/Bombay are all perfectly fine, I've also really enjoyed Nikka Coffey and Ki No Bi. Next up to try (once I've finished my bottle of Botanist) is Aviation.

Hendricks was okay but not my favorite, a little too floral/cucumber for my tastes. Monkey 47 was delicious but insanely overpriced.

Cum69 is my favorite s far

>>15419297
>I mean it’s like 40 bucks
Check the bottle size. Their 375mL is around $40, a full bottle is around $75

>>15401115
the best reasonably priced gins are tanqueray for a more classic and junipery flavor and beefeater for a more spicy and dry flavor
also Hampstead if you can find it, for a fresher and more herbal flavor
the rest is either cheap, below average stuff, like gordon's, and bombay sapphire, expensive overrated stuff, like monkey 47 and Jinzu, or expensive stuff that's good quality and may or may not be in line with your tastes, such as Hendricks, Plymouth, Beefeater 24, Tanqueray 10, yada yada

>>15416067
Dangerously based in an g+t. Pairs with lots of food too.

>>15422382
I find it pairs better with south/southeast Asian than most gins... which is weird, because in a martini, it's not THAT different.

>>15401115
Everytime I drink beefeater I don’t remember the night before

>>15422806
The night before the night you drink it gets erased huh. Pretty weird, sounds like you've entered the Twilight Zone.

>>15413519
a good time this shit is delicious

This sounds like as good of a thread as any to ask. I want to buy Sake. I've never had decent Sake before, but i don't know what to get. Being Brazilian, my options are somewhat limited too. Here's where (you) come in, anon. Enter this website https://www.sakecuritiba.com.br/ and pick something for me.

Do you guys keep your gin in the cupboard, fridge, or freezer?

>>15407198
Incredibly based. Price is worth it.

>>15424777
Don't have a very big freezer. I find it easier to use a big ass ice cube and keep the tonic chilled.

damn? just never knew that gin was so good its my new booze to explore, ive been cycling through whiskies bourbons tequilas vodkas ciders beers and scotch and now because of these threads, gin is my knew whore.

>>15424494
read this
https://boutiquejapan.com/sake101/
then look at this
http://www.ozekisake.com/learn/sake-meter-value.php
Junmai/Junmai Ginjo are going to be the easiest to acquire, they're polished moderately and are done without additives
Daiginjos are the most revered/expressive, but also the most expensive.
cloudy sakes are usually sweet, similar to wheat beer. Anything with alcohol percentages at 12% or less are almost always going to be at least semi-sweet.

Dunno the exchange rate for relative price but get this https://www.sakecuritiba.com.br/produto/sake-momokawa-junmai-daiginjo-hana-omoi-720ml/

One clean bump before bed for the gin bros

How do you guys enjoy your gin?
Straight or making drinks?
Is gin even meant to be consumed alone?
I tried it and its awful, but maybe i was just buying some shitty gin. I just make gin & tonic.

>>15427034
Mostly G&T