Plan C in the Telegraph

[v8gaz]

Contracting is getting near End of Days, plan B is a slow burner. Plan C however, which is basically a hobby that involves getting p!55ed a lot seems to be getting some traction....

How independent gins are bringing new life to the dry martini 

Tickets still available here - http://mrtn.is/2hM3mDF

[ladymuck]

I have a spare early bird freebie ticket. No need for anyone to spend a tenner (plus booking fee)

[v8gaz]

I was surprised when you pretended to have a friend

[ladymuck]

I was surprised when you pretended to have a friend

That's harsh! She decided she'd rather go to the gym than Battersea.

[northernladuk]

That's harsh! She decided she'd rather go to the gym than Battersea.

Is that a euphemism I'm not familiar with? Not like being taken up the Oxo Tower is it?

[ladymuck]

I learned a few choice new phrases from NF's links today. None of the above, I hasten to add.

[v8gaz]

That's harsh! She decided she'd rather go to the gym than Battersea.

One of Elvis Costello's finest works.

[Lockhouse]

You can keep all those floral 'craft' gins as they don't have the strength to carry a decent vermouth. I'll stick with my Tanqueray Ten.

[xoggoth]

Ah! Go down 3 threads and find one not by the usual culprits about Brexit. Didn't bother to read what your post was about but good post all the same.

[WTFH]

You can keep all those floral 'craft' gins as they don't have the strength to carry a decent vermouth. I'll stick with my Tanqueray Ten.

There's the "floral" ones - things with rhubarb/grapefruit/etc and then there's the craft ones that are just craft gins, such as Silent Pool, Copperhead, Monkey 47, Filliers, etc.
I'm a big fan of Tanqueray No. Ten, but I also like playing around with cocktails.

A few days ago I was in a local pub which has 32 different gins. They had a sample of a grapefruit gin which The Wife (tm) loved with a splash of Fever Tree. The landlord and I didn't like it, so we started blending.
Final mix was grapefruit gin, Tanqueray Rangpur and Malibu (with a splash of Fever Tree)

I've been informed that after my years of asking, The Wife (tm) has relented and I now need to choose the still I want for my birthday so I can start making my own gin.