Re: Sort of OT: Hendricks Gin
- From: "pavane" <pavane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:26:49 -0400
"Dave Smith" <adavid.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| zxcvbob wrote:
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| >
| > >
| > > Ouch. Segram's is harsh, Booth must be rotgut.
| > >
| >
| > Gin is supposed to be harsh. (I think that's why it goes so well with
| > tonic.)
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| I love gin and tonic, but I have to wonder if the tonic is tonic is supposed
| to smooth out the gin or if the gin is to make the tonic more palatable.
|
The latter, according to the BBC, which is probably in the best position
to teach us the history of Gin and Tonic:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A568677
"Gin and Tonics were -like Gin itself- originally developed as a medicine.
In this case to help fight malaria. When the British were in the East
they became susceptible to malaria and eventually found out that
quinine (an ingredient in Tonic Water) was useful for getting rid of
the disease. Well, as you would probably expect, drinking Tonic
Water by itself is pretty nasty (unless you've acquired a taste
for it) and they had problems getting the British in the East to drink it."
pavane
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