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gin

Most articles you see these days seem only to be concerned with new vodkas and tequilas. Gins
just don't seem to get much press. (This article was held over from the last issue where, strangely,
we originally had two gin articles. We also have another in this issue - Editor). So here are a dozen
gins from the last few years that should merit your attention.

Picture number one features four European gins.
Blue Ribbon is from France; No. 1 is part of a set
sold in Sweden; Van Gogh Celebrity Cruises X was
sold as part of a Van Gogh set only available on
Celebrity Cruise ships, and Arctic Velvet (please
pardon the picture) is part of an Arctic Velvet set
from Greenland…or at least that's where the water
comes from.

Next picture shows four quite distinctly
different bottles. Gabriel Doudier's Saffron
Gin is from Dijon, France; Organic Nation
from Ashland, Oregon here in the States;
Cork Crimson hails from Ireland, and the
very nicely-shaped Bulldog is, of course,
from England.

Picture three has one bottle from
South Africa and three from the U.S.
The Jorgensen's is the South African
one (they also produce Primitiv
Vodka); the Jackalope and Tub are
both from Peach Street Distillers of
Palisade, Colorado, and the
Bluecoat is from Philadelphia, PA.

What interesting gins have you
found?

David Spaid

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