Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7247741)

So why put the tonic in the gin, or the coke in the rum, or the OJ in the tequila. Different stokes for different folks. If Johnnie Walker and sprite is your fave tipple, how much better would a decent whisky make it...

Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7247754)

That's the point, though. If you're going to dilute a spirit with something that will disguise the original taste, why bother buying good stuff?

Originally Posted by PaulandNikki (Post 7245990)

I'd highly recommend Millers gin, very crisp and pure taste, at its best when served with plenty of ice, a slice of lime and topped with icelandic tonic (which I can't remember the name of, but it's made with glacial water).
Tanq is a decent gin too, Sapphire just tries too hard, it uses some quite horrid chemically extracted flavours (try a little bit of gin with water, it takes the alcohol taste away and lets the actual flavours of the gin come through, you'll be suprised at some of the "premium" gins).

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7247762)

Personal preference, consumer choice, more money than brains, just to wind you up....


Could be any one of a million reasons:p Nothing you or I can do about it. It used to wind me up too, but life is too short.

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 7247838)

I don't find that ice adulterates the flavour to an extent worth breaking a sweat about. But maybe I just like my whisk(e)y cold.

Other spirits need adulterating to be bearable. Rum and Gin for instance. Both barely drinkable on their own.

Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7247872)

Depends on the rum. Good rum is as tasty neat as a fine Cognac or Armagnac. Some of the rums I tasted in Cuba draped their arms around your neck, nuzzled your ear and then stuck their tongues down your throat.

No, I don't have any pictures of this happening.

Originally Posted by hwp (Post 7247765)

You being in Victoria, have you tried 'Victoria Gin'? If yeah, what do you think of it? I like it as something different to drink neat but I find it too flavourful, too sweet or something for a G&T.

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 7248077)

My current domestic supply is Bombay Sapphire (laid in in bulk in anticipation of a visit from my mother)

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7248115)

Now...would that be for your consumption, or hers:confused::lol:

Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 7248077)

My current domestic supply is Bombay Sapphire (laid in in bulk in anticipation of a visit from my mother) though I normally prefer Tanqueray.

Originally Posted by Cassie 10000 (Post 7245576)

I'm more of a red wine girl, sorry.

Originally Posted by woodmanbg (Post 7248297)

OMG my Aunt mixes 7Up into her red wine :eek: - Oh well each to their own :)

Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7248316)

Did your aunt invent alcopops?

Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7247731)

What is the point, though, in buying a spirit that has its own special flavour and then killing that flavour?

Diluted spirits are nothing more than an alcohol delivery system. Tart fuel.