Anyone else tried James May's parsnip gin?
https://www.jamesgin.com/
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whew...pungent.
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Anyone else tried James May's parsnip gin?
https://www.jamesgin.com/
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/05...al_01_720x.png
whew...pungent.
Yikes. I will stick with juniper infused gin, thank you very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
What kind of pungent are we talking?
The first heat snap of the Spring I decided to try a little mixing with ingredients I had on hand. I made up what I'm calling a "VTGin and Juice".Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Tanqueray
Juice from a half lemon
A bit of OJ
And a good pour of Robust Maple Syrup
I think I found my drink of Summer
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Navy-strength, Japanese parsnip infused, Foreigner Edition, James Gin available in the US. I just heard and was going to order a bottle. Are you saying hard pass?
Got this recently. It’s a nice change-up from my go-to Beefeater.
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Depends on your sense of cocktail adventure.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Given you venture past Labor Day with the G&Ts and likely sport your whites thereafter, you may admit that profile.
It is imbued with juniper, as must all "gins" be, but this has __more__. Way ___more___.
I fuck around with taste, so I find it interesting. Then again, I like the Botanist and try sampling local gins when I can.
For the staid classicist, I might recommend a pass.
In that event, I'll recommend a pass for you unless you dare to have some colour in the cabinet.Quote:
Just a more loud gin I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
C'mon by.
Well then, I’m intrigued. I’m going to pull the trigger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
And I know it’s not in focus, but there’s a whole bunch of new brownwater in the cart there, and more in the bar. Allocation season was actually fruitful this year. There’s also some Citadelle frog gin too. No aversion to color here. :)
And yes, I play fast and loose with the whites and G&T season. It’s acceptable down here and keeps others on their toes elsewhere ;)
I look forward to comparing notes with ya on the James. And hopefully some James May quotes.
Get some Zirbenz to colour (sic) up your summer G&Ts, made from Arolla stone pine in Austria, so in the same vein as juniper, but a little more forward. Plus it puts a pink on the glass.
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And fuck, it's still raining with highs just beginning to creep into the 60s here. That said, the lifts are still running.
Keep that Heresy in the South where it belongs.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Just broke out the white soled shoes on Monday for the trip home from Nantucket.
Now Austrian Pine I would like & pink has always been a fave. Goes with Grey Flannel and white
What about the houndstooth, Watson?Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
When it comes to watches, it's ironic that you can spend thousands on an exquisitely made mechanical watch, and yet it will be less accurate than a five-quid digital bought from a petrol station. James May
Oh I have rocked the pink with the houndstooth often...
tweed, not so much
Pffft, heresy. Uncultured people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
White soles? The standard issue Gold Cup Sperrys are year-round wear. White soles and all. Paging Art Shirk...
Not wrong, just James. That said, who looks forward to a gas station digital watch release?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
I like to wind my watch and vary my sartorial and cocktail choices by season.
The mark of a true gentleman is being able to show up in full whites anywhere, and any time of year, and pull it off. Personally, I'm up to about 75% of the year and about 75% of the country. Upstate New York in February is still a bridge too far.Quote:
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As do most civilized men.Quote:
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Case in point.Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
Only men who can pull off full whites year round ( if at all) are Riger Federer and Tom Wolfe
Enough of your folderol, gentlemen.
PARSNIPS?!?!? That's just one step away from skunk scent glands.
This is serious stuff we're dealing with here. As Timberridge pointed out last week, Feadship season is nearly upon us; prudent gentlemen would prepare.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
The US distro blurb got me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
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Hello American person, and greetings from l’il ol’ England. I’m delighted by your enthusiasm for Asian Parsnip, to the extent that I’ve finally worked (‘figured’) out a way to send it to you. Be assured that the gin is exactly the same as the one we have in the Main Land; it’s just the bottle that’s different.
There’s a new back label, with a mandatory message from your Surgeon General warning you not to consume gin under any circumstances, as it could lead to imbecility. But they said that about jazz in the early 20th century, and now look.
Order now, and please feel free to actually drink it, in complete safety (unless driving, operating machinery, or pregnant).
With love,
JM
And here I thought your contempt for season was prominent, independent of upstate.Quote:
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While the two may seem related, they are in fact, mutually exclusive.Quote:
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James May continues to provide an excellent sense of humor. (Humour?)Quote:
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Precisely.Quote:
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Humour and flavourQuote:
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