The correct Gin and Tonic: List 'em up Maynard.

[Buster Highmen]

Anyone else tried James May's parsnip gin?

https://www.jamesgin.com/



whew...pungent.

[Toadman]

Anyone else tried James May's parsnip gin?

https://www.jamesgin.com/



whew...pungent.

Yikes. I will stick with juniper infused gin, thank you very much.

[abraham]

What kind of pungent are we talking?

[From_the_NEK]

Sunny and cool here. 15°C. Not feeling G&T.

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".

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

[BmillsSkier]

Anyone else tried James May's parsnip gin?

https://www.jamesgin.com/



whew...pungent.

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.

[Buster Highmen]

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?

Depends on your sense of cocktail adventure.
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.

Got this recently. It’s a nice change-up from my go-to Beefeater.

In that event, I'll recommend a pass for you unless you dare to have some colour in the cabinet.

[Buster Highmen]

What kind of pungent are we talking?

Just a more loud gin I'd say.

C'mon by.

[BmillsSkier]

Depends on your sense of cocktail adventure.
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.

Well then, I’m intrigued. I’m going to pull the trigger.

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.

[Buster Highmen]

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.



And fuck, it's still raining with highs just beginning to creep into the 60s here. That said, the lifts are still running.

[Woodsy]

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

Keep that Heresy in the South where it belongs.

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

[Buster Highmen]

Keep that Heresy in the South where it belongs.

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?


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

[Woodsy]

Oh I have rocked the pink with the houndstooth often...
tweed, not so much

[BmillsSkier]

Keep that Heresy in the South where it belongs.

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

Pffft, heresy. Uncultured people.

White soles? The standard issue Gold Cup Sperrys are year-round wear. White soles and all. Paging Art Shirk...

What about the houndstooth, Watson?


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

Not wrong, just James. That said, who looks forward to a gas station digital watch release?

[Woodsy]

I like to wind my watch and vary my sartorial and cocktail choices by season.

[EWG]

Keep that Heresy in the South where it belongs.

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

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.

[BmillsSkier]

I like to wind my watch and vary my sartorial and cocktail choices by season.

As do most civilized men.

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.

Case in point.

[Woodsy]

Only men who can pull off full whites year round ( if at all) are Riger Federer and Tom Wolfe

[PB]

Enough of your folderol, gentlemen.

PARSNIPS?!?!? That's just one step away from skunk scent glands.

[BmillsSkier]

Enough of your folderol, gentlemen.

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.

[jackattack]

Anyone else tried James May's parsnip gin?

https://www.jamesgin.com/



whew...pungent.

The US distro blurb got me.

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

[Buster Highmen]

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.

And here I thought your contempt for season was prominent, independent of upstate.

[Buster Highmen]

The US distro blurb got me.

[BmillsSkier]

And here I thought your contempt for season was prominent, independent of upstate.

While the two may seem related, they are in fact, mutually exclusive.

The US distro blurb got me.

James May continues to provide an excellent sense of humor. (Humour?)

[Buster Highmen]

While the two may seem related, they are in fact, mutually exclusive.

Precisely.

[Woodsy]

While the two may seem related, they are in fact, mutually exclusive.





James May continues to provide an excellent sense of humor. (Humour?)

Humour and flavour