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[miles]

How unusual is it to request a gin? A gin, that's all. A shot of gin. I was at a show tonight, and got an "invite" to the "after party" and we could have like three free beers. Anyway, after my third, I needed another drink so I ordered a gin. A shot of gin. Girl looked at me like I ordered a shot of Everclear.

"May I have a gin please, just a shot?"

"Gin? Are you sure?"

"Yes, please."

"What kind?"

"Uhh, Tanqueray?"

[Raises eyebrows] ... "OK, one sec."

Maybe there is something I don't know.

[theinevitable]

a lot of people seem to think gin is horrible, and yet will drink whiskey and bourbon and things that taste like poison.

people are all drinking whiskey and being like, "daniel, it is so intense that you drink gin, it is so strong." it is strange.

[littlefallsmets]

I dunno, I think that of all the liquors, gin is just generally thought of as a mixer first and a liquour second.

(Probably because it tastes like someone set one of those tree air-freshners on fire and threw the ashes into the cheapest vodka legally available in Armenia.)

[Ben-San]

Gin has a weirdly mixed reputation. While the cocktail culture of the Prohibition and post-Prohibition eras have rendered the gin cocktail among the classiest of men's drinks, gin in its uncocktailed form largely retains an image that dates at least to the eighteenth century of the drunken laborer and his wife's slow-fading bruises.

[KeithHernandez]

One time my roommate drank a handle of gin in a night (he didn't have any mixers), and, yeah, gin straight is silly.

[wombat]

gin in its uncocktailed form largely retains an image that dates at least to the eighteenth century of the drunken laborer and his wife's slow-fading bruises.

I am not sure I believe that the average 20something bartender has a thought like this in his or her head, but I would sure like to believe it.

[Ruta Bagas]

Personally I feel that the deliciousness of gin is brought out nicely by tonic, whereas the deliciousness of, say, whisky is spoiled by mixers. Rum sits nicely in the middle. Good ol' flexible rum.

[Arachno-capitalist]

Why didnt you just order a martini?

[JorgeFabregas]

Because he didn't want a a martini--he wanted a fuck*ng gin!

[miles]

Because he didn't want a a martini--he wanted a fuck*ng gin!

Thank you, sir. I really just wanted a shot of something. Normally Jameson would do, but I wasn't feeling it. I just didn't think it was that unusual.

Gin has a weirdly mixed reputation. While the cocktail culture of the Prohibition and post-Prohibition eras have rendered the gin cocktail among the classiest of men's drinks, gin in its uncocktailed form largely retains an image that dates at least to the eighteenth century of the drunken laborer and his wife's slow-fading bruises.

Yeah, usually when I've had it straight, it's been straight from the bottle.

[KeithHernandez]

Yeah, usually when I've had it straight, it's been straight from the bottle.

Uh, yeah.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Because he didn't want a a martini--he wanted a fuck*ng gin!

I totally respect this.  When I tended bar, I couldn't stand people who ordered a martini, then said something dumb like "just show the vermouth bottle to the glass."  If you don't want any fuckin' vermouth in it, order gin straight up, dumb-ass.

[miles]

I totally respect this.  When I tended bar, I couldn't stand people who ordered a martini, then said something dumb like "just show the vermouth bottle to the glass."  If you don't want any fuckin' vermouth in it, order gin straight up, dumb-ass.

Vindication from a former bartender! Thanks man.

Personally I feel that the deliciousness of gin is brought out nicely by tonic, whereas the deliciousness of, say, whisky is spoiled by mixers. Rum sits nicely in the middle. Good ol' flexible rum.

For the record, I love a gin and tonic. And I think you're quite right about the others, too.

[lprkn]

Gin: Because drinking isn't supposed to be fun, goddamnit.

[Choop]

three parts gordon's
one part vodka
half a part lillet
twist