"The problem with some people is when they aren't drunk they're sober."
​- William Butler Yeats

Herbaceous Goodness

Gin is a sophisticated botanically-distilled alcohol. That's what someone in a smoking jacket and cravat would say while holding a martini glass in one hand and a pipe in another.

We don't own a pipe, smoking jacket, cravat or even the creamy leather chair that has to go with that scenario. We just know we like the herbaceousness (we may have made up that word) of most of the brands we've tried.

Here's some we've sampled that we enjoyed, or not. Do you agree with the rankings? 
​American Dry

• Aviation  ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
  • ​​​Less juniper, more botanicals, all wonderful

Artisanal Dry

• Botanist ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
  • Oh. My. God. Good beyond belief.
• ​Citadel ⋆⋆⋆⋆

London Dry

• Beefeater ⋆⋆⋆⋆
• Tanqueray ⋆⋆⋆
• Tanqueray No TEN ⋆⋆⋆⋆
• Bombay Sapphire⋆⋆⋆

Scotland

• ​Hendrick's ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
  • ​Smooth, botanical yumminess

Recipes

• Basil Lemon G & T
  
• Bastardized Gin & Tonic
• Classic Martini - D's version
• Dirty Martini

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Ratings

⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆- Stop what you're doing, grab a glass, a close friend and savor this amazingness.
⋆⋆⋆⋆ - A damn fine specimen of what makes juniper juice great.
⋆⋆⋆ - A definite go-to for a Tuesday evening. Or a Monday. Or a Thursday. No judgment.
⋆⋆ - Not the greatest but you could do worse.
⋆ - You did worse.