My "Make your own gin at home" experiment has arrived at its conclusion. Since the last post, I've let the gin rest for a couple of days. Now it's time to pour it into a bottle, add a fancy label and, obviously, try it.
If you have no idea of what I'm talking about, you can find the first post here. Long story short, I tried to make my own gin at home, using vodka and some botanicals as a starter.
Choosing a name was a hard task, and I appreciated all the suggestions in the comments under the previous posts; but in the end I decided to name my gin after the comment that made me laugh the most.
Here it is! Thanks to Alessandro for the funny definition!
Hammond's Water is fairly appropriate, because I have to say that I've started to drink G&T (and to appreciate gin) because I was curious after seeing Hammond often portrayed with a G&T in hand. Generally, I'm not a fan of cocktails, but gin and G&T has conquered my heart – so here we are!
Due to the orange peels I've added in great quantity, the color is still orange-ish. We'll find out about the taste in the next (and last) post!
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this is riveting. I'm looking forward to reading a book about it. It's certainly a damn sight better than 50 Shades of Apricot Jam (you didn't think I'd say this out loud, did ya? Well, I did)
Of course it will be part of my next book "Broken like a cigarette in a pocket" the sequel of the well known "Just some broken dream and cigarettes". You will find a chapter about the transcendental process of making Gin and how it helped me to...
Read moreyeah but I remember when we had nothing. Nothing but cold hands, broken dreams and cigarettes in my pocket
I guess ‘Grandpa’s Cough Syrup’ was too generic. I love this post. Great name.
Hahahahahaha thanks 😂😂😂
hhahahahahhahahahah.... I love it!
Hahaha thanks 😂