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Subject: Re: The Greyhound is Gone...Long live gin!
From: aging bacchus
Posted: Fri Jun 13. 2003, 15:19 UTC
Followup to: "The Greyhound is Gone..."  by kreisler  (Fri Jun 13. 2003, 14:04 UTC)
> It is a shame that the days of gin are immediately replaced with 
> vodka. 

I agree, that gin has fallen by the wayside in popular drinking with the only 
exception being the gin and tonic. Then again, when I began bartending over 20 
years ago, a bar wasn't a bar without at least 15 kinds of bourbon - bourbons 
with the name "old" in them, not $8 single batch barrel selections.

I think it is an overall U.S. trend in two directions:
1. Expensive = quality
2. Tasteless = quality. Without making a statement in taste - like gin, scotch 
or bourbon - you can drink expensive and bland. Grey Goose must be better than 
Smirnoff, despite over 100 years of history. I won't comment here that the 
same applies to TV, movies, or music - overprocessed and bland is "safer" than 
assertive.

As a final note, I am amazed that other liquors are jumping on the trend to 
take the distinctive taste out of their product - the new Bacardi rums are 
triple filtered, and my old favorite, tequila, now has less bite than a week 
old lime!


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