Libiamo nè lieti calici
this glass Let us drink merrily
Che Infiore beauty,
resplendent beauty
the fuggevol E now
and that the time ephemeral
S'inebri to voluttà.
get drunk with delight.
Libiamo nè dolci fremiti
's drink with the sweet thrill
raises Che l'amore,
that love awakens
Poichè quell'occhio al cuore
as these beautiful eyes
Onnipotente goes.
us through the heart.
Libiamo, fra i love calici
us drink because the wine
Più Caldia baci Avra.
enliven the kisses of love.
These verses Piave's libretto for Verdi's La Traviata help me to introduce my friend Gin & Tonic . When I say friend not to say that I spend my life tied to a drink, much less. I am a weekend drinker, exclusively. My weekly dose of alcohol is limited to a few wine dinners on Fridays and Saturdays, and subsequent G & T drinks in those days. As a special concession, a pair of light in the bar from under the house in Prosper match days Champions Real Madrid.
The G & T's that as once said, we have to a certain dose of Generation X (I think we are is the GIN-operation X) in the veins. All my friends (or ALL) drink G & T when they drink 99% of the time, and I think that is because it is almost a symbol generation, as is the witch failure, the Levi's 501 or the VW Golf GTI (the double round headlights end of the 80s and early 90s). And also (and especially) drink it because he's hot.
few days ago, a good friend criticized in his blog Hendrick's gin . Or rather, criticized the G & T made with this gin is flavored with cucumber skin and a slice of it. That gives a smell of the drink that for some could be more like Andalusian gazpacho a long drink. Most recently in Madrid and Zaragoza (do not know elsewhere) have begun to rose petals, or a small rose in the glass. To me, the truth is that it seems excessive to me. Place rose petals then you have to get you out of your mouth that does not really contribute anything to the G & T is a misplaced snobbery, and in this I have to agree with my friend. If you eat the petals, it is not then very nice smile and have bits of pink between the teeth. Contrary to what may seem, the glamor Red Roses has a limit and if you smile and a girl, chances are you suggesting that you brush your teeth before you succumb to your charms.
My G & T with Hendrick's cucumber like me to take one or two at most. With three or more of these just entering the house on all fours, if you hit to get, is that the alcoholic in this gin is higher. One, that many years ago who lives alone, does not have to worry about not wake someone. But when I go to Zaragoza weekends I go to my parents, So there is to be careful not to step on the cat and come live in my bedroom as a teenager. So it is better to continue with Seagram's Tanqueray or the rest of the night, but that mixing drinks is not good at all.
Returning to the classics, the G & T with the rind of lime or lemon is almost insurmountable. The present Duchess consort hates cucumber (and watermelon) and drink the G & T Hendrick's with lemon peel, which is also extraordinary. It is she who suggested me to try the gin Xoriguer , so my parents are taking advantage right now in Mallorca have asked a bottle, which give a thorough account between the two with a Fever Tree tonic and lemon peel (this time take the tonic and I'll come down to " toniquería " on call at odd hours.)
lately also a great friend made me try the G & T Citadelle gin with orange rind. Also delicious, though slightly less acidic and less refreshing course. The world does not stop at the Hendrick's , to the delight of my friend picky.
The snobbery in the G & T has reached esferificar add a gin and tonic, so that the gin blue balls explode in a mouthful of tonic, and mixed. Do much damage bartenders "Adriatic" the simple pleasure of a drink with friends one weekend!. That Drinking let alone to which are added LED lights: If you are a real geek should be beautiful and become then swallow some gastrointestinal radiography lit up like a Christmas tree. "Less is more" said the great director of the Bauhaus Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, and that applies to architecture and drinks, which need not be "deconstructed." The
market for super-premium spirits has been lately to encourage traditional and unchanging world of G & T (if we accept that there is a "world of G & T"). However, this step seems not far distant day that "aromatize" our favorite drink with a red pepper or a couple of cockles in vinegar. Or with a ham bone, as we would a stew rather than a drink. I begin to notice the smell of grilled sardines in the trendy bars when someone comes to ultra-exclusive distilled gin " Mediterranean algae" or knuckle with choucroutte if distilled to "land of Alsace " . I am giving part of the reason to post my dear friend: There is a limit for almost everything, and roses in the G & T are clearly out of it.
If in Europe, and specifically in Spain gin has always been the base of the glasses, vodka in the U.S. has enjoyed for years. But he's not alone, and now Americans are rediscovering that there flavored white spirits. For what does it taste the vodka? Rather anything: An alcohol made from potato skin or grain that has not been used to make biodiesel can not be a big deal, and indeed the traduccción of Russian and Polish vodka of the word is "little water "Even the name is tasteless, odorless and colorless.
However, each brand of gin has its distinctive recipe, and connoisseurs and aficionados (read with an English accent) are able to distinguish the different varieties of berries as part of its composition: not only live juniper gin, and there are so many styles of G & T as white spirits brands. The detail of the scent of cucumber and rose Dutch Bulgaria can have its grace, but beware: From there to cockle or shank into the cup very strong. So
quoting Horace, "Nunc est Bibendum " (drink now) a good Gin & Tonic Gin with our choice, and of course we enjoy bringing it to the owner of " those beautiful eyes that through the heart" (La Traviata. Act I, Scene 1)
The perfect Gin & Tonic, as Medinasidonia:
- A glass of burgundy, or that is not burgundy but at least grow up.
- 8 or 10 ice cubes (not tap water, please).
- Geneva (Hendrick's, Seagram's, Av Wees, G-Vine ...) One of these days I'll try the Xoriguer , developed in Menorca.
- Fever Tree Tonic.
- lime rind (lemon is supported, of course). Two clips
ice, twist of lime rind over the glass, and with the cubes. Then rub the rim of the glass with lime rind. Add the gin (3 / 10), add the root (7 / 10), stir briefly. As shown, this time is " shaken, not shaken ." Of course, Bond does not drink G & T.
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