The Gin Battle.
It has been long established that the “house drink” here at the IAM Lounge is a Bombay Sapphire Gin & Tonic with lime. There is also a second house drink, that being Vanilla Vodka & Tonic with orange, Absolut has always been the Vodka of choice for that. As you can see, quality alcohol is of high importance.
While shopping for what I had dubbed our “Birthday Boozathon” I had a conversation with a man at my favorite liqour store, and let me tell you, it isn’t a state run one. He saw me carrying around the bottle of Bombay Sapphire, and coaxed me over to this other, considerably more expensive, gin known as Magellan.
It was a birthday celebration for two boys that love quality gin, thus it was not unreasonable to go highend, especially considering that is the general fare around here anyway. I purchased the Magellan, though with slight trepidation, if it happened to be awful I would be out quite a bit of cash and by the time we’d figure that out there’d be no option for getting another bottle of Sapphire. The remaining one quarter bottle of Sapphire just wouldn’t have cut it.
The end result, that new bottle of Magellan is now at one quarter, and the Bombay is only slightly less full than it was beforehand. Magellan won the gin battle, without doubt.
The interesting thing about Magellan, when compared to Sapphire, is that Magellan is actually blue. Many think that Sapphire is blue, but no, it is just a clever bottle, the gin itself is as clear as any other. Iris flowers are used as part of the flavoring process to hue this delicate shade of blue to the Magellan.
Needless to say, we have a new house gin. I have also determined that my compatibility with someone is directly related to their appreciation of quality gin.