Earth Hour

In preparation for Earth Hour 2011 (March 26th at 8:30pm) the Gindicate is reviewing last years plans and dreaming up this years adventures!

Earth Hour 2010 was celebrated with much merriment in the Gindicate. We decided to take that hour to do a little candlelight gin tasting. It lasted far longer than the hour! We tried our 6 gins 3 ways: gin collins, gin & tonic, and traditional martini. We decided to go with a variety of different priced and available gins. The gins we played with that evening were:

• Martin Millers Westbourne
  
• Blue Coat
• No. 209
• New Amsterdam
• DH Krahn
• G'vine Floraison
  

We wanted to make sure that there was consistency in flavor so we used refresh collins mix, Q tonic, and Dolin's vermouth regardless of what might be "better" for the style of gin it was mixed with. We also were very particular with the number of ice cubes and how watered down they would get over time. We take our gin tasting very seriously!

We found that everyone had a different opinion on what worked best, with the different mixer/ingredient. Eventually we will get around to reviewing each gin separately, but just know ... fun was had by all. We hope you enjoy the photos taken with an iPhone using candlelight.