This Christmas while celebrating with family, the Elderette's gracious father offered the thirsty brother of a son-in-law a delightful new gin. "I can't give that stuff away" he commented, referring to his troubles selling such a curious creation to cynical bar owners and liquour stores. Being as the booze in question was free and given the undeniable fact that the gathering of family members is not without its stresses, I imbibed in a healthy glass of the delicious substance and it was a revelation.
The gin? Hendricks.
The bottle announces "Welcome to a most iconoclastic experience" and "A gin made oddly" as well as "Preferred by 1 in 1000 gin drinkers". The key to the unusual taste is an uncanny infusion of coriander, citrus peel, rose pedal, juniper and...cucumber.
I had almost forgotten the joy I had taken in this elixir until last night when I was in the liquour store. After filling my cart with this week's selections and thinking I would just grab a quick fifth of the Atomizer's fave Bombay Saffire, I happend upon the short stock bottle and was immediately taken back to that night in the basement.
I heartily recommend picking up a bottle, if you are up to it. Everybody likes to be an iconoclast and this is your chance to be the first iconoclastic gin drinker in your social coterie.
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