Happy World Gin Day.
I don’t drink a lot of gin… unless it’s in a Martini. Or a gin and tonic at the beach.
It’s pretty good with some lemon and lime and lots of tonic water.
Maybe I just like tonic water.
Here is a Gin soaked boy by Tom Waits…
HISTORY OF WORLD GIN DAY
Gin is a distilled juniper-flavored alcohol enjoyed widely across the globe. The spirit was initially treated as a medicinal liquor and was made by European monks and alchemists in the process of creating aqua vita.
The oldest record of gin goes back to juniper-surrounded Benedictine monasteries in southern Italy. Juniper was an essential part of doctors’ kits during the period. Doctors during the Bubonic Plague, for example, used to stuff the beaks of their plague masks with juniper to protect themselves from the Black Death. The earliest known written record of ‘jenever’ — traditional Dutch gin — was from the 13th-century encyclopedia “Der Naturen Bloeme.”
Today, gin has seen a resurgence due to a rise in the popularity of mixology . Popular alcoholic beverages include gin and tonic and martinis.
Oh, i do love tom waits !!!
And gin (and tonic) . . . mmmh