{"id":1330,"date":"2007-02-04T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T19:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/adventures-in-gin\/"},"modified":"2007-02-04T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T19:21:56","slug":"adventures-in-gin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/adventures-in-gin","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Gin"},"content":{"rendered":"

We stocked up for tonight’s party at Bottle King yesterday and, as is my wont, I sidled over to the gin section to look over the wares. They had one of my favorite gins in stock: Martin Miller’s<\/a>. There were two of the six-sided bottles on the shelf, so I grabbed the first one, with its familiar blue foil-wrapped top. The one behind it had a silver top, which struck me as odd. I picked up both bottles and looked them over, trying to figure out if there was any other difference, or if the company had just changed its packaging slightly.<\/p>\n

Finally, I noticed that the silver-topped bottle included the words “Westbourne Strength” on the label, as well as in frosted panel down the sides. Checking their resepective alcohol contents, it turned out that this bottle was 10 proof higher than the blue-topped bottle. Naturally, I picked it up for tonight’s G&Ts.<\/p>\n

Now, does anyone have any idea why it’s called “Westbourne Strength”? I’m thinking it might be some sorta “Westsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!” thing for snooty gins, but that can’t be right. I tried e-mailing Martin Miller’s, but got an undeliverable bounceback. So if you have any clue as to why my new gin has this name, please let me know.<\/p>\n

And if you ever stay at the hotel that they run in London<\/a>, tell me how it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We stocked up for tonight’s party at Bottle King yesterday and, as is my wont, I sidled over to the gin section to look over the wares. They had one of my favorite gins in stock: Martin Miller’s. There were two of the six-sided bottles on the shelf, so I grabbed the first one, with … <\/p>\n

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