Made with the highest quality ingredients and using only natural flavourings, gordon s sicilian lemon is perfectly crafted to balance the juniper notes and refreshing taste of gordon. Growing up in 1970s great britain there was only one gin, and its was gordon s. For me, if you ask me whether i prefer gilbeys gin or gordon s gin, my answer is clear. The gin is a classic dry with heavy juniper flavors and aromas. Its popularity with the royal navy saw bottles of the product distributed all over the world. It was only 18 years since hogarth had published his famous gin lane print. The website claims the juniper berries gently knocked off and then stored for a year before use to concentrate the flavor. We went on a juniperfuelled adventure to find the best british gins. Gordons london dry gin was developed by alexander gordon. Buy gordon s gin collectables and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Additionally, burnetts gin also says london dry gin on the bottle, which suggests that although inexpensive, the juniper and botanical flavor was imparted through distillation, not compounded or flavored by essences. Almost 250 years ago, alexander gordon started his distillery in london and set about creating the recipe for a brilliant tasting gin.
Originally made at what is now the quintessential owned distillery at loushers lane. Gordons gin claims a recipe next to 250 years old first established in 1769 by alexander gordon. The book of gin, by richard barnett the new york times. Find great deals on ebay for gin bottle and empty gin bottle. The embossed lettering has some impact marks from bumping other bottles. Its story begins all the way back in 1769 when alexander gordon founded his distillery. However, both sapphire and bombay dry gin, its mother brand, can trace their origins and recipes back to the 1760s.
On this episode of how to drink, im going to be showing you how to make the best brunch cocktail on earth, the gordon s breakfast. Awarded four royal warrants and an impressive selection of international gin prizes. A spirited world history from alchemists stills and. Heres everything you need to know about the different styles of gin. Made in tooting, southwest london, graveney gin is a london dry. Tanqueray begins to be produced in the nowfamiliar green bottle. By browsing this site you accept cookies used to improve and personalise our services and marketing, and for social activity.
Gin lane, hogarths famous print showing eighteenthcentury. Im all for rolling the dice, but gin s tough that way. About its dark, squat bottle, stopped with a cork, he asks, have we. Best online wine shops for all bottles, from affordable to vintage. Unfortunately you cannot date ugb glass simply with the numbers from the bottom of the bottle. To which are added a translation of the above and a kanurienglish vocabulary see other formats.
An old bottle of gordons worldfamous london dry gin with the yellow label nowadays on seen on higher strength export versions. Gordon s gin is dry and fresh, with a core taste of juniper and citrus being most prominent whilst not straying too far in any direction of flavour. In 1904 the distinctive squarefaced, green bottle for the home market was introduced. Gordon s dry gin, side dry gin, side gordon, back reg 610617 all of my bottles.
I have a full bottle of gordons special dry london gin the code on the bottom is u802. Original for almost 250 years, gordon s created the classic gin. Seagrams ancient bottle distilled dry gin and the bottle was embossed with. Shop from the worlds largest selection and best deals for collectable gin bottles. This new style of gin eventually became known as dry gin, then london dry gin. The gin book with classic and modern cocktail recipes. Nearly 200 years after he crafted one of the worlds most lasting booze brands, there are few details about charles that follow his green barrelshaped bottles. Both are embossed with new jersey on one side and lindon on the other. Both have the fedreal law forbids sale or reuse of this bottle embossed message on the front. Gordons special dry london gin 1 litre tesco groceries. A spirited world history from alchemists stills and colonial.
With a history spanning well over 200 years, gordons is a name which has become synonymous with london dry gin. Greenalls berkeley square london dry gin summons, for him, the. Gordon s gin claims a recipe next to 250 years old first established in 1769 by alexander gordon. Take cocktails back to basics with sip and a bottle of their uncompromisingly. Make offer vintage gordon s dry gin bottle london england, 1920s with original cork. In 1924 gordons began production of a readytoserve shaker cocktail range, each in an individual shaker bottle. Vintage atomic age gordon s gin bottle with wired cap bottles in linden new jersey illinois glass mark rare animal head mark on. Gin mastermind charles tanqueray can be a mysterious player in the world of liquor. This is a vintage 1920s i think 1928 gordon s dry gin bottle which is a beautiful aqua green color. The distinctively refreshing taste comes from the finest handpicked juniper berries and a selection of other botanicals. An old bottle of gordon s worldfamous london dry gin with the yellow label nowadays on seen on higher strength export versions. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in. Unfollow antique gin bottles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide.
A wellbalanced blend of popular history and scholarship, written in a style as dry and bracing as its subject. Gordons dry gin vintage bottles gordons london linden. I dont know exactly what the alcohol content of a bottle of gordon s gin. Gordons gin vs beefeater vs gordons chick about town. Full text of african native literature, or proverbs, tales. Concise dictionary book bright spirit gin decanter bottle made in west germany. In this book, lesley jacobs solmonson journeys into gins past, revealing that this spirit has played the role of both hero and villain throughout history.
Gin glorious gin is a vibrant cultural history of london seen through the prism of its most iconic drink. Gordons kept the world supplied with gin, long before the artisan gin renaissance. This lemon board has been carefully crafted from a gordon s gin glass bottle that has been melted down to a smooth flat board which makes an ideal. London wasrecovering from its worst ever hangover when alexander gordon opened his gin distillery there in 1769. Beautifully balanced and wonderfully versatile, sipsmith london dry gin is. Despite the ebb and flow of the market, however, several gin brands have.
In 1934, shortly after prohibition ended, gordon s opened a united states distillery in linden new jersey. Luis bunuel suggested holding the bottle of vermouth in a shaft of sunlight. Gordon s sicilian lemon distilled gin is a mediterranean twist on an original recipe from alexander gordon. The initial gordon s distillery dates back to 1769 in london and they began making a form of dry gin sometime after the advent of continuous distillation in the 1830s. A 1950s bottle of gordon s still popular dry gin, closed with a springcap. Today, gordon s is the worlds number one bestselling gin. A spirited world history from alchemists stills and colonial outposts to gin palaces, bathtub gin. Get the best deals on gordons dry gin when you shop the largest online selection at. Booths finest dry gin is an interesting curiosity for collectors and even today in vintage status, its clear that booths distillery did a good job of producing a gin suitable for everyman at a. We have a bottle unopened of gordon s dry gin,code ug824,which to our knowledge is at least 50 years how much is my full bottle of gordons dry gin worth please. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Its the taste thats made gordon s the worlds bestselling london dry gin. We estimate this dates from the 1960s, when gordons was produced in england, and comes with the popular springcap closure. History bombay sapphire distillery at laverstoke mill.
We estimate this dates from the 1960s, when gordon s was produced in. Find great deals on ebay for gin bottle and western bottle. When seagrams gin first launched it was named seagrams ancient bottle distilled dry gin and the bottle was embossed with seashells and starfish. Amazon web services scalable cloud computing services. A spirited world history from alchemists stills and colonial outposts to gin palaces, bathtub gin, and artisanal cocktails barnett, richard on. I don,t think this bottle is 19001920,s i think its later after 1934. The earliest evidence in recipe books for the production of. The earliest evidence in recipe books for the production of gordons special old tom was in 1921. Along the way, you will find expert mixing tips, drink history and stories worth reading. Leading the reader through the underbelly of the georgian city via the gin craze, detouring. It was listed in the various nyc directories between 1916 and 1922 as gordon s dry gin co. New listing antique gordon s dry gin embossed glass liquor bottle.
Not surprisingly, by 1925 they were no longer listed. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Old green gordon s dry gin booze bottle reg 610617. Although successive marketers have modernised the bottle, the bumpy surface remains a trademark. He does this by adding sloe berries and sugar into a gin bottle, sealing it. Antique gordons dry gin bottle marked linden new jersey. Gordons dry gin, london, england, regd 610617 bay bottles. In the book of gin, richard barnett assembles a history of a liquor and its legacy. Read our privacy policy for more about what we do with your data, as well as. I am not sure what makes gordon s gin a tastier gin i am not a connoisseur of gin like thatbut in laywomans terms, theres just something more aromatic about gordon s gin.
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