Mother's Milk or Blue Ruin, Dutch Courage or Cuckold's Comfort -
the fanciful nicknames that gin has acquired only hint at its
colourful story. The story begins with the aromatic juniper berry
originally used by the Dutch to flavour the whisky-like genever.
The drink then made its way to Britain, where cheap imitations
laced with turpentine and other caustic fillers made it the drink
of choice for poor eighteenth-century Londoners. Eventually
replaced by the sweetened Old Tom style and then by London Dry, gin
was introduced to the wider world by means of the British Empire,
and during the Jazz Age became a mainstay of a new drinking
culture: the cocktail. Today classic cocktails like the Gimlet and
the Negroni are embraced by drinkers who enjoy a new breed of
modern gins, and gin has reclaimed pride of place in the world of
mixology. Gin: A Global History will attract both cocktail
aficionados and lovers of food history as it chronicles gin's
evolution from cheap liquor to modern alcoholic marvel.
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