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At Dallas SC and Ray's 105th birthday, I had for anyone interested all the makings for the classic "pink gin". No one took me up on it and I smuggled the ingredients back to Georgia. When I got home from work this evening, I decided to fix a drink and watch a safari video... so.. being without a pith helmet and my Westley Richard in the safe at the office, I decided to try my first pink gin, maleria, of course, being a constant threat in the Golden Isles of Georgia  .Dang! That stuff is good! I'll bet that now I know how good some bitters make a martini, I'll never even get another mosquito bite! Or make that sucker fly in circles if he imbibes my blood. JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | ||
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Got me some good single malt too!!! Yessiree!! Some old, grizzled ,African Safari hunters left it in my house last weekend. Might trade you some fer one of them pink gins. Drinkin somethin pink don't make you weird does it ?? | |||
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1115: I'll bring some pink gin to Hopewell in trade for your first born... and return of the Johnny Walker Single Malt. BTW, I've about convinced Ida to substitute for your gloriously beautiful daughter as second up on the Harley for a good supper/bike ride after church on Sunday.. that is, if wherever we go has broiled seafood (not bad) or sushi (damn that stuff).  JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Judge you are going downhill switching from good single malt to very "questionable" pink gin. The Double Rifle Shooters Society may kick you out. CFA *If you are not hunting in Africa you are planning to hunt in Africa* | |||
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CFA: Can't you read, man! 1115 had done did stole my red whiskey. I'm planning a motorcycle ride on Sunday to steal it back again, though. Don't tell him though. But never fear. I'll be shooting my .470 Nitro this morning to try out some new loads for regulation in my Searcy, and also shooting a friends Field Grade to see if it will group with Federal Woodleighs. Gotta get ready for those Tanzanian buffaloes! | |||
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What in the world are you doing up at this unGodly hour???? Rosie drank all of the single malt except for a little bit that I drank. Go back to bed. All of you !!!!!! | |||
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Hey wait a minute! I think I get at least one drink of each, I brought that whiskey all the way from the far corners of the empire! (actually it was the duty free story in the UAE  SO if you guys start fixing sundowners I'll bring up the three cigars Judge left in my truck! Hey Ernest did yiu get the keyd yet? jorgeUSN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Try Bombay Saphire Gin,shake with ice, strain into a martini glass, and then shake one splash of Angostora bitters for each ounce of gin. This is to be used for medicinal purposes only but after trying one you may decide to use it daily to ward off malaria. I have used it for years and have not had malaria once. | |||
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+1 on the Sapphire Here is a recipe I was going to try: Pink Gin Ingredients: 3 dashes Bitters 2 oz Gin Mixing instructions: Pour the bitters into a glass. Swirl the glass to coat the inside with the bitters, shake out the excess. Pour the gin into the glass. Do not add ice. Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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Warning! Warning! my experiences have shown that pink gin creates pink elephants!! Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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We ought to be glad he wasn't posting about Pink Guns instead.   Lo do they call to me, They bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla, Where the brave may live forever. | |||
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I'm like Johnny Appleseed. I leave little dollops of incipient vice everywhere I go. I did get the keys. Tnanks. | |||
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What he said?  Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Back in 1998, on my first trip to southern Africa, I found myself sitting on the veranda at the Victoria Falls Hotel watching the spray from the falls. The waiter asked for my drink order and, not being much of a drinker, I forgot to ask for a Pink Gin as I couldn't remember the name of the drink. Dang it! Anyway, I ordered a plain gin and tonic. I don't even like gin very much but sitting there at the Victoria Falls Hotel that gin and tonic was the best drink I ever had!! Somehow everything just seemed right with the world that night. -Bob F.  | |||
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I am in the "Pink" tonight, I hope it soothes my aching back. That along with a sturdy 800 mg dose of Vitamin "I". It's been a rough day, I put a floor in my pole barn to make a storage loft. Thankfully I had help from a 25 year old neighbor, she didn't seem as bothered by it as I was after hauling 4X8 foot sheets of plywood. Then we hauled a bunch of stuff up there. UGH, my old back can't take it anymore! There is more room in my pole barn garage now!!!! I make my G&T's with tonic and ice so I guess they are a bit watery. In a tall glass, 1/3 Tanqueray, then one ice cube, fill to nearly top with tonic, add another ice cube. SKim off the top by a quick sip. Add more ice, four total ice cubes. A few dashes of Anogstura Bitters for flavor if desired. Which I did today. I just put a rack of ribs in the oven and got a fire going in the woodstove. Time to sit back and relax with my Pinky. Don't drink it on an empty stomach like I did tonight.  If there are some spelling errors here you'll know why!  ~Ann   | |||
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Uh, Ray? Are those "pink elephants" you see after drinking a pink gin a new SCI category??  Don't shoot, please!Max .395 Family Member DRSS, po' boy member Political correctness is nothing but liberal enforced censorship | |||
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Ann Thanks for the recipe. I never considered myself to be uninformed on any matter involving the consumption of alcohol, but pink gin is a new one for me!!! Basically a G&T with bitters? I'll give it a try during the Super Bowl this afternoon. Thanks! Hugh  | |||
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I have a friend that starts his gin and tonics in the morning around 10-11. he takes a highball and fills with ice, adds liberal amount of gin and puts some tonic in. Nasty stuff I say. go with the whisky, always been a good friend. Judge if you like a stogie I tried a single malt once called Laphroig (spelling is close), had a great peat smoke flavor to it, remember at the time being in CA where no smoking in the bars that "damn this would be good with a Felipe Gregorio." Normally I am a simple guy though, better go get some cokee to go with my Jack before the game starts. Judge give your recipe for the Pink Gin and I will try it out. I actually have a ptih helmet, dad collected hats, I'll pretend I am in Africa, maybe even put some made up tusks on the dog. Red | |||
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You're welcome, Hugh, but I am not even sure I make them right. I forgot to add that I normally put some fresh lime juice in. Squeeze some juice from half a lime into the glass first (got to get your vitamin C). Then I put the gin, then a dash or two of Angostura, ice cube, tonic, more ice, big sip, more tonic... A few weeks ago my uncle made an interesting drink with Blue Sapphire shaken with ice and then some kind of orange liquer mixed in I think. But he called it a Martini. I always thought Martinis were made with Vodka. I am definintly not one of knowlege concerning these sorts of concoctions! ~Ann | |||
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Ann, don't confuse the Dry Martini with the Vodka Martini. A Dry Martini is made with 2/3 Gin; 1/3 Dry Vermouth; 1 Olive. With all respect to you uncle, I can not think of one single "orange liquer" that any lady or gentleman would care to have a Dry Martini.  But he probably made something else... Regards, Martin ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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Judge G and Ann, Thanks for the idea! The bitters really give a plain old G&T a little something extra! Lots of fun! Hugh | |||
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My libation for the Super Bowl (and I think it is the "classic" way to do a Pink Gin): Chilled martini glass Bombay Sapphire Gin Bitters In a shaker, with a couple of crushed cubes, shake the gin (about 2+ oz. Straining the ice, pour in to the glass and splash in four little taps of bitters. Just sit a moment and watch the bitters do its thing as it swirls and colors the gin. When nicely pink... drink in sips. BTW, I went to 1115's house this afternoon (on the way for a great bike ride to Ameila Island for a lobster lunch with Mr. and Mrs. 1115 and a not too bad a looking lady with me on my Harley).... Damn, 1115. I went to Dale's liquor cabinet to re-steal my Scotch. He'd done did already crack the Johnny Walker Single Malt that Jorge had given me and had been a sippin' on it. I did get one little taste before I got caught, so without Scotch in hand, we putted home in time to catch the game at home. Only a sip, but, dang, that stuff was fine! Unlike most years, the Super Bowl is pretty entertaining, even for someone like me who could give a flip as to who won. With 8:35 left, it looks good for New England, though. I do believe that Single Malt is the way to go with a good cigar and that will be my primary choice in Tanzania this summer, but I'll make sure to have some Saphire and bitters in camp for a toast to classic years of safari, and to fight off the malaria... If I kill something special on morning, I may even try Ann's version, adding some tonic to my mixture at lunch and just forget about hunting in the afternoon... JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Well Judge, I' glad you finally got to taste that single malt! As for me, I lost interest in football a while back. More of the Roger Staubach type. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Remember all, it's quinine in the tonic that kills the Malaria, the gin just helps get the medicine down! Cheers! ~Ann | |||
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Dago Red Its Laphroaig and indeed it is a joy to partake of. On a winter's night in front of a roaring fire - or at least my gas logs turned on high - it warms your bones. A great tonic for the soul. Terry | |||
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Marterius, Flavored "martinis", are all the rage in the US right now. If you like the classic, you wouldn't recognized most of these. I will have to agree with Dago Red, that there is little improvement to be had on Mr. Jack's tonic. DGK Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Has anybody been to Belize and consumed the local coca cola brewery's pink tonic. Good stuff, wish we could find it here in Houston. Bob | |||
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I pioneered Bob Faucett's experience in '97 on my first safari. For some reason, G&T's don't taste as good stateside as they did over there. Sarge Holland's .375: One Planet, One Rifle . . . for one hundred years! | |||
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JudgeG I got the makings of a pink gin last night. Eagerly I mixed the concoction, raised the glass and put my lips to the elixer. One word sprang to mind - but I don't think that I'd be fair to cat piss if I repeated it. Thank God for ginger ale and a little Jack Daniels to cut it with. Terry | |||
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Terry R, I appreciate you coming clean.. it has given me the courage to come forth & admit to stopping off at the local cantina monday evening & trying a "pink gin", damn! I must not be "classical" enough. Had to consume an adequate quantity of "OL' Tennis Shoe" to wash the taste out of my mouth. Cat pi$$ was a good analogy. Mike "Too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" | |||
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Just save the Sapphire and bitters in your liquor cabinet until I come visit someday. It'll have to be after Easter, though. I gave up spirits for Lent. It's already 5:05 p.m., so I've made it five minutes already! JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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JudgeG, I am glad to see that you did not give up what is truely important, Big Bore Rifles. Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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what a great thread! Safari Libation Laphroiag is lovely single malt, but my general tipple is dalwhinnie or glenlivet 12year. I normally never drink blended whisky, but I do make an exception for Johnnie Walker Blue label! that is some serious drink! as gin recipes go.Only Bombay will do, try a gimlet. pour large dollop(normally a triple) of gin in cocktail shaker with crushed ice, shake with 3 table spoons of fresh lime juice and add 1 table spoon of cane sugar syrup if desired. shake till well chilled and serve in a chilled martini glass. This is for the glow after the 4-6 gin and tonics you had for sundowners with large amounts of buff biltong and some hor pigeon breasts or eland liver kebabs. yummy! here's to enjoying ourselves on and off the hunt! happy chinese new year! TM. "one of the most common african animals is the common coolerbok(or coleman's coolerbok). Many have been domesticated and can be found in hunting camps, lodges and in the back of vehicles." | |||
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Laphroiag is a bit "peaty" Another great "Oaky Smokey" Single Malt is a 17 year old Glengoyne Glengoyne My usual drink is a 15 year old Longmorn . It has a nice balance. My all time favorite is a 28 year old Inchmurrin . Over a little ice it doesn't do anything but get better every time you take a sip. Another fine whisky is Knockando (knock-an-du). Knockando It means "Little Black Hillock" in Gaelic. Over a bit of ice the finish is sweet to the taste. Yes I drink my whisky over a little ice or with a spash of branch water. This releases all the wonderful subtle flavors that make up the overall taste of the whisky. As far as blended whisky goes there isn't much better than "The Famous Grouse Brand" . It is the best selling blended whisky in Scotland. The majority of the product from the GlenTurret distillery in Crieff is used in the making of "The Famous Grouse Brand" GlenTurret Walk into a pub in Scotland and order a pint and a "Low Flyer". In Gaelic the word "Scotch" means "Breath of Life". Legend has it that if you drink the "proper amount" each day you will live forever. No one seems to know what the "proper amount" is? I'm still searching!  Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Well folks, just poured myself one, following Ernest's intructions. Not as good as the single malt of mine, but it tasted good along with one of the cigars Judge left in my truck! jorge PS: Judge, I sent you an email. Did you get it? USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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I got the e-mail but was just contemplating if the proper response is to just ride down to Jacksonville and beat the s.o.b.'s ass or to await your lovely ones recovery and just turn her lose on the quack. As to the Pink Gin... Let's make sure we all have one at Lee's "safari party" before we get down to the real stuff. I do like the drink as an occasional change from my Islay, though. He's hoping that next week will be better for your lady than this one. | |||
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Roger that, Judge, He never did return the call... and that was the third one! Anyhow. I'll keep you posted. Looking forward to the 22nd! jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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This is a wonderful drink that I have used as a bane to wives,preachers,and curious Baptists. | |||
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Judge G, Are you tellin me you're a Johny Walker Green fan? Cause if that is the case, well then I'll just have to drink all the Johnnie Walker Blue myself...cause God knows you wouldn't drink a blend. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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