Best Gins for Your Favorite Cocktail

Ultimate Beverage Challenge - Gin Cocktails

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Best Gins for Your Favorite Cocktail In this edition of our Ultimate Beverage Challenge series, we bring you the top placing gins for all of your favorite gin cocktails. The judges followed classic cocktail recipes, ensuring a fair judging between each of the gins tasted. For each of the four cocktails evaluated, a different gin earned the Chairman's Trophy, showing the importance of liquor choice in preparing a great drink.

For more Ultimate Beverage Challenge information, be sure to check out our previous posts, or see the competition website for a full list of cocktails tasted.

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923502 rosey40

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It is, of course, fascinating to see how the various gins 'placed' according to the cocktails they were used in. But what is it about their flavors that earned them these distinctions? For instance, what is it about Beefeater's flavor profile that made it the clear Martini winner? Why is an Aviation made with Plymouth the winner? Certainly, this information was at the heart of discussion at the competition. Telling us why these particular spirits merit these awards is every bit as important as who won the award, isn't it?

Sep 15, 2011 at 4:41 PM
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622990 it2daddy

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@rosey40; agreed. I'd like to consider changing the gins I use, depending on the cocktail, but without knowing "why" i should do this, not sure i will take the risk of buying 4 different gins

Sep 16, 2011 at 7:45 AM
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Were there any gins involved in this tasting besides the few biggest, mass produced brands that won these categories?

Sep 16, 2011 at 6:23 PM