Thea Bennett
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Where any gin bottles recovered from the wreck? Or does anyone know which brand or brands were carried on the ship? I understand that Gordon's Gin was seen being drunk by a passenger.
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Bob Godfrey
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Hallo, Thea. White Star's wine list at that time included three types of gin, named as Geneva, Old Tom and Warrington. These were basically generic terms for sweet, medium and dry gins. Geneva or jenever was the continental type - I drank far too much of it one night in Rotterdam back in the '60s and have never touched it since! 'Old Tom' was traditional English pub fare and is rarely seen today. Closest to the modern 'London Dry' type of gin like Gordon's and Booth's would have been 'Warrington', which might also have been a generic type but certainly appears in the brand name for 'Greenall's Warrington Dry Gin', which was distilled in the town of that name and is still available today.
What I'm saying in a roundabout, rambling and possibly drunken way is that the wine lists are generally not very helpful in identifying specific brands, and it's quite possible that this was deliberate as supplies might have varied. But we do know that all three types of gin were offered at the same price of sixpence per glass, very pricey considering the 18th century tradition of "drunk for a penny, dead drunk for twopence".
What I'm saying in a roundabout, rambling and possibly drunken way is that the wine lists are generally not very helpful in identifying specific brands, and it's quite possible that this was deliberate as supplies might have varied. But we do know that all three types of gin were offered at the same price of sixpence per glass, very pricey considering the 18th century tradition of "drunk for a penny, dead drunk for twopence".
Senan Molony
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'Twas an evening in April,
And I was rather incapable...
Having chin-chinned gin from the White Star List...
When I was somewhat skewered
By a Smoking Room steward -
'Frankly, Sir, I believe you rhyme with Whist.'
As I sat there speechless
My Poker face featureless
The bloody ship did scrape beside the berg!
So I'd another rough gin
With that chap Joughin
We lived, while that steward died, the poorg
-uy! >Hic!<
And I was rather incapable...
Having chin-chinned gin from the White Star List...
When I was somewhat skewered
By a Smoking Room steward -
'Frankly, Sir, I believe you rhyme with Whist.'
As I sat there speechless
My Poker face featureless
The bloody ship did scrape beside the berg!
So I'd another rough gin
With that chap Joughin
We lived, while that steward died, the poorg
-uy! >Hic!<
Bob Godfrey
Member
I too was sometimes overcome by the muse after a night on the juniper, Sen. But not often, as I rarely had threepence in my pocket.
Senan Molony
Member
Oooooohhh... eurhhhhh...
Morning after the write before. Could I feel verse?
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
(John Keats - Ode to a Night on Gin)
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Morning after the write before. Could I feel verse?
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
(John Keats - Ode to a Night on Gin)
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Bob Godfrey
Member
Never mind, Senan. Just think of it as fourpence well spent!
Senan Molony
Member
Her father, anonymous, sleeps as we walk
Along the ship's promenade, buried in talk
And cool is the Smoke Room that welcomes us in
To the we've-struck-ice news and a lime juice and gin.
With apologies to Sir John Betjeman
Along the ship's promenade, buried in talk
And cool is the Smoke Room that welcomes us in
To the we've-struck-ice news and a lime juice and gin.
With apologies to Sir John Betjeman
Sam Brannigan
Member
I'd love a Gin and Titonic.
Bob Godfrey
Member
Go for it, Sam:
Totally Funky - Gin and Titonic
Don’t let the party atmosphere sink - keep everyone’s spirits afloat with Titanic themed ice cubes. With this novelty ice cube tray you receive 4 fated ocean liners and 4 iceberg moulds. All you need to do is add a glug of gin and a splash of tonic
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Senan Molony
Member
The quinine-tessential gin is a Pimm's No. 1.
It would have been nice to take one of those into Pitman's No. 5.
Dressed or undressed, a la Titanic occupants that night, a Pimm's is always delectable.
It's like a supercharged iced tea, only much, much nicer.
It would have been nice to take one of those into Pitman's No. 5.
Dressed or undressed, a la Titanic occupants that night, a Pimm's is always delectable.
It's like a supercharged iced tea, only much, much nicer.
Bob Godfrey
Member
Ethanol is bad news, Senan. Decline all invitations to the Smoke Room, get on the waggon and ride it down to the 3rd Class Dining Room where you can order a good healthy fry-up. If you must, you can cover it with this:
www heinz co uk/sauce-partners/hp-sauce/hp-guinness
www heinz co uk/sauce-partners/hp-sauce/hp-guinness
Senan Molony
Member
This is that, up with which, Monica will not put.
A forced intercultural marriage of obvious unhappiness for all concerned.
Worrying, even.
A forced intercultural marriage of obvious unhappiness for all concerned.
Worrying, even.
Bob Godfrey
Member
Well, it didn't fool me. It's not far off the right colour and the right flavour but it has no head at all. And you need to buy at least three jars to fill a pint glass.
Senan Molony
Member
Peintz potato blacksup.
Cute, but still morally heinous.
Cute, but still morally heinous.
Ryan McKeefery
Member
HP with Guinness was the best invention since the Bread Knife. I have it with (almost, and within reason) everything.
I introduced a friend to it just last week. "You can really taste the booze!" he said with glee.
I introduced a friend to it just last week. "You can really taste the booze!" he said with glee.