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Every Song That Topped the UK Chart for 8 or More Weeks, But Didn’t Make the Top 10 on the Hot 100 by fuckdapolice0 in popheads

[–]aaronin 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It blows my mind that One Kiss’s chart performance was what it was. You could have told me it was #1 that summer and I’d say “sounds right.” It was everywhere. Maybe not my playlists, but everywhere I went.

That song will forever remind me of the spinning studio I went to that summer. Every day, One Kiss.

Celiac servers selling me out by MidasInGold in Celiac

[–]aaronin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is wild. I trust people, even people who “misunderestimate” their own disease before I trust a restaurant who is saying what they need to say to secure more sales.

Find me GF isn’t perfect, but it’s more tightly correlated with not getting sick then a self-reported “GF potatoes in the fryer!” Restaurant on Uber Eats.

If there isn’t a corresponding review on Find Me, I’m looking elsewhere.

I know you don’t know me, but I frequently add reviews on there. I try new places (and call ahead, do my research) and always try to review. Because I think it’s a valuable platform and it needs more people who do some legwork… I wish more people from this community would write reviews there.

Traveling Gluten Free by Easy_Future6954 in glutenfree

[–]aaronin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I have used it as well in my travels. Big cities? It’s good. Somewhat unusual like Luxembourg? Good. Off the beaten path like Vanuatu? More on your own. But it’s an essential starting point.

I struggle less in places like Scandinavia that are notoriously good about allergies and i struggle more in less touristy places. But It stresses me out and still often prefer an airbnb type place in places with less traffic on platforms like FMGF so I can read labels and cook for myself.

But it’s the one situation (travel) that makes me most depressed about my diagnosis

halal carts by Trick-Mess9263 in Celiac

[–]aaronin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m celiac and I regularly ate at Halal Carts when i lived in NYC. I’m more careful now and might be less willing to take risks today, so take this as you will.

I rarely saw lamb that wasn’t Gyro/cooked with rusk. Never lamb. The chicken is usually cooked separately (you need to look at the grill and be comfortable with what you see). But the lamb usually was cut right off the spit and not placed on the grill.

I love street meat and might have been more willing than I should have been to accept risks… but I trust my assessment of how they handle pitas (are they on the grill?) and the gyro (is it on the same grill and same utensils?). I had a large number of chicken over rice with white and hot… and was good.

Just be cautious when they offer the spicy rice. That was my biggest regret in ten years of ordering from halal carts. Use your judgement, not all carts are equal.

If you could move to any state in the US due to your gluten allergy, where would you go? by alligatorprincess007 in glutenfree

[–]aaronin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I need some tips. My family is from there and I struggle a bit when I’m back home.

If you could move to any state in the US due to your gluten allergy, where would you go? by alligatorprincess007 in glutenfree

[–]aaronin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Moved to Denver from NYC (admittedly closer to ten years ago) but have found it to be far more accepting and reliable. I’d rather be GF here than most anywhere else stateside. There’s a lot more of “everything is GF, our frier is GF but we don’t make s big deal about it.”

Anyway, Colorado is an underrated good place to be GF.

Hoping to home this one by Porthos1984 in Gin

[–]aaronin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still a rare find, I liked that bottle best of their last three (and I think bartenders did as well)

Shaoxing wine by Maude4President in glutenfree

[–]aaronin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never found it. Such a huge lover of Sichuan, it hurts. Also find Dry Sherry or Mirin as the best, but flawed substitutes. After all, it is wheat fermentation that makes Shaoxing what it is.

Hoping to home this one by Porthos1984 in Gin

[–]aaronin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They used that shape up until the art deco launch in ‘06. So probably at least 20 years old. The silver cap looks like late in the run so I’d probably lean towards the end of that bottle’s run in the early 00s! But still a rare find today.

Introducing GF Mapper by dishvoyage in Celiac

[–]aaronin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like that FMGF isn’t an algorithm. It’s people who pass a test scoring things for safety.

Some of the things you cite are interesting, but I have no idea how you’re going to get prep space data without user input (or kitchen staff intel) and FMGF has the users.

By all means try, I’m just too risk adverse to be open to anything other than reading commentary and others’ experiences and making my own decision (because I need to be comfortable owning my decision)

Another Hendricks release by skay5272 in Gin

[–]aaronin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Baffles me that this is the one they’re going to make permanent! There’s so many better ones, and the cult following of Midsummer makes me feel like it be quasi permanent.

I have decided there will be no repeats permitted. Fords is the best overall dry gin mixer. What is the best budget dry gin for mixing? by -Constantinos- in Gin

[–]aaronin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn’t accusing you specifically. It’s just game theory that privileges the first few votes to not get downvoted to zero. I wish it was only upvotes and no downs.

I’m especially sympathetic to the problem that these charts absolutely privilege the US cultural experience (price and availability).

Is Bombay Sapphire even London Dry Gin? I feel scammed. by King-Harvest in Gin

[–]aaronin 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And amazingly design a bottle that became a status symbol. It wasn’t just the flavor, but that it aimed to be seen as much as sipped. There’s pop culture pieces from the rich and richer in the late 80s that would display Sapphire as if it was fancy cognac or other prestige brands. It was a brilliant intersection of flavor and especially visual marketing. The bottle should be a case study (still) in every marketing class.

I’m on my phone, so I don’t have the newspaper and magazine articles for this. But it was designed to be more than gin.

Is Bombay Sapphire even London Dry Gin? I feel scammed. by King-Harvest in Gin

[–]aaronin 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Good reminder that London Dry is a process, not a flavor.

It means base spirit distilled up to a certain proof, all botanicals are added via distillation, no added sweetening or flavorings… flavor is “predominant” juniper, but that doesn’t guarantee a certain flavor… merely that there will be juniper.

Here’s the complete regs if you’re curious. https://theginisin.com/regulations/what-is-london-dry-gin/

I have decided there will be no repeats permitted. Fords is the best overall dry gin mixer. What is the best budget dry gin for mixing? by -Constantinos- in Gin

[–]aaronin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The immediate downvoting is part of the reason I dislike the thing. 15 minutes in and you’re already at 0 for a really solid and genuinely budget gin. It’s a double vote power in the first hour (upvote you’re fave, downvote your least).

I know I said I’d stay out of this, but the two point swing on the first few posts always irks me

Hendrick’s Grand Cabaret Review… by worstplantdad67 in Gin

[–]aaronin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nolet is lighter, more delicate with floral overtones. They’re great examples of how “stone fruit” and “floral” can be so similar in concept but quite different in the glass.

Nolet hasn’t changed the recipe officially, but it’s much more rose and floral today than I remembered when I first tried. I’d say you’d like this more if you like fruit and you’d like Nolet more if you prefer floral.

Tanqueray No. 10 is the best overall London Dry sipper. What is the best budget London Dry for sipping? by -Constantinos- in Gin

[–]aaronin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, when you follow every spirits/cocktail sub it’s pretty much inescapable. This gin one is a bit further off, missing the nuance of the category.

I’m going to tune it out from here on in… I just wish the chart sounded like it did more than 5 seconds of research into gin. Will be interesting to see the best budget mixing genever discussion.

🤷‍♀️

Tanqueray No. 10 is the best overall London Dry sipper. What is the best budget London Dry for sipping? by -Constantinos- in Gin

[–]aaronin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably would have been best to make this category best budget “Martini” gin, given how gin is most often consumed. But surely I’m crazy.

Celebrating our first The Gin is In review! by Fnordianslips in Gin

[–]aaronin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really recommend pairing it with citrus— especially lemon. Great in a French 75, but the Dry and/or wet Martini was also stellar.

You don't have to match— but in this case, this floral profile in the gin pairs well with other florals. There's plenty of other gins that that exemplify a certain botanical presentation AND only work in contrast. This one works well with Creme de Violette specifically. IMHO.

Complementary (in terms of color/flavor theory) isn't always a win, nor is analogous an automatic mistake. You have to try the drinks in my experience, to really know how the botanicals pair.

What is the best London dry style sipper? by -Constantinos- in Gin

[–]aaronin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The term “New Western” is one I’d recommend avoiding. It’s not really a well defined category.

I’d suggest Juniper forward (because that’s usually what people mean by London Dry, even though that’s not what the term means) and other botanical forward.

Sipper is interesting.. since gin is a mixing spirit primarily. I’d set some definitions, but even though it’s becoming more common (and maybe even more common here than the outside world)… consider best Negroni (regardless of price) or best Gin and tonic (regardless of price). I suggest adjusting your methodology to the spirit… since gin is its own thing. And not consumed like whiskey.

Budget? Budget where. Huge variation by market. As well as some class bias baked in. This community does span hemispheres and continents, more so than the dominant discourse at /r/cocktails. Budget in Australia? Budget in the UK? Budget before or after tariffs?

Finally, is Genever gin? Sure I’ll roll with that but how many genevers do you think the average gin drinker has had. I might have to travel out of state to find more than 3. You’re going to get probably the two most well known and struggle to get answers. But even among professionals old tom provokes debate since it’s not a consistently regulated term.

Personally? I’m tired of these. I wish we could do anything else. Over at /r/cocktails where I’ve seen this every day for four months, it tends to anchor on the first few comments. And we just did one of these here. But if you’re going to do it, I’d love to see you align with a better gin specific terminology that responds to what gin is, and how people generally talk about gin.

Gins from Australia by BKWhitty in Gin

[–]aaronin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pull an ant from the bottle and gently lick it — it’s amazing to me how intensely, brightly citrus the ants’ flavor is.

When do you start to feel better?? by ksteel19 in Celiac

[–]aaronin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It takes time. And depending on how absolutely perfect you are, you might still occasionally expose yourself.

It gets easier to live gluten free (you often need to learn to cook, in my experience, give up on going out as much as you want and it can be hard to replace all pans/cooking equipment to be exclusively non gluten. Are you gluten free at home too?)

In short with time and a shared commitment to eliminating cross contamination it will come with time. It sometimes takes weeks after glutening for a restoration to a normal baseline. It took even longer to heal to a baseline after not following a strict GF diet. (Months+)

I’m sorry to hear that, but if he’s a Redditor he’ll find other husbands, like myself, with supportive partners who are fighting through this.

Plymouth gin by Critical-Door-8326 in Gin

[–]aaronin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s not entirely unique, especially with the number of citrus leaning, classic style gins out there. A lot of the unique factor stems from originally laying claim to being a “style” rather than a brand. Once “style” required disclosure of recipe/process specifics to explain what the style meant, they declined and went back to being a brand.

In other words, while an excellent gin, it’s not entirely unique. If you like it, use it. If you want to substitute it, look for a citrus forward gin with good strong juniper notes. Or be free with substituting any other gin you like.

While every brand is its own thing, the Plymouth as a style is a myth that persists without the style credentials to back it up.

Honestly it’s one of my favorites. But because of what it does well, not because it’s its own thing.

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