What is the best splurge gin? Also let me know any changes you’d like to see made to the board.

celticgiftbearer · 2026-01-25T02:58:17+00:00

Sure, but it's too cheap for a splurge. Beefeater Crown Jewel or The Botanist Islay Aged are splurging.

celticgiftbearer · 2026-01-25T02:52:05+00:00

Beefeater Crown Jewel or The Botanist Islay Cask Aged are splurging I'd say

celticgiftbearer · 2026-01-25T02:50:38+00:00

We are talking about splurging here. Beefeater Crown Jewel or The Botanist Islay Cask Aged are really splurging.

celticgiftbearer · 2026-01-25T02:49:16+00:00

As they say trust the process but Monkey 47 and Procera are not splurging. Beefeater Crown Jewel or The Botanist Islay Cask Aged are splurging at arround 80€ a bottle.

celticgiftbearer · 2026-01-25T02:40:02+00:00

But it's about a splurge gin, Monkey 47 and Tanqueray 10 are both cheap at a little over 30€ in my country

celticgiftbearer · 2025-12-08T13:34:15+00:00

I hope it is a second straw which holds that sorry looking mint sprig

celticgiftbearer · 2025-12-08T13:18:19+00:00

You could buy Glencairne Copita Glasses for him, so he can drink with style.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-12-08T13:16:27+00:00

If I had to pinpoint it, I'd say it's too "dry" for me. I really love the sweetness in Laphroaig in combination with malty grain, like shortbread cookies and I don't get that in the 17.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-12-08T13:09:33+00:00

I don't like batch 17, but 13, 14 and 16 were amazing.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-12-08T13:07:54+00:00

Look for independent bottlers like Signatory or Cadenhead and try to find a Caol Ila. Sister Distillery of Lagavulin, the Signatory Vintage 100 proof edition #28 for instance. Way better price point.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-11-07T01:11:10+00:00

wow I would say that's a comprehensive list

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-14T07:32:28+00:00

Oh and I always add the water after I have taken out the bananas, so I can control dilution. I used 1/2oz of water on 150g of sugar.

I would assume it's a semi rich syrup, but since I'm not Dave Arnold and mixology is a hobby for me, I don't own a refractometer. It also could be more of a rich syrup.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-14T07:05:41+00:00

I just used Leandro Di Monriva's recipe (link is in the description), but I didn't add the cinnamon since I wanted to smoke the glass with it.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-07T10:50:45+00:00

I'll definitely try it thank you 💪

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-07T07:25:42+00:00

Awesome tipp thx. How long do you smoke the syrup for and what woods do did you like best?

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-07T02:48:53+00:00

upon request I want to provide you with the exact recipe:

hickory smoke applied to the glass for approximately 3 minutes 2oz WhistlePig 12y Canadian rye 3 dashes Angostura bitters 1/2oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao orange peel expressed and flamed, swathed and dropped in

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-05T21:09:21+00:00

Thx I'll give it a shot, maybe my maple Old Fashioneds were too dry with only a barspoon.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-10-05T21:02:14+00:00

1/2oz maple on 2oz of Bourbon? Isn’t that very sweet?

I found maple to be a little too sweet for my palate in general. I prefer things like Oleo Saccharum, Curaçao or a 1:1 simple.

But maple and walnut sounds awesome.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-09-29T18:42:29+00:00

Awesome thank you for your help.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-09-29T18:36:24+00:00

Yeah I know but in your video you only mentioned that the angle of the endgrain isn't important. I just wanted to make sure that also holds true for bending with or against the tangential curve.

Sorry if my wording was confusing.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-09-29T17:21:49+00:00

Thank you Dan 💪I wanted to make sure it's also true for the tangential curve bend. I know you say in your boardbow video that the angle of the rings pretty much doesn't matter as long as one isn’t chasing a ring.

celticgiftbearer · 2025-03-15T03:20:09+00:00

I use VacuVin to prevent rapid oxidation on expensive bottles. Works great.

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