For Sioux, who, at Sunday dinner out, assigned each attendee the writing of a poem about the event, and to whom I then said yeah, right, maybe a haiku: August 13, 2009
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the waitress didn’t
know her gins but Tim sniffed out
the Hendricks quickly
Route 153 
My sister can detect hendricks at 20 paces.
B: I think I like her.
Mmmmmm Hendricks. Killed a bottle during our vacation in Wisconsin.
Cedar: I’ve noticed via Facebook that you have a friend—perhaps an aunt?—named Ginny Hendricks. This has long intrigued me.
Cedar, bats and frogs and Hendricks–sounds like quite a vacation!
Indigo, and what did you have to eat?
A shiitake and goat cheese tart and bouillabaisse.
I mean chanterelle.
Did someone pick the chanterelles? Someone you trust completely?
Helen: Turns out they weren’t angels of death.
Junipero, Portsmouth or Hendricks. Or some other. Advice please?
Sadly, can’t give advice, as I don’t believe I’ve ever had Junipero or Portsmouth. Depends on what you’re going to do with it. Hendricks is a bit cucumbery, and I would never mix it with tonic because I think it’s too good for that. But that’s me.
If you find one you like, let me know.
Late replying — yes, Ginny Hendricks is my mother’s younger sister. I first bought the gin-of-the-same-name because of the name, but now buy it because of the taste. Only sometimes though — it is pricey.
Plymouth (why on Earth did I say Portsmouth) is wonderful. Far too good to drink with anything at all but perhaps a bit of peel inside the glass. I learned about it from NPR when they profiled the company as one of the oldest extant distilleries in the world.
Junipero is by the folks that bring us Anchor Steam. I am told it is better but have not found it. When I do, I will buy a bottle.
I suggest Plymouth. If you try it and have an opinion, I would happily listen.
I have had Plymouth, maybe once, maybe twice, when a friend made a martini for me with it. My faded memory is that I liked it. I know that it’s highly traditional. I shall have to try it again before too long.