Gin lovers unite

This goes on our list before the finalization of the script, pending name: "The Adventure"

http://matzoandrice.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/gin-tasting-extravaganza/

Now, while it was a couple that did their own gin tasting, I feel uncomfortable with the idea of having only two people. Perhaps it is my scientific nature (n-1=1) that tells me that this has no accuracy whatsoever or my desire to make this gin tasting adventure really epic. This will definitely require more than the two of us.

A winter holiday party drink I found online: the Gin Fizz

ice

2 oz gin

1 teaspoon of powdered sugar

juice of 1/2 lemon

club soda

1 cherry for garnish (personally, i think garnishes are an unneeded step between my drinks and my drinking, so I would prefer leaving these out especially if they are marciano cherries)

Combine first three ingredients into a shaker, shake, pour into champagne flute, top with club soda, add cherry if you wish.

I also found a new term from http://cocktails.ibeverageblogs.com/2009/04/12/winter-gin/

“Wint-o-Green effect.” Sometimes when it’s cold you want something cool, increasing (rather than mitigating) the cool effect. That’s what gin does. It adds a crispness to an already crisp situation

The description is so perfect, though I'm sure there is a better name for it. I don't care for the spelling either.

Here's how I see this working:

Winter break - preferably when or after I become a legal imbiber, we will set up a Facebook event (naturally). It may be entitled "Winter-gin tasting". I suppose I could make my birthday party a gin only party, but this would definitely scare some folks away (maybe a good thing). I'm predicting that gin goes well with gingerbread snap cookies; this is something we must test. We will combine our skiing, snowboarding adventure with gin tasting and reunion. It'll be legendary and will have to create a charter so that the event can occur annually for years to come. It will become so popular an event that we will sponsor it and perhaps add a summer gin tasting as well. We'll have to figure out a prime location for this event. Maine? Italy? - where olives are plentiful? Rotterdam? - origination?

Finally, where can I find a copper pot so that I can create my own blend of gin.