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Thanksgiving Gin Cocktails: Drinks for the Whole Table

A candlelit dinner table with a green Gatsby Gin bottle, bowls of walnuts, grapes and lemons, a blue tumbler and a hand holding a coupe. Thanksgiving cocktails work best when they follow the meal. Pour a bitter aperitif such as the Negroni while the turkey rests, set a pitcher...Read this edition → Price · One Dime American · Ultra-Premium The Gatsby Journal Vol. I · No. 22 Gin Knowledge

How Many Ounces in a Shot? Shots, Pours and Standard Drinks

Hands wearing rings hold two silver serving trays above a man in a tuxedo and bow tie, with green bottles on the lower tray In the United States, a shot is usually 1½ fluid ounces, about 44 milliliters. That is the pour the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse...Read this edition → Price · One Dime American · Ultra-Premium The Gatsby Journal Vol. I · No. 21 Gin Knowledge

What Is Tonic Water? Quinine, Sugar and How It Differs From Soda

A tall glass with a slice of lemon, halved lemons on a linen towel and a bottle of Gatsby Gin on a stone ledge above a lake. Tonic water is a carbonated soft drink made bitter with quinine, a compound from the bark of the cinchona tree, and sweetened to balance...Read this edition → Price · One Dime American · Ultra-Premium The Gatsby Journal Vol. I · No. 20 Gin Knowledge

What to Mix With Gin: The Best Mixers, and How Much of Each

A man in white tie pours Gatsby Gin into a coupe held out by a guest, a second bottle chilling in a silver ice bucket. The best things to mix with gin are tonic water, soda water, ginger ale or ginger beer, lemonade, and citrus juice, grapefruit and orange...Read this edition → Price · One Dime American · Ultra-Premium The Gatsby Journal Vol. I · No. 19 Gin Knowledge

What Is Sloe Gin? The Ruby Liqueur That Is Not a Gin

A candlelit dinner party seen from above, a bottle of Gatsby Gin passed across a long table of glasses, candles and fruit. Sloe gin is a sweet, ruby-red liqueur made by steeping sloes, the small, sour fruit of the blackthorn shrub, in gin with sugar. Despite...Read this edition → Price · One Dime American · Ultra-Premium The Gatsby Journal Vol. I · No. 18 Gin Knowledge

How Strong Is Gin? Alcohol Content, ABV and Proof

Bottles of Gatsby Gin on two silver trays, carried by a waiter in evening dress. Most gin is bottled at 40 to 47 percent alcohol by volume, which is 80 to 94 proof. In the United States, 40 percent...Read this edition → Price · One Dime American · Ultra-Premium The Gatsby Journal Vol. I · No. 17 News & Events

Gin and Tonic Day: How to Make a Gin and Tonic, Gatsby Style

Gin and Tonic Day: How to Make a Gin and Tonic, Gatsby Style International Gin and Tonic Day falls on October 19 every year. To make a gin and tonic for it, fill a chilled highball glass...Read this edition →