Talk:Gordon's Gin

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Question: Is Tanqueray a higher quality version of Gordon's? On the Gordon's bottles, the Royal Warrant states: "By appointment to Her Majesty The Queen Tanqueray Gordon." Both are owned by Diageo, but are they from the same distiller? Malakaville 08:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

As [1] indicates, in 1898 Alexander Gordon & Co merged with Charles Tanqueray & Co, forming Tanqueray Gordon & Co. That company is now owned by Diageo. Given that Tanqueray and Gordon's have a very different flavour (in that Tanqueray isn't actually revolting ;-) ), I wouldn't have thought that it was a "higher quality version", just a different product made by the same company. However, given modern production methods and economies of scale, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they were both made of the same basic grain spirit etc, but I can't find anything to confirm that. Cheers, DWaterson 01:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

When did Gordon's cease being a quality brand and start being minging? Surely since the 'fifties, when Ian Fleming made James Bond order it in his Vesper martini. I really can't imagine that someone so picky about food and drink as Fleming would in any way have recommended Gordon's as it is today. 195.92.40.49 18:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

both gins are made by the same company and often in the same distillery (the UK production plant is in Cameronbridge, Fife). The raw material/starch source is likely to be the same in both cases (wheat or maize are both common, depending on price/supply) which produces the neutral spirit. The difference is then the recipe with the botanicals, the mixture and quantities used. The two gins have different recipes Rachelcgen (talk) 14:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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Cultural reference - The African Queen

I added some info about Gordon's appearance in "The African Queen." JMarkievicz2 06:16, 29 July 2007 (UTC) .

Confliction

The article conflicts itself. First it says that the recipe is has remained constant, then it explains how the recipe changed and how the proof was lessened..

there's a difference between the recipe which is about what botanicals are used, which has remained constant and how much water is added to the mixture to change the alcohol level. If you reduce the ABV, you get more bottles out of each batch and pay less duty, so cheaper to produce. Rachelcgen (talk) 14:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I wonder which gin has the highest proof..

Amount of water is part of the recipe. This needs to be fixed. Colincbn (talk) 06:00, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

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Plastic?

The article states that the gin has "always" been available in plastic bottles, but that obviously isn't true since it was first produced in the 18th century. Said sentence should probably be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.118.193 (talk) 07:03, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Picture?

Could anyone care adding a picture? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.81.46.202 (talk) 09:26, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Corporate Website

At present some of the content on this page reads like the Diageo corporate website, especially the history. Also there is an untidy mix of products being in the history section and in the product section.--Ethanbentley (talk) 15:15, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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Alexander Gordon link

Here reads: "Gordon's London Dry Gin was developed by Alexander Gordon, a Londoner of Scots descent. He opened a distillery in the Southwark area in 1769, moving in 1786 to Clerkenwell"
That cannot be the linked Alexander Gordon (brewer), since that article starts with Alexander Gordon (1818–1895). That would mean he opened the distillery 49 years before his birth and relocated it 32 years before his birth. 217.140.210.249 (talk) 23:19, 19 May 2024 (UTC)