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Ads by Google      Plymouth Gin Distillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The cocktail 'Pink Gin' was actually invented as a means to get sailors to drink Angostura bitters in an attempt to curb the malnourishment that was rife on long voyages in those days. Thus, pink gin became a staple drink of the Royal Navy, and became world renowned. Gin, being a cheap alcoholic beverage, was bought in bulk by the naval authorities in Devonport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Gin_Distillery,_Plymouth,_England      * Lady - (Drinks): Definition Palm Beach Special, Parisian, Park Avenue, Pegu, Petit Zinc, Pimm's Cup, Pink Gin, Pink Lady, Pisco Sour, Planters Punch, Poet's Dream, Port Wine Cocktail, Presidente,... A pink lady and a pink squirrel were the first fancy drinks drinks that started my introduction to mixed drinks and they are nice but, not really for serious drinkers. Pour the gin, vermouth and orange juice into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice... http://en.mimi.hu/drinks/lady.html      Pink Gin Fizz-8x20 Art by Michael Clark at AllPosters.com Pink Gin Fizz-8x20 Art by Michael Clark at AllPosters.com Simply enter your email address and you can save items to Your Gallery. It appears this is not a valid email address. http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Pink-Gin-Fizz-8x20_i1247715_.htm?aid=974174   (50 words)      Blackwoods Shetland Nordic Gin Bracing, crisp and richly aromatic, Blackwood's Nordic Dry Gin includes wild water mint, sea pink, angelica and juniper berries picked on Shetland by local crofters as well as seven other botanicals from trading routes around the world. Blackwood's Gin won the GOLD medal at the World Spirits Festival in January and the SILVER medal at the World Spirits Competition in March in San Francisco. Ideal in a gin & tonic, 60% of taste testers have voted Blackwood's Norse gin their #1 choice in blind taste tests and 80% placed it in their top two. http://www.shetlandwhisky.com/2products/gin.html   (322 words)      gin Others include Pink Gin, Gin Fizz, Tom Collins, Gin and Sin, Opal Martini, Gibson, Gin and Fresca, Alaska Cocktail, Rolls Royce, Trinity Cocktail, Abbey Cocktail, Belmont Cocktail etc. Two of the most popular gin drinks are still the martini and gin and tonic. http://athena.english.vt.edu/~jmooney/3044annotations2a-g/gin.html   (322 words)      TPMA - Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program 6-18 (13) "Regulated article" means an article carrying or 6-19 capable of carrying the boll weevil or pink bollworm, including 6-20 cotton plants, seed cotton, gin trash, other hosts, or mechanical 6-21 cotton harvesters. 45-6 (b) The commissioner shall determine whether or not the 45-7 further elimination of the boll weevil or pink bollworm is 45-8 necessary in the eradication zones and approve or disapprove 45-9 discontinuance of the foundation and the plan for dissolution. The department, the foundation, or a designated 30-9 representative of either entity may inspect fields or premises in 30-10 this state for the purpose of determining whether the property is 30-11 infested with the boll weevil or the pink bollworm. http://www.tpma.org/bwe/texas_law.html   (11928 words)      stacy's solipsism support group site: Pink Elephant Cherry Poppin' Daddies (3:40) Sleazy P. Martini ran the Pink Elephant, with hot-pink curtains where the sloe gin decants. The lampshades were zebra skin; We did the Pink--the Pink Elephant--blinded by the sauce, you know I'd rather stay bent. I'd never pass the bar unless I thought it was wet, but that's the way they sucker me to my final dissolve, 'cause if you set' em up, I'm drinkin' em down. http://msstacy13.burningpaper.net/archives/004750.html   (164 words)      Lemonade martini pink, - Viand bar and kitchen : Events Martini · Mickey Slim · Montgomery · Naga Cocktail · Negroni · Pink Gin Grape Lemon Pineapple Smoothie; Grapefruit Cocktail; Grapefruit Lemonade Drinks Specialty Cocktails Margaritas and Martinis After Dinner Drinks Pink Ginger Lemonade house infused ginger vodka, fresh sweet and sour I had a Pink Lemonade with raspberry rum and lemonade served on the rocks ($6.50) http://www.thensearch.com/?q=lemonade+martini+pink   (637 words)      Guardian Storm in champagne flute over Martine Eliza Doolittle may have been a firm believer in the curative qualities of gin, but it seems that pink champagne has an even more miraculous effect on Martine McCutcheon, the actress who plays her in the National Theatre's new production of My Fair Lady. However, a diner at the next table at The Square restaurant in Mayfair claimed that the liquid in her flute was definitely pink. McCutcheon, 24, insists she was merely out celebrating her possible return to the sell-out show, which transfers to Drury Lane in July, with her boyfriend and had nothing more that a glass or two of wine. http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4170047-103690,00.html   (637 words)      dec 2004 Well, I may have had a pink gin with Doctor Rob and Rhys but I was driving so I was very good. I even had sloe gin to toast the occasion as Rhys and Phillip were out. I got back to Leeds yesterday and was not hungover as I'd hoped to be, mainly because I didn't drink anything naughty on Monday night. http://lueeee.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/page7.html   (637 words)      eG Forums -> Gambero Rosso Digest Massimiliano Alajmo: “Sorbetto di pompelmo rosa con insalata di olive condite e aneto, spuma frizzante di limone gin e cannelloni di mandorle e pinoli” (Pink grapefruit sorbet with dressed olives and dill, sparkling foam of lemon gin and almond and pinenut cannolo). Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene is one of the few Italian wines, in these wine export crisis times, that has managed to increase its sales in the last years. Luciano Di Lillo has a look at one of the best Bordeleis cut wines in Italy, San Leonardo and the youngest wine of the same winery, the Villa Gresti, which, rather than being a second win, turns out to be a great wine from Merlot grapes. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=50658   (637 words)      eG Forums -> Gambero Rosso Digest Massimiliano Alajmo: “Sorbetto di pompelmo rosa con insalata di olive condite e aneto, spuma frizzante di limone gin e cannelloni di mandorle e pinoli” (Pink grapefruit sorbet with dressed olives and dill, sparkling foam of lemon gin and almond and pinenut cannolo). Gianfranco Vissani: “Filetto di Vitella con flan di rigatoni in umido avvolto di spinaci, pure’ di patate all’arancia” (Braised calf tenderloin wrapped in spinach with rigatoni flan and orange flavoured mashed potatoes). Luciano Di Lillo has a look at one of the best Bordeleis cut wines in Italy, San Leonardo and the youngest wine of the same winery, the Villa Gresti, which, rather than being a second win, turns out to be a great wine from Merlot grapes. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=50658   (637 words)      New Window - Waitrose.com - Glossary Term - Angostura Bitters Angostura is the most widely used of the bitters and is used in a variety of cocktails including an Americano (Angostura Bitters, Campari, sweet red vermouth and soda) and a Pink Gin (Angostura Bitters and gin). Bitters refers to spirits that have been flavoured with herbs or bitter roots. Angostura is named after a town in Venezuela but nowadays is made mainly in Trinidad. http://www.waitrose.com/frontend/popups/rec_gloss.asp?uidstr=759   (121 words)      Guardian Unlimited Travel Activities New wave On the Discovery, the hardest decision is whether to have your gin pink or with tonic. Not a bit of it: for most of its 61 miles, the canal runs straight as a stair rod by charming pasture and wooded banks. We made our way into the Baltic by way of the Kiel Canal, built by Kaiser Bill to get his capital ships out into the North Sea without having to make a 280-mile detour round the north of Denmark. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Travel/activities/boating/story/0,14673,1594350,00.html   (1449 words)      HYP RECORDS/Vinyl Safari: Calypso--Compilations/Various Artists Calypso Kings & Pink Gin; Cook 1185 (Sparrow, Melody, Fighter..) Calypsos from the West Indies; Monogram 834 (Duke of Iron, The Charmer, Kitchener, Mighty Terror, The Lion, Lord Beginner) Another is the stuff of recent years, the past "road march" and "calypso tent winners" which may have been recreated in the studio. http://www.hipwax.com/music/ca_comp.html   (1186 words)      England Plymouth I was pleased to see as we sped up and down the glistening roads that all the sheep still had their brilliant blue and shocking pink paint splodges that they were marked with. So I didn't get to go to the Gin Distillery, the Dome Museum, the Aquarium, the Elizabethan House, or any of the other many attractions of central Plymouth. In the summer when the students leave and the tourists arrive, Plymouth can be quite busy, but luckily for me it's one of those places that really IS worth visiting any time of the year. http://www.btinternet.com/~parrothouse/EnglandPlymouth.htm   (1186 words)      Singapore Sling It was aptly named Singapore Sling and originally this drink was meant as a woman's drink, hence the attractive pink colour. Way back in 1915, a Chinese bartender of Hainese dialect concocted a cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, pineapple juice, lime juice, Dom Benedictine, grenadine with a dash of angostura bitters and garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry. Today, the world famous cocktail is very definitely a drink enjoyed by all, without which any visit to Singapore is incomplete. http://www.globalchefs.com/wineGuy/featArchive/wgf019sin.htm   (172 words)      Elsie De Wolfe The Pink Lady, an Elsie concoction, consisting of 1/3 gin, 1/3 grapefruit juice and 1/3 cointreau was introduced at one of her famous cocktail parties and is becoming popular again today following a raging interest in the dry martini. With the help of Elsie De Wolfe and her original influence, 2001 brings with it a movement away from the minimalist sushi preparations of the nineties, and back to the delectable specialties known and loved by the Parisians. In terms of her personal style, Elsie was rarely seen without one, two or three strands of creamy pearls www.birks.com and www.saks.com, and chose to wear classic, garments in silk, cashmere and linen, in delicate shades of cream and pastels, www.talbots.com (for their spring collections). http://www.canadianinteriordesign.com/kwi/Page_2/Elsie_De_Wolfe.htm   (802 words)      Vancouver and Lower Mainland - CENTRO GRILL - Emenus.ca Restaurants, Dining, Menus RED RUBY - Wyborowa Vodka, Chambord and Pink Grapefruit Juice Vodka, Rum, Gin, Triple Sec, Cassis, Lime Mix, Soda and Grenadine Wyborowa Vodka, Crème de Cacao, Bailey's and a touch of milk http://www.emenus.ca/centrogrill/menus/27971.htm   (802 words)      Port Halcyon: The Café -> If you were a drink ... hard to decide...either a Pink Poodle or...Gin and sin or....a Getting layered...or hot lips..or....can you tell I have multiable personalities? Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me! I'd definitely be a Capt. Morgan and Coke! http://www.porthalcyon.com/community/index.php?s=8b59d20b3aa9749de18074ce9df904eb&showtopic=3789&st=20   (352 words)      trevohio.txt Brough would head down to the pub for a "pink gin" between shots, and how he NEVER missed his entrance, even when the others (esp. Trevor and John Inman) tried to trip him up by speeding up the rehearsals, or slowing them down. Trevor left school at the age of 15 and enrolled in a drama school for two years. Trevor doesn't remember many details about the 'Are You Being Served?' story lines as he doesn't really watch himself on television. http://www.jeddy.org/aybs/news/trevohio.txt   (352 words)      The Oldie Past Lunches Setting the example at the age of 90 was one of our speakers, Bill Deedes, who told me, as he settled down with a pink gin, that he had braved the tube from Canary Wharf. Evelyn Waugh, who was his companion for most of his time there, is supposed to have based the character of William Boot in his novel Scoop on Deedes, but Bill told us, ‘this was never true; instead, almost all his characters are a combination of many real people’. From one legendary journalist to another: we were very privileged to have Bill Deedes speaking. http://www.stannahstairlifts.co.uk/pages/news_oldie_lunches_past_detail.asp?date=236   (397 words)      lightyear The band has also performed concerts and music festivals with Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms), Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (Refreshments), Hootie and the Blowfish, Sugar Ray, Air Supply, and Pink Lightyear is a Tempe, AZ-based rock band, formerly known as 'Six Point Restraint.' Although the band is young, their songwriting and performances are not new to the rock scene of the Southwestern United States. With members of the band playing together for nearly six years, the band has evolved into a unique sound of hook driven guitar rock with strong melodic vocals. http://www.mbus.com/bands/genadm/lightyear.htm   (397 words)      IGN Boards - Characters... Dingo Dile, Tiny Tiger, N. Cortex, N. Gin, N. Oxide, 2 alien guys and pink Velo. Well, if you can see the pics, you'll see these characters: http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=46602800&replies=31&ui=cb_post_05   (397 words)      Trivia for Carry On Camping (1969) Betty Marsden said during filming to Dilys Laye that she always wanted to die with a glass of gin in her hand. Dilys Laye was allowed by producer Peter Rogers to keep costumes worn in this film, in particular the green and pink dress worn during the cinema scene. Betty Marsden was terrified of riding the tandem bicycle which was an important part of her scenes during filming. http://indie.imdb.com/Trivia?0064133   (671 words)      Amen Corner - Nostalgia Central In November the band undertook a package tour with Jimi Hendrix, The Move, Pink Floyd and The Nice. In 1967 the band signed with Decca and a debut single on the label (Gin House Blues) reached #24 on the UK charts. A cover version of Bend Me Shape Me hit #3 in February 1968, and while the band continued to tour with artists such as Gene Pitney, Status Quo and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, their debut album (Round Amen Corner) was released and reached #26. http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/music/amencorner.htm   (284 words)      Metro Times Detroit - Record Review - Fez - Milquetoast Milquetoast is a world where Tom Waits and Tod Browning meet on a midway full of leering carnies running rigged games, happy drunks pissing away paychecks on homely girls, and ugly children sick on cotton candy: a three-penny opera of evil clowns and pink elephants. Combining an array of underused instruments such as the pump organ, banjo, glockenspiel and Theremin with the garage-stomp aesthetic, Fez somehow turns the traditional into something strikingly original. Detroit’s own Fez seems to understand that the lines between musical boundaries start to blur after that first fifth of gin. http://www.metrotimes.com/metropolis/sonic/recordreview.asp?id=2391   (201 words)      Amazon.co.uk: King Nicholas and the Copeman Empire: Books This is memoir: Nick Copeman, the commoner-turned-royal, is out there right now -- probably sitting in his caravan palace in Sheringham, eating a ready meal, drinking pink gin, watching trash TV and dreaming up his next scam. Originally done as a bet - part of which was to arrive to sign on at Cromer Job Centre on a horse and wearing a crown - the scam soon escalated and took on a life of its own. Nick Copeman's answer was to change his name by deed poll to His Majesty King Nicholas I and found an empire from his royal seat - a caravan just outside Sheringham, Norfolk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0091899206   (639 words)      Trivia for Carry On Camping (1969) Dilys Laye was allowed by producer Peter Rogers to keep costumes worn in this film, in particular the green and pink dress worn during the cinema scene. Betty Marsden said during filming to Dilys Laye that she always wanted to die with a glass of gin in her hand. Dilys Laye was taught poker by Sid James during filming. http://poll.imdb.com/Trivia?0064133   (639 words)      edsanders.com - Polly Pharaoh I was engineer den on de colonel's ferry boat, de Mud Hen--pearrt little critter--an', madame she come down to de landin' an' see me at my post, an' my oldest son a-stuffin' de furnace, an' what did she do but gib me Charon for a name, and call my boy Plato. Den Polly she jes grabbed de wheel an' held de nozzle ob de boat 'gin de sho' wid de fire a-flamin' an' sparkin' in her face, till ebery soul war off; den she clumb down de side ob de boat an' dropped into de water, an' some of de roustabouts done fished her out.' Polly Pharaoh, who had gone quietly about the work of getting dinner now from the depths of her pink calico tunnel announced it ready. http://www.edsanders.com/blackhistory/polly.htm   (3234 words)

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