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Some things here still make sense.
Some things are better when the decision has already been made.
Not everything benefits from reinvention.
Some things work because the thinking was done properly.
Gin & Dubonnet, bottled properly.
This is one of them.
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The drink
Gin and Dubonnet is a drink long associated with the late Queen Elizabeth II and with a more understated British way of drinking.
The measure is settled and the proportions agreed, leaving nothing to adjust and no temptation to interfere.
Dry.
Gently bitter.
Quietly warming.
Familiar enough to trust.
Finished enough to leave alone.
Poured over ice.
Often with a twist of orange.
Never as a performance.
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Why it exists
Because good taste is usually the result of fewer decisions, not more.
Because measuring, sourcing, correcting and explaining
are distractions from the point of a good drink.
Because sometimes the most luxurious thing
is knowing the thinking has already been done.
G&D removes the unnecessary steps
and leaves only what works.
Where it turns up
In places where it technically shouldn’t be.
Between moments that were meant to be taken seriously.
When tradition is observed, but not fussed over.
It suits people who understand the rules well enough
to know exactly which ones can be ignored.
It has a habit of improving situations
without ever asking permission.
Not a movement. Not a statement.
Not a movement. Not a statement.
Not a movement. Not a statement.
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