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In like gin
‘When it comes to making cocktails, vodka is a damp squib. Gin is much cooler,’ insists Jamie Walker, global ambassador for Bombay Sapphire. ‘Vodka is like alcoholic tofu,’ he continues. ‘It doesn’t have any character of its own – it just takes on the flavour of the mixers.’ Walker, of course, has a vested interest in slamming the UK’s biggest-selling spirit, but before he teamed up with Bombay Sapphire, he consulted on the cocktail lists for some of London’s leading bars, and his frank boredom with vodka and enthusiasm for gin is a feeling that is creeping up on bartenders across the capital. ...
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