The Playboy Bar: Gin
April, 2009
THE JUICE ON THE JUICEPicture a small London laboratory in the early 1800s. Inside, a pharmacist is at work. His name is James Burrough, and he's known to locals for bizarre elixirs like "artificial asses' milk." Burrough is making gin. It's a new idea in London. By steeping grain alcohol with exotic botanicals available in the city for the first time—juniper berries from Italy, citrus peels from Spain, almonds from Eastern Europe—a distiller could make a marvelous potion. Juniper berr...
